Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar vs Oumma EasyBook – Appointment Booking Calendar

Appointment Hour Booking is a WordPress plugin for creating booking forms for appointments with a start time and a defined duration over a schedule. The start time is visually selected by the end user from a set of start times calculated based in the “open” hours and service duration. The duration/schedule is defined in the “service” selected by the customer. Each calendar can have multiple services with different duration and prices. This plugin is useful for different cases like booking of medical services where services with different duration and prices may be available, for personal training sessions, for booking rooms for events, for reserving language classes or other type of classes and other type of services/resources booking where start times are selected and the availability is automatically managed using the defined service duration to avoid double-booking (the booked time is blocked once the booking is completed). Main Features: Easy visual configuration of calendar data and schedules Working dates, invalid/holiday dates and special dates can be defined Supports restriction of default, maximum and minimimum dates Open hours can be defined for each date Each calendar can have multiple services defined Each service can have its own price and duration Start-times are calculated automatically based in the open hours and service duration Available times are managed automatically to avoid double-booking Multiple services can be selected on each booking Services can have multiple capacity Automatic price calculation Customizable email notifications for administrators and users Form validation and built it anti-spam captcha protection Manual and automatic CSV reports iCal addon with iCal export link and iCal file attached into emails Calendar available in 53+ languages Multiple date formats supported Blocks for Elementor and Gutenberg Multi-page calendars Printable appointments list Features in commercial versions: Visual form builder for creating the booking form fields Booking form can be connected to payment process (Ex: PayPal Standard, PayPal Pro, Stripe, Skrill, Authorize.net, TargetPay/iDEAL, Mollie/iDEAL, SagePay, Redsys) Payments are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) Addons for integration with external services: reCaptcha, MailChimp, SalesForce, WooCommerce and others Addons with additional features: appointment cancellation addon, appointment reminders addon, clickatell and twilio SMS add-ons, signature fields, iCal synchronization, Google Calendar API, Zoom Meetings … Appointment Hour Booking can be used for: Booking services or resources: Define schedule, open hours, services, prices and durations and let the calendar plugin manage the schedule. Sample cases: Medical services, personal training, resource allocation, booking rooms, classes, etc… The services can have a maximum capacity (example: number of persons that can book/attend the service at the same time). The default capacity is 1. If the service capacity has been set to 1 the time-slot will be blocked for new bookings after getting one booking. If the service capacity has been set to a greater number (example: service with capacity 10) the time-slot will be blocked after filling the capacity (example: after getting bookings for a total of 10 persons). This feature is described in detail at https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/blog/2019/01/24/bookings-for-multiple-persons/ The Troubleshoot Area Use the troubleshot if you are having problems with special or non-latin characters. In most cases changing the charset to UTF-8 through the option available for that in the troubleshot area will solve the problem. You can also use this area to change the script load method if the booking calendar isn’t appearing in the public website. The Notification Emails The notification emails with the appointment data entered in the booking form can sent in “Plain Text” format (default) or in “HTML” format. If you select “HTML” format, be sure to use the BR or P tags for the line breaks into the text and to use the proper formatting. Exporting Appointments to CSV / Excel Files The appointment data can be exported to a CSV file (Excel compatible) to manage the data from other applications. That option is available from the “bookings list”, the appointments can be filtered by date and by the text into them, so you can export just the needed appointments to the CSV file. Other Versions and Features The free version published in this WordPress directory is a fully-functional version for accepting appointments as indicated in the plugin description. There are also commercial versions with additional features, for example: Ability to process forms/appointments linked to payment process (PayPal, Stripe, Skrill, …) Form builder for a visual customization of the booking form Addons with multiple additional features Payments processed through the plugin are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) that comes into full effect on 14 September, 2019. Please note that the pro features aren’t advised as part of the free plugin in the description shown in this WordPress directory. If you are interested in more information about the commercial features go to the plugin’s page: https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/download

