A complete and easy to manage appointments booking system for busy Salons.

Salon Booking is a complete and easy to manage appointments booking system to help your business getting more reservations on your website and saving a lot of time with your agenda management tasks.

Salon booking has been developed thinking about the most common needs of Hairdressing salons, Barbers shops, Beauticians, Therapists, Spas, Clinics, Sport facilities rentals etc.

LIST OF MAIN FEATURES

Back-end calendar Montly view Weekly view Daily view Bookings export Adding reservation from daily view Block out time slots from daily view

Salon general settings

Email notifications on new reservation Email notification to selected assistant Email reminder for the customers Email followup Email review notification Email notification custom logo Custom email message to the customers SMS notification on new reservation SMS notification to selected assistant SMS reminder for the customers SMS followup SMS verification code against spam SMS Aplhanumeric ID supported Twilio, Plivo and 1p1sms providers supported Whatsapp notifications supported set you favourite date and time format set when your week starts WordPress Editors as Salon Administrator

Salon booking rules

Three bookings methods BASIC / ADVANCED / HIGH END Booking time range ( from a minimum of .. to a maximum of in advance ) Multiple weekly timetable rules Time range validty option for the weekly booking rules Multiple holidays rules Offset between reservations Change booking form steps order ( Date&time – Services – Assistants – Checkout – Payment or reverse ) Manual booking confirmation Users booking cancellation Pause online booking form

Salon payments options

Enable on-line payments Pay later option Percentage or fixed amount deposit Automatic cancellation option for unpaid reservations Hide prices Decimals and thousand separators option PayPal Stripe Custom payment methods development on request Official add-on for “Mollie”, “Square”, “Worldpay”, “Paystack”, “RedSys” and “Paytrail”

Salon checkout options

Enable guest checkout Force guest checkout Limit the number of services bookable at the same time Control form fields Log-in with Facebook account Enable Advanced Discount System Adding custom fields

Two ways Google Calendar synchronisation

Synchronise reservations on salon administrator’s Google Calendar account Salon admin can add and cancel reservations from his Google Calendar account

Front-end booking form styling

Choose among three different booking form sizes according to your page layout Custom colors palette generator

Assistants settings

Multiple weekly timetable rules Multiple holidays rules Limit reservations to specific services Multiple reservations for the same slot for classrooms booking Google Calendar synchronisation SMS notification when he’s booked Email notification when he’s booked

Services settings

Price Duration Unit per hour Category grouping Multiple weekly timetable rules No assistant required option Service break ( now you can select up to 3 hours divided in multiples of your average session duration ) Conditional “Secondary services” Direct booking link Exclusive service

Advanced Discount System

Create unlimited coupon codes Create unlimited discounts based on multiple criteria

for more details on this section visit: https://www.salonbookingsystem.com/advanced-discount-system-for-salon-booking-plugin/

Customers archive

List of customers Details page of each customer with list of his reservations and feedbacks Customer’s bookings statistics

Reports

Stats on reservations and revenues Stats on reservations and revenues by services Stats on reservations and revenues by assistant Stats on reservations and revenues by customers Email weekly report

Tools

Importing system from other platform (Users, Services and Assistants)

Frontend pages

Booking form page [salon/] Private customers reservations management page [salon_booking_my_account] Assistants bookings calendar [salon_booking_calendar] Assistants list [salon_booking_assistant] Services list [salon_booking_services]

Restful API

A complete set of API to use Salon Booking System inside your third party applications API DOCS: https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis-docs/Salon-Booking/Mobileapp/1-oas3

Themes & Plugin compatibility issues**

Disable Bootstrap Javascript Disable Bootstrap CSS

More information at Salon Booking System.” rel=”nofollow”>http://salonbookingsystem.com/).

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload `salon-free` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 1. Go to Salon > Settings to complete your salon settings

Frequently Asked Questions

= What kind of business this plugins best fits? =

This plugin has been developed thinking about the specific needs of Barber Shop, Hairdressing salon, Beauty Centres and Spas.

