Events Maker by dFactory vs WP Time Slots Booking Form

Events Maker is a fully featured event management plugin from dFactory including recurring events, locations management, full calendar, iCal feed/files support and google maps integration. Powerful, flexible events management Events Maker allows you to easily create and manage your events. But at the same time is powerful and very flexible in customization. Responsive Events Calendar Users can browse for your events in a beautiful, responsive events calendar and display all events for the selected month, week od day. Automatic iCal support Events Maker automatically generates an iCal feed/files for all your events, categories, tags, locations, organizers and single events which can be used to import event information into calendar applications such as Google Calendar, iCalendar, Outlook, ThunderBird, etc. Locations with Google Maps Support for event locations and Google Maps has never been easier. Thanks to the geolocation you won’t need to mess around with latitude and longitude. WPML & Polylang compatibility Events Maker allows you to create and manage events, categories, locations and organizers in different languages using WPML or Polylang. So now, if you build a multilingual website, you won’t have to worry about the multilingual capability anymore. Recommended Community Themes: Browse beautiful WordPress themes compatible with Events Maker. Brentwood – Golf Course Theme Wise Mountain – Vineyard and Winery Theme The Food Truck – Restaurant Theme Rock Harbor – Church WordPress Theme Growler – Brewery WordPress Theme Dining Restaurant – WordPress Theme For Chefs Your favorite theme’s not listed here? Ask the theme developer to make it work with Events Maker – it’s quite simple. Features include: Easy Events management Built using WordPress custom post types, custom taxonomies and custom post fields Ajax Events Calendar Event Search with customizable attributes Display options for single events Multiple Tickets and Pricing Locations list page Organizers list page Full Calendar page Automatic iCal feed/files support Advanced recurring events, including daily, monthly, yearly and custom occurrences Compatibility with Twenty Thirteen, Twenty Fourteen and Twenty Fifteen themes Featured events Event Categories and Tags Event Ogranizers Organizers contact details and image Event Locations Breadcrumb navigation Google maps Duplicating events Builtin event gallery RSS feed support Customizeable template files Events sorting HTML description for event taxonomies Google Rich Snippets ready 7 Events widgets Multiple custom functions Advanced hooks for developers Custom permissions for Events Multisite support Compatible with WPML & Polylang Compatible with SEO plugins Customizable permalink structure .pot file for translations included Future plans: Front-end events submissions Event registration system

WP Time Slots Booking Form is a powerful booking calendar solution that enables users to create customized booking forms for appointment booking on specific calendar dates. With this intuitive tool, you can design a user-friendly form featuring a calendar where end-users can easily select available time slots and complete their bookings. Upon booking completion, notification emails are automatically sent to the admin, ensuring they are informed of every calendar booking. Additionally, a confirmation email can be dispatched to the user who made the booking, enhancing the overall user experience. This versatile booking calendar system is ideal for a variety of applications, including reserving classrooms, purchasing event tickets, scheduling medical appointments, booking times in escape rooms, arranging personal coaching or professional assistance, and securing cleaning services. It is perfect for any service that requires customers to select specific date-times or groups of date-times (time slots) from a set of available options, making it an essential tool for effective appointment booking. In the booking calendar you can setup: Available time slots for each weekday Available time slots on specific dates Capacity (number of persons that can book) for each time slot The number of different time slots that can be selected in a single booking Minimum and maximum available dates Holiday or closed dates Price for each time slot Pricing for different numbers of selected slots Pricing options based on the number of adults and children (optional) Number of months to display Additional calendar features 10+ calendar design templates includes, both classic and modern views In addition to these calendar booking functionalities, other important features of the plugin include: A modern, mobile-friendly design A responsive calendar and booking form A visual form builder for easy customization Multi-language support for global accessibility Notification emails to keep users informed Modern, customizable, good-looking, anti-spam features to protect against unwanted submissions Email reports for tracking bookings CSV reports for data analysis A usage and stats area for insights A bookings list for easy management A printable schedule list for offline reference A multi-view calendar for displaying schedules Integration with Elementor, Gutenberg, and other page builders Support for add-ons, including the iCal add-on The plugin effectively manages the availability of each time slot, allowing you to define a maximum capacity for each slot and set the maximum number of time slots that a customer can select for their booking. You can optionally enable multiple individuals to book the same time slots until the capacity is fully filled. The plugin also allows you to set different prices for two groups (for example, adults and children) and includes additional options that make it suitable for purchasing event tickets or other activities/items with varying capacities. New Feature: Use our Visual Styles Editor to fully customize 10+ calendar templates. Transform your booking forms with a sleek, modern aesthetic in just a few clicks. Features in commercial versions While the free version of the plugin is fully functional, the commercial versions offer premium features that enhance its capabilities, including: Payment Integration: Support for various payment gateways such as PayPal, Stripe, Skrill, Authorize.net, iDEAL, SagePay, and Redsys. SCA Ready Payments: Payments are compliant with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and compatible with the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in the EU. iCal Synchronization: Easily import and export calendar events with iCal import and iCal export. Integration with External Services: Seamless integration with services like reCaptcha, MailChimp, Salesforce, WooCommerce, and more. SMS Notifications: Integration with SMS services via Twilio or Clickatell for booking confirmations and reminders. Booking Reminders: Automated reminders to keep users informed about their bookings. Rich Form Builder: Create advanced forms with conditional fields, multi-page forms, file uploads, and more. Additional Items Fields: Customize your forms with additional fields for specific requirements. Email Notifications: Stay updated with email notifications on booking status changes. For a complete list of commercial features, please visit the plugin download page. 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.