Bookslots – Simple Booking & Appointment Scheduler vs Easy Appointments

Bookslots is a powerful yet simple appointment booking and scheduling plugin for WordPress. Allow your clients to book appointments, consultations, and services directly from your website without endless email exchanges or calendar conflicts. Perfect For ✓ Service Businesses – Hair salons, barbershops, spas, beauty services ✓ Healthcare – Doctors, dentists, therapists, counselors ✓ Consultants – Coaches, advisors, lawyers, accountants ✓ Fitness – Personal trainers, yoga instructors, gym sessions ✓ Education – Tutors, teachers, training sessions ✓ Professionals – Real estate agents, photographers, freelancers Why Choose Bookslots? 🚀 Easy Setup – Get started in minutes with intuitive configuration 📱 Mobile Responsive – Beautiful booking forms on all devices ⏰ Timezone Smart – Automatically displays times in your visitor’s timezone 🎨 Customizable Themes – Choose from default or premium modern designs 📧 Email Notifications – Automatic booking confirmations for you and clients 📅 Calendar Download – Clients can download .ics files to add to their calendar 💼 Multi-Provider – Manage multiple staff members with individual schedules 🎯 No Conflicts – Real-time availability prevents double-bookings Key Features For Business Owners: * Unlimited services/calendars with custom durations * Multiple staff members with individual schedules * Flexible availability settings (days, hours, breaks) * Prevent last-minute bookings with advance notice * Control appointment intervals and buffer times * Email notifications for new bookings * Admin dashboard with booking overview For Your Clients: * Simple 3-step booking process * See real-time availability * Select preferred staff member * Choose convenient time slots * Download appointment to calendar (.ics) * Mobile-friendly interface * Timezone-aware scheduling Built for WordPress: * Standalone – no dependencies on other plugins * Works with any WordPress theme * Lightweight and fast – won’t slow down your site * Secure and WordPress-standards compliant * Regular updates and support How It Works Setup Your Services – Create appointment types (e.g., “Haircut – 30 minutes”) Add Your Team – Add staff members and set their working hours Embed the Form – Use shortcode [bookslots calendar="1"] anywhere Start Accepting Bookings – Clients book instantly, you get notified Shortcode Usage Basic form: [bookslots] Pre-select a service: [bookslots calendar=”58″] Position the form: [bookslots calendar=”58″ position=”center”] [bookslots position=”left”] [bookslots position=”right”] Video Demo Watch our quick 2-minute setup guide: Support Need help? We’re here for you! * Documentation * Support Forum * Report Issues Coming Soon (Pro Version) 🌟 Advanced Features: * Payment integration (Stripe, PayPal, WooCommerce) * Google Calendar & Zoom integration * SMS notifications * Custom email templates * Advanced analytics & reports * Client management (CRM) * Recurring appointments * Group bookings * Custom fields builder * Multi-location support * Export bookings to CSV Privacy Policy Bookslots stores booking information including: * Customer name and email address * Selected service and provider * Appointment date and time * IP address (for spam prevention) This data is stored in your WordPress database and is not sent to external services. You can delete bookings at any time from the WordPress admin. Credits

Easy Appointments lets you add a fully-featured booking system to any WordPress site — in minutes. Whether you run a salon, clinic, law firm, gym, or tutoring business, your customers book online while you stay in control of your calendar. Over 10,000+ active sites trust Easy Appointments to handle their bookings every day. Perfect for 💇 Beauty & wellness — salons, spas, massage therapists, barbers 🏥 Health & medical — doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, therapists ⚖️ Professional services — lawyers, accountants, consultants 🏋️ Fitness & coaching — personal trainers, yoga instructors, tutors 🔧 Trades & home services — mechanics, cleaners, plumbers 🏨 Hospitality & leisure — escape rooms, photography studios, event venues Live Demo Responsive Appointment form Responsive Appointment form – two column layout Full calendar NEW Standard Appointment form Doc Documentation Everything you need to run your bookings 📅 Flexible scheduling, your way Set your availability exactly how you need it — multiple locations, multiple staff, multiple services, all with independent time slots. Supports even the most complex schedules without writing a line of code. 📧 Automatic email notifications Customers get instant booking confirmations. Staff get notified. You can customise every email template, trigger reminders, and let customers confirm or cancel via a link — no chasing required. 📱 Booking forms that look great everywhere Responsive single or two-column layouts that work on mobile, tablet, and desktop. Embed anywhere with a simple shortcode. 🛠️ Build the form you need Add custom fields, require information, set up Google reCAPTCHA to block spam, and drag-and-drop your fields into any order. 🌍 Works in any language Translated into 10+ languages. Date picker localised for 77 locales. Full translation support for your custom labels. 📊 Reports & exports View your booking calendar at a glance and export appointments to CSV for use in Excel, Google Sheets, or your CRM. More Features Multiple Locations Multiple Services Multiple Workers Create dedicated calendar for one location / service / worker Create time slots by connecting location – service – worker and date/time Multiple time slots Fine granular option for creating even most complex time table Bulk connections builder Extremely flexible time table Email notifications : Send email notification to customer on creation and update of appointment Send email notification to predefined list of admin users Send email notification to employee Custom content and subject Custom admin email Confirm booking via link provided inside email Cancel booking via link provided inside email HTML content via WYSIWYG editor Custom emails for different status of appointments : pending, reservation, canceled, confirmed Include any information from booking inside email content even from custom fields Single Column Responsive Bootstrap Layout for Appointment form Two Column Responsive Bootstrap layout Custom form fields : Create your own custom form fields in a few clicks textarea select input Make fields required Drag and drop order Google reCAPTCHA v2 Google reCAPTCHA v3 NEW NEW use current logged in user data sa default value for custom field. Internationalization – support for translations (you can create your own translation >> tutorial <<) German translation (thanks to Matthias) Romanian translation (thanks to Vlad) Polish translation (thanks to Maciej Bauza) Finnish translation thanks to Maija Portuguese translation thanks to Antonio Portuguese Brazil translation thanks to seniweb Labels Hide price Add custom currency Set currency before/after price Custom style Localization of datepicker for 77 different languages (day of week, months) Reports Time table overview Export to CSV (for Calc, Excel…) 🚀 Need more power? Upgrade to Easy Appointments Pro The Pro extension unlocks everything serious businesses need: Google Calendar sync — 2-way sync so your team always sees the full picture SMS & WhatsApp notifications — reduce no-shows with automated reminders via Twilio Online payments — collect deposits or full payment via Stripe, PayPal, or WooCommerce at booking AI Booking Assistant — let customers book via a conversational chat widget iCalendar feeds — sync with Apple Calendar, Outlook, and any .ics-compatible app Room & resource booking — book meeting rooms, equipment, or any shared resource 👉 See Pro plans and pricing → For more info follow the link for Extension plugin HomePage easy-appointments.com External services FullCalendar This plugin uses the FullCalendar JavaScript library to display interactive calendars and events within the plugin interface. FullCalendar itself does not collect or transmit personal data. All calendar data is generated and managed locally within the plugin or retrieved from configured services such as Google Calendar. This service is provided by FullCalendar LLC Terms of use and Policy : https://fullcalendar.io/license