= Which version of WordPress this plugin requires? =

The plugin has been tested on WordPress 4.0

= Which version of php is supported? =

The plugin supports php 5.4 and above version.

= Is it multi language ready? =

YES, Salon Booking comes equipped with a lot of languages translation. Just set your favourite Wordpress language and Salon Booking will use that language. You can easyly manage the translation using a plugin like LocoTranslate.

Languages available:

https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/salon-booking-system/

If you want to contribuite to plugin translation please visit:

https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/salon-booking-system/

= Are there any conflicts with other plugins? =

Some caching plugins could generate conflicts with our plugin.

= Is it possible to customise the look and feel of the plugin front-end? =

Yes, go to “Settings > Style > Color combination” options

= Is It possible to manage multiple locations? =

Yes but with a dedicated add-on that you can find here:

https://www.salonbookingsystem.com/downloads/salon-booking-system-multi-shops/

= I’m using Divi theme and the categories accordion doens’t work

Look at this guide: https://www.salonbookingsystem.com/divi-theme-accordions-issues/

Changelog

16.10.2019

Security issue fixed Added a new ID column inside Services and Assistants sections Added a new “Duplicate” link for Services and Assistants Fixed issue with Stripe Changed the behaviour of the RESCHEDULE button Added REPEAT BOOKING option on Booking My Account page Fixed issue on Assistant selection Automatic update for Codecanyon version users Added Quick Edit action for Assistants Fixed missing customer address inside the notifical email

09.10.2019

Minor fixes

08.10.2019

Fixed issue with the broken booking form layout Fixed issue with missing customers reservations inside his personal account page

03.10.2019

Fixed security issue Restored “Enable Advanced Discount System” option Improved order of some options settings on back-end Restored the “Welcome screen” on the very first plugin activation Added a new “Services categories” item menù to easily access to them

22.09.2019

Fixed bug with languaes on Polylang Custom checkbox field checked by default even on back-end OVH add-on bug fixed

17.09.2019

Added a custom field validation on back-end booking creation

13.09.2019

Fixed wrong customer details inside the feedback email request Added booking cancellation for guest users Advanced Discount System enabled by default Fix for wrongly cancelled reservations after payment

06.09.2019

Fixed “Stripe locale” Added option to disable the first email notification before the payment completion Fixed back-end settings selects items order Added a “shop_id” parameter to the Services and Assistants shortcode for Multi-Shops support

21.08.2019

Fixed Services Shortcode booking link when Multi-Shops is enabled Display the Shop name inside the Google Calendar event when Multi-Shops is enabled

29.07.2019

Fixed Polylang compatibility issue Fixed Services import tool

24.07.2019

Fixed bug wrong “Manage account” button inside notification email Fixed WPML and Polylang compatibility

15.07.2019

Updated API Fixed “BASIC” Booking Method Fixed bug of wrong booking price inside email notification Added a new option to disable “Choose an assistant for me”

02.07.2019

Added new option inside the “Google Calendar” tab: publish “Payment pending” reservations Fixed bug with services “Book now” button Fixed random association of assistant to the reservation when “Change order” is active API bugs fixed API updated

18.06.2019

Fixed bug “You need higer permission…” on first install API updated

10.06.2019

Added post timestamp to API Fixed slow Lock/Unlock time slots Fixed issue with front-end date-picker availabilty representation Fixed bug with Estonian language

28.05.2019

Updated Stripe API library Fixed bug with front-end assistans calendar shortcode Fixed issues with discounts rules API integration to support Multi-Shops add-on

22.05.2019

Fixed issue of missing menu items

09.05.2019

Fixed bug on checkout Fixed php warnings

05.05.2019

Fixed bug on check-out when “guest checkout” is enabled

03.05.2019

New email notifications layout New weekly email report layout Booking process last step restyled Fixed booking search by ID Fixed back-end booking details page html markup Fixed bugs with WPML