Oumma EasyBook is a powerful yet easy-to-use booking plugin for WordPress. Designed for wellness centers, coaching practices, salons, clinics, and any service-based business that needs online appointment scheduling. Key Features Unlimited Services — Create and manage services with custom durations, prices, colors, and descriptions. Smart Calendar — Modern, responsive booking calendar with real-time availability display. Anti-Double Booking — Intelligent slot management prevents scheduling conflicts automatically. Email Notifications — Automatic confirmation and cancellation emails to customers and admins. Availability Management — Set weekly working hours with multiple periods per day, plus date-specific overrides for holidays and special hours. Admin Dashboard — Overview with booking statistics, upcoming appointments, and recent activity. Shortcode & Gutenberg Block — Embed the booking form anywhere with [oumma_easybook] or the dedicated block. Fully Responsive — Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Customizable Design — Change colors, styles, and layout to match your brand. Unlimited Practitioners — Add multiple practitioners with individual profiles, schedules, and service assignments. 5-Step Booking Form — Service, practitioner, date/time, customer info, and confirmation summary. Bug Report System — Built-in bug reporting for easy support communication. Multilingual — Translated into 11 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Arabic. Premium Add-on Unlock advanced features with Oumma EasyBook Pro: Online payments via Stripe, PayPal, and WooCommerce Google Calendar two-way synchronization Automatic PDF invoices with company logo JSON export and import (full backup & restore) Use Cases Wellness centers & spas Hair salons & barbershops Coaching & consulting Medical & dental clinics Fitness studios & personal trainers Photography studios Freemium Model Oumma EasyBook follows a standard WordPress freemium model: This free version is fully functional for appointment booking: unlimited services, unlimited practitioners, booking calendar, email notifications, availability management, and design customization. Premium features (online payments via Stripe/PayPal/WooCommerce, Google Calendar sync, PDF invoices, export/import) are provided by a separate add-on plugin available at oumma-pro.com. No premium code is bundled in this free plugin. The free plugin provides action and filter hooks (e.g., oumma_easybook_settings_tabs, oumma_easybook_frontend_payment_config) that the premium add-on uses to extend functionality. In the admin settings, premium features are shown as non-interactive visual previews (greyed out at 35% opacity with pointer-events:none and a PRO badge) so administrators can see what features are available with an upgrade. These previews contain no functional code: all inputs are disabled, no data is saved, and no premium logic is executed. They are purely informational HTML. Data Handling All booking data is stored in custom database tables on your own WordPress installation. No data is sent to external servers except as described in the External Services section. On plugin deactivation, all data is preserved. On plugin deletion (uninstall), data is only removed if the administrator has explicitly enabled the “Delete all data on uninstall” option in Settings > Advanced. This is an opt-in safeguard to prevent accidental data loss. When enabled, uninstall removes: all plugin options, transients, custom database tables (services, practitioners, bookings, availability, coupons, waitlist, custom fields, bug reports), the auto-generated booking page, and scheduled cron events. External services This plugin connects to or references the following third-party services: Oumma Pro License API The plugin communicates with oumma-pro.com to verify premium license keys when a site administrator enters a license key in the plugin settings. Sends: license key, site URL, site name Receives: license status, expiration date, activation count Endpoint: https://oumma-pro.com/wp-json/oeblm/v1/verify This service is only active when the administrator enters a license key and clicks “Activate” The plugin admin pages also contain links to https://oumma-pro.com/oumma-easybook-pro/ for purchasing the premium add-on. These are standard hyperlinks — no data is sent when the links are displayed. Service provider: Oumma Pro Terms of Service: https://oumma-pro.com/cgu/ Privacy Policy: https://oumma-pro.com/politique-de-confidentialite/ Google Fonts When a site administrator selects a custom font family in the plugin appearance settings, the plugin loads the font from Google Fonts on the frontend. Loads: CSS font file from https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family={font_name} No personal data is sent by the plugin. Google may collect visitor IP addresses as part of serving the font files. This service is only active when the administrator selects a custom font (not the default “inherit” option) Service provider: Google LLC Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Oumma Contact (Admin Link) The plugin Email settings tab contains a hyperlink to Oumma Contact, a companion contact form and SMTP plugin by the same developer. This is a standard HTML link displayed in the admin area only. No data is transmitted when this link is displayed. The link is for informational purposes to help administrators discover compatible plugins.