Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar vs Taskbuilder – Project Management & Task Management Tool With Kanban Board

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

Taskbuilder simplifies project management and task management with powerful features like a visual kanban board, custom fields, duplicate projects, calendar view, and due date reminders. It includes user groups, recurring tasks, overdue notifications, a built-in time tracker, Gantt charts, checklists, and email piping. With detailed dashboards and reporting, Taskbuilder helps teams stay organized and productive. It also integrates seamlessly with BuddyPress and WooCommerce for extended functionality. Shortcodes : [wppm_projects] - Manage projects from front-end. [wppm_tasks] - Manage tasks from front-end. [wppm_tasks_calendar] - Use Calendar on front-end(pro feature). [wppm_tasks project ="insert project name here"]- If you want to display only selected project's task on page, you can add attribute as project name to tasks shortcode. It will only display tasks of selected project. [wppm_public_projects_tasks] = Display public project's tasks from frontend. [wppm_gantt_chart project ="insert project name here"]- You can access Gantt Chart from frontend. You have to give project name as parameter in shortcode (pro feature). 🌟 Top Features Dashboard: Get a quick overview of projects, tasks, and team workload in one centralized place. Unlimited Projects: Create unlimited projects with no restrictions, even in the free version. Unlimited Tasks:Create unlimited tasks with no restrictions, even in the free version. Unlimited co-workers: There is no limit to add co-workers. You can create any number of co-workers so that you can divide your workload. You can use wordpress’s registered users as co-workers(manager, co-workers) or client. Client Access Mode: Add users with a client role to projects and tasks with controlled access. Team Collaboration: Work together with your team in real time. Task Comment Mentions: Mention team members directly in task comments using @mentions to notify and collaborate with the right people. Ajax functionality: Almost every functionality is Ajax based so that its operational speed is at its best. Manage Projects & Tasks From Front-end: There is no need to pay anything for manage projects and tasks from front-end. Checklist: Break big tasks into small ones, check things off the list, and watch that status bar go to 100% complete. File Attachments: Files can attached in comments. Responsive Design: It is designed to work on any possbile screen size so that you can operate anytime, anywhere. It is recommended to use full-width template for Project and Task page so that it will work smoothly. Kanban Board: Cards represent your tasks and have everything you need to get the job done. As you make progress, drag cards from list to list so that everyone knows the status of the task at hand. List View: You can manage tasks and project on list view. Filter: You can filter task and projects by Title,Project name, Status, Category, Priority,User Names. Advanced Filters: Quickly find the tasks you need using advanced filters such as Created By, Assigned User, Priority, Start Date, and End Date. Email Notifications: Customizable email notification templates available for you to customize as per your requirement. You can make use of macro tags for task & projects specific information which gets replaced dynamically. Global Notifications: Get notified when you are mentioned in a task comment or assigned a task. Custom Statuses: You can create unlimited custom statuses for projects and tasks. Custom Priorities: You can create unlimited custom priorities for tasks. Custom Categories: You can create unlimited custom categories for projects. Appearance Setting: Customizable Appearance to match up with your theme. Shortcode Attribute: Display selected project’s task on frontend. If you want to display only selected project’s task on page, you can add attribute as project name to tasks shortcode. It will only display tasks of selected project.For ex- add shortcode [wppm_tasks project =”insert project name here”] on page. It will only shows tasks of project which you added as a project parameter in task’s shortcode. Archive Tasks and Projects: Keep your workspace organized by archiving completed or inactive tasks and projects instead of permanently deleting them. 🙌 After reading this feature list, you can probably imagine Taskbuilder is the most advanced and powerful task & project management plugin in the market. Give Taskbuilder a try. Premium Add-Ons : Calender – Get daily, weekly, or monthly view of task timelines with drag and drop feature. Filter them by Title,Project name, Status, Category, Priority,User Names if necessary. Email Piping – Email piping allows users to create tasks directly from their email inboxes. This will save a lot of time to visit your website every time, log in to their account, and then create a new task. Custom Fields – You can add Custom Field to the tasks and for projects. There are 5 types of custom fields you can create. i.e. Text, Number, Date, Dropdown, File Upload. Time Tracker – Time tracker tracks the exact time you spent on your tasks. Timer with start, stop feature for every task. Gantt Chart – Gantt Chart add-on effectively time manage your tasks and visualize upcoming deadlines for any project. Projects planners also use Gantt charts to maintain a bird’s eye view of projects. Duplicate Project – Duplicate Project add-on allows you to clone existing project and you will get same project with(tasks+checklists). Report – Report add-on allows you to create detail project progress reports for any project and customize which data should be shown in the report. You can then download report in PDF or CSV format. Buddypress – Buddypress Integration add-on allows you to create and manage projects,tasks in buddypress group on your own WordPress site. WooCommerce – WooCommerce Integration add-on automatically create task after order received. You can set order details in task description. Due Date Reminder – Due date reminder are super helpful for keeping your team on track to hit deadlines. Email notification will send to customer before due date of task. Usergroup – Using usergroup add-on you can assign group of users to project and those group assign to project can be assign to tasks of project. Recurrent Task – Recurrent Tasks add-on allow administrators to effortlessly schedule recurring tasks for routine tasks The system automatically generates these tasks at the defined times, providing a streamlined approach to essential and repetitive processes. With versatile recurrence periods, customizable scheduling options, and the ability to set start and end dates. Overdue Notifier – Overdue Notifier is a add-on that automatically sends email notifications when a task’s due date has passed and the task is not yet completed. 👨‍💻 DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT For documentation and tutorials go to our Help If you have any more questions, visit our Support Available Translations : Available in below languages. * Romanian * French (France) * German (Germany) * German(formal) * Turkey * Portuguese (Brazil) If you are a translator, you can get free access to all premium add-ons for a year in exchange for translating them into your language if it is not available already. We will renew the Premium subscription next year if you continue contributing to the translation. If interested, don’t hesitate to contact us via our support page.