14.04.2019

Fixed bug on blocking hours from daily view calendar Fixed bug on alert message when select a not available date/time from back-end Make Google Calendar event details text strings translatable Translate Facebook login pop-up Direct service booking URL fixed Fixed bugs on API Added new API endpoints

05.04.2019

Fixed issue with missing translations

04.04.2019

Fixed issue with php 7.2

03.04.2019

Fixed bug on services order when added to booking from back-end Fixed bug with Eesti language Fixed bug with custom colors Fixed all Php warnings and notices Fixed issue with Google Calendar authentication Fixed Email Reminder custom text Fixed issue with blocking hours on back-end calendar Fixed overlapping services inside the assistant skills field Fixed issue with reservation with Free amount and Confirmed status Added RTL compatibility Added Hide on front-end option inside services settings page Booking Amount field now is editalbe Added links to add reservation to Google Calendar, MS Outlook and ICal inside notification email

23.02.2019

Fixed bug sanification issues with WordPress 5.1 Fixed bug with Facebook login Fixded bug on front-end calendar shortcode Fixed bug on block hours form back-end calendar Fixed bug on “complete” button disappeared Fixed bug on “display_post_states” function Added Welcome screen on activation Added “RE-SCHEDULE” feature on “Booking my account” page

03.02.2019

Improved back-end assistant/service selection UI Back-end calendar “Assistant view” option now is saving the setting Fixed missing text-domain text strings Updated .pot file with missing text strings Fixed bug with Bulgarian language Added option to customize SMS notification Google Calendar authentication issue fixed SMS to multiple assistants fixed Added parameter for customers profile custom fields

03.01.2019

Fixed bug on front-end booking form Fixed bug on conditional secondary services Fixed bug with Bulgarian language

18.12.2018

Fixed bug with Chinese languages Fixed bug with back-end calendar weekly view Fixed bug with “Assistant selection > only from back-end” Fixed bug with WPML Improved bookings representation on daily view

03.12-2018

Removed useless files from Goole API library Fixed bug with back-end calendar Fixed bug on discounts

22.11.2018

Added new option to disable the “second shift” into the booking rules Added new option to enable the assistant selection only from back-end Added new “visible” = “public” parameter to [salon_booking_calendar] shortcode Added new “days” parameter to [salon_booking_calendar] shortcode Added possibility to cancel a reservation from Google Calendar Added Whatsapp support for SMS notifications Added “amount to be paid” inside the booking details Added more booking details inside the SMS notification Added assistant availability check inside the drop-down menù during back-end booking creation Fixed bug on customers search field Fixed bug on adding customers from back-end Fixed back-end calendar starting week day Fixed service booking direct link Fixed bug on custom field saving

17.10.2018

Fixed bug on user importing tool

09.10.2018

Removed online payments options from the free version

08.10.2018

Fixed bug with the import tool Fixed bug with the Romanian language Fixed bug on back-end calendar date status bar Removed booking limits from the free version Removed online payments options from the free version Bug fix for reservations with php error Bug fix assistant selection on mobile Google Calendar authentication process Bug fix with time slot block Increased the follow up email characters number

15.09.2018

Removed bookings limit Removed license activation Replaced the plugin domain Proper sanitization of all input data

03.09.2018

Php minimum requirement is 5.4 version Added a CSS class to “free” services on front-end booking form Added a CSS class to “SMS code verification” step Fixed conflict with WPMAIL SMTP Fixed bug with “bookings overlap” Fixed bug with “Holidays rules” Fixed bug with services selection from back-end on IOS device Fixed email notification to multiple assistants Fixed missing booking ratings stars into back-end Fixed missing translating strings Fixed php errors Fixed Google Calendar API library Fixed discount bug on back-end Fixed bug with AVADA theme

13.07.2018

Fixed bug on by assistant daily view on back-end calendar

09.07.2018

Fixed bug

02.07.2018

Added a new tab with the customer personal data form inside “Booking my account page” Integration with “Wp Privacy Exporter and Eraser” API Now discounts can be added from the back-end to each reservation Added “multiple reservations” option inside the assistant page details Fixed error with Czech language Fixed bug with WPML and Slovenian language Fixed modal window for feedback submission Fixed mispelled text strings in English

