Booking Calendar is a free WordPress plugin that allows you to integrate a calendar with your WordPress website. The calendar plugin serves as a booking system and can be used to show open dates for services. It can also be self-hosted and used as a dynamic booking engine on your website.

Booking Calendar is similar to other calendar apps like Calendly and Google Calendar but better. It goes even further by operating as a booking engine so that you can make and modify online bookings. However, the free version is limited and supports only a single booking service or event.

What is a booking calendar?

Some simple calendars only display static dates, while others allow users to make and manage online bookings. Booking Calendar shows your website visitors the dates and services available, just like the calendars you'll find on popular travel websites.

How do I use Booking Calendar?

You can install and host this calendar program the same way as any other WP plugin. The setup wizard makes it easy to get started. Start by adding booking parameters into the app's data table. You can also include widgets or blocks to customize the appearance. Then, enable the calendar and publish it on your website.

Free, buy or subscribe

The bare-bones version of the plugin is free and works well. However, it only allows you to manage bookings for a single service. That means if you offer multiple services or accept appointments for several employees, the free version won't suffice. To use Booking Calendar for multiple services, you'll need to pay for it one way or another.

Though Booking Calendar doesn't require frequent updates, you'll still get up to six months of free automatic updates when you outright buy this plugin. If you want to ensure the booking engine system is always up to date, it's better to acquire the app based on a SaaS subscription.