14.05.2018

Improved back-end calendar daily view UI to add a new reservation or block some timeslots Added two new front-end shortcodes to list assistants [salon_booking_assistant] and services [salon_booking_services] Bug fix with Romanian language Bug fix with German language Bug fix with Dutch language Fixed back-end booking search by user name Fixed bug on reports section Fixed bug with Brazilian Real Fixed bug with Brazilian language Fixed bug with Estonian language Added a parameter to limit the assistants inside this shortcode [salon_booking_calendar assistants=5 ] Fixed back-end booking modal window scroll on mobile

09.04.2018

fixed bug with German language fixed bug with Russian language fixed some php notices and warnings

28.03.2018

fixed bug on daily view back-end calendar / position of reservations

16.03.2018

Now you can add holidays rules from back-end calendar daily view Added a new option to setup your favourite back-end calendar view Improved back-end settings UI Fixed bug with Estonian and Catalan language on date picker Fixed problem with long texts on booking form buttons Fixed bug with booking cancellation time Fixed bug on “save” booking from back-end

30.01.2018

Fixed bug with date/time picker localization Fixed bug with “force guest check-out”

23.01.2018

Possibility to add custom fields on checkout form

08.01.2018

Fixed bug on datepicker – weird date Fixed bug on “Pause online booking form” switch option Fixed php error Fixed booking modal window from back-end calendar on tablet

02.01.2018

Settings refactoring Fixed booking editing modal window bug on tablet Fixed bug on Revenue by service report Fixed bug on https websites on PayPal

11.12.2017

Fixed bug with translation files Fixed bug with Deutsch

28.11.2017

All the languages available are already bundled and available inside the plugin Fixed bug with Dutch language Fixed bug with WPML

31.10.2017

Fixed bug on booking system Fixed javascript error on booking form

20.10.2017

Fixed bug with “Exclusive service” option Fixed bug with SMS notifications to customers Fixed bug with the appointment system

26.09.2017

Added a second availabilty control at the end of booking process to avoid double bookings Fixed missing alert on Assistant unavailability when adding reservations from back-end Added “DELETE” button on “New reservations from back-end calendar” Fixed bug with Swedish language Fixed “Invalid license” issue Added a new option to send out an email to the client after one day from the last appointment asking for a review submission Fixed bug with php 5.3 version Added Polylang support Removed “Always” option from the “Booking time range”

04.09.2017

Advanced Discount System bundled into Salon Booking Drag&Drop to sort assistants order Automatic refresh of “Assistants calendar” when new reservations has come Display comment reviews inside “Reservations history” tab on “Booking my account” page

26.07.2017

Improvements of Google Calendar synch – now add new customers on reservation from G.C. Fixed bug on booking system Added URL of reservation inside Google Calendar event description Fixed bug on adding new customer with an existing email address Fixed date format consistent into GC event Removed auto-login URL expiration Improved booking rule “Always valid” option login

10.07.2017

Fixed bug on booking system Fixed bug on reservations date format on Google Calendar Fixed bug on booking rules after the 5th rule

04.07.2017

Fixed bug with booking system Fixed services “Auto draft” bug Fixed Yoast Free conflict

28.06.2017

Fixed bug with Yen currency on Stripe

20.06.2017

Fixed conflict with YOAST PREMIUM Fixed missing padding on the front-end booking form Coupon field not editable from mobile device “close” button on date/picker now it can be translatable Fixed bug with French version Fixed bug with Importing modal window

23.05.2017

Now you can add reservation from back-end calendar daily view Added fixed amount deposit option Optimized the performance of the booking form process more quick Fixed booking system algorithm Fixed bug on prices that use thousands Fixed bug on Date/Time picker on Finnish language Fixed booking that overrides salon closing time

27.04.2017

Fixed bug on booking system Fixed back-end calendar daily view hours representation Fixed assistants and services booking rules time intervals Improved back-end calendar daily view If total import is 0 no payment pending email notification Services disappeared after updates bug fixed SSL check

10.04.2017

Fixed bug on front-end when “change order” option is active

31.03.2017

Fixed status bar back-end calendar daily view “Create new user” option now is disabled by default Bug on services custom order on back-end fixed Bug on assistant selection on front-end fixed Bug on booking system – reservations that overrides closing time – fixed Fixed bug on thousand separator on Stripe Changed the “Services break” intervals options Added an alert on parallel reservations on back-end Removed rollback to 2.3 Added untraslateble text strings

07.03.2017

Fixed bug on Assistant selection Fixed bug on booking system ( overriding salon closing time ) Fixed bug on booking system ( date availability when parallel booking is available )

28.02.2017

Fixed bug on booking status Fixed bug on thousand separators Required checkout form fields options on back-end Added “Choose an assistant for me” default option on front-end Fixed fatal error on thank you page after payment on PayPal

07.02.2017

Fixed incompatibility with YITH Wish list and YITH Zoom magnifier Fixed wrong representation of free slots on back-end Fixed Google Calendar sync issues Fixed 0 error on password recovery Added pagination to Customers section Fixed bug on conditional secondary services Fixed missing new customer email notification Fixed error on booking system with “change order” active

25.01.2017

Fixed wrong branches

24.01.2017

Wrong representation of available slots on back-end time-picker Google Calendar sync issues ( canceled reservations not deleted from G.A.)

17.01.2017

Untraslatable text strings Problem with date picker – date selection automatic reset Higlited fully booked dates Improved fields validation Fixed some bugs Booking My Account page Minor restyling of reports stats Fixed new conflicts bugs with Yoast plugin Improved back-end calendar – representation of dayli availability, total reservations and total revenues per day

13.12.2016

Fixed bug with Yoast Fixed bug with holidays rules after 27 rules

30.11.2016

Fixed bug on associating services to assistant Fixed bug for disappeared customers list Fixed bug on holidays rules when more than 27 Fixed bug on sending reminder to Canceled reservations Fixed bug on YOAST conflict Fixed bug on mobile selection of services on checkbox

21.11.2016

Fixed bug on booking editing Fixex bug on “booking” page setting Fixed bug on a missing text string translation Fixed bug on missing reports

18.11.2016

Fixed bug on date picker of booking rules

14.11.2016

Fixed bug with cyrillic alphabet Holidays rule issues fixed Improved customer search Improved bookings search with new filters Fixed html markup bug into front-end booking form Selective js and css loading of bootstrap files into the back-end Dummy content load once fixed

21.10.2016

Bug with Woocommerce categories fixed Bug with “Accept reservation” button fixed Bug with “Email address missing” when “Force guest checkout” option is active fixed Selection of customers on back-end booking creation for Salon Staff user fixed Timezone +9 on back-end calendar fixed Booking my account page redesigned Settings pages layout improved

25.07/2016

Bug fixed on timepicker when “change order” option was enabled Bug fixed on Adding a reservation from back-end when no new customers option is selected Bug fixed with French language Compatibility issue with Purpose theme fixed Booking process speed optimization

13.07.2016

SMS bug fix Holidays rules bug fix Report filter bug fix

06.07.2016

Ip1sms bug fix Google Calendar booking URL fixed Removed CDN links Pages transition effect and date/time picker fixed Resend email notification option fixed Back-end calendar daily view fixed Holiday rules for assistants not saved fixed Checkout as a guest option ADDED Booking form color customization settings ADDED

15.06.2015

Bug fixed on booking rules Bug fixed with Google Calendar sync. Bug fixed with Holidays rules for assistants Restored alert message when select a service that overlaps the closing time

03.06.2015

Bug fixed on date and time picker for French language Bug fixed on add booking from back-end when “Assistant selection” option is not active Improvement: date and time picker icons now clickable Improvement: added the booking review inside the back-end calendar tool-tip Fixed bug on reservation position on calendar daily view Fixed bug on booking added from back-end by the Salon staff

18.05.2015

Bug fixed with SMS and email reminder Bug fixed with assistant selection Bug fixed with missing translating words Bug fixed with service drag&drop sorting Bug fixed with reservations added by back-end Bug fixed with 120 minutes average session duration Bug fixed with time picker of back-end bookings management

12.05.2016

Bug with Polish language

22.04.2016

Bug fixed on customer search inside back-end booking details Bug fixed on double email notification Bug fixed on adding services to a booking from back-end Bug fixed on wrong status for booking with “manual confirmation” option enabled

14.04.2016

Salon staff role bug fix Parallel booking bug fix Time format inside Booking My Account page Resend SMS verification code bug fix Wrong time format inside Calendar daily view Google Calendar syncronization legal time bug fix Improvement back-end calendar weekly view Front-end booking form restyling Blank page after reservation approval from back-end bug fix

11.03.2016

Fixed bug on calendar daily view Fixed bug on SMS verification code Fixed bug on Holidays rules Fixed minor CSS bugs

03.03.2016

Fixed Italian strings inside Assistant and Service detail page

19.02.2016

Fixed bug with French and Deutsch languages Fixed bug when payment on Paypal is cancelled Fixed bug with “Not available days” on services

08.02.2016

Fixed issue with timezone on Google Calendar integration Fixed bug with services prices over 2000 as value

05.02.2016

Fixed bug on booking algorithm Fixed issue with timezone on Google Calendar integration Fixed issue on front-end date picker

22.01.2016

Fixed bug on booking algorithm Fixed minor Php Warnings and Notices Changed the order of Salon booking back-end menù Layout improvements to the back-end Calendar

12.01.2016

Fixed bug on front-end Fixed bug on front-end “error alert” on last step Fixed bug on automatic updates alert

08.01.2016

Fixed bug – Screen options Fixed bug – Assistant overbooking Fixed bug – SMS notifications not sent Fixed bug – Managing Services categories Fixed bug – Custom message on disabled booking Fixed bug – Redirect page with Manual booking confirmation option active Fixed bug – Hide price option missing Fixed bug – Google Calendar settings error loop Changed text strings text-domain CSS improvements on front-end and back-end

18.12.2015

Fixed bug on hour format option

14.12.2015

Fixed bug on Timezone issues Fixed bug on available hours for “tomorrow bookings” Fixed bug on services duration calculation Fixed bug on slot availability after booking cancellation Fixed bug on Plivo SMS notification sending on selected assistant Bookings, Services and Assistants back-end columns improvements Back-end calendar small improvements ( added the name of the assistant on reservation detail) Date and time picker improvements on mobile and tablets

1.3.1 25/11/2015

Fixed bug on time picker Fixed bug on services duration calculation

1.3.0 12/11/2015

Bug on customer login Bug on back-end bookings archive Wrong link inside the license activation alert Wrong amount on payment step when deposit is disabled

1.2.0 05/10/2015

minor front-end redesign Unit per hour bug fix AM/PM time picker fix other minor bug fix

1.1.0 15/09/2015

fixed css bug on time-picker fixed bug on custom email inside email notification template fixed bug on “Booking allowed from” time range minor css and mark-up fixes

1.0.6 27/07/2015

fixed bug on date picker (first week not bookable) fixed css compatibility with twitter bootstrap based theme

1.0.5 07/07/2015

fixed WPML compatibility issue fixed real time availability control on date/time picker fixed booking range selection issue fixed time-session average duration bug

1.0.4 02/06/2015

Ajax loading option Currency position option New Address field Time selection fix Date picker fixes for Dutch and Norway languages Missing translations strings Modified many english text strings

1.0.3 22/05/2015

Date-picker multi-languages support fix

1.0.2 19/05/2015

Date-picker multi-languages support fix

1.0.1 13/05/2015

Added “Assistant selection” option Added “SMS Verification” option Add “Salon staff” new users role Fixed booking system bug