Driveline Core
Driveline Core provides the content types and booking logic for vehicle rental sites. It works with any theme, and the data belongs to the plugin rather than to the theme, so changing how the site looks never puts a reservation at risk. What it registers Vehicles, locations, packages, extras, bookin
Driveline Core provides the content types and booking logic for vehicle rental sites. It works with any theme, and the data belongs to the plugin rather than to the theme, so changing how the site looks never puts a reservation at risk.
What it registers
Vehicles, locations, packages, extras, bookings and enquiries, each as its own content type, plus taxonomies for make, vehicle type, fuel, transmission and features. Everything is prefixed, so nothing collides with another plugin.
Availability and booking
A vehicle has a number of units, and availability is counted against those units across a half-open date window, so a rental ending exactly when another starts is not a conflict. A booking takes a hold first, and the hold is what reserves the unit while the customer finishes paying. Two customers reaching the last car at the same moment cannot both take it: the claim is made behind a named database lock and re-checked after it is written.
Holds expire. An unpaid booking releases its units on a scheduled sweep so a car does not sit reserved for someone who never came back.
Pricing
Rates are per vehicle with rules layered over them: seasonal percentages, weekday surcharges, long rental discounts, driver age bands, delivery, one way returns, add-ons and damage protection tiers. Money is stored in minor units against a declared currency, so a rounding error cannot creep in between the quote a customer saw and the amount an operator collects.
Checkout
WooCommerce is optional. With it installed, a booking is paid through a normal WooCommerce order, which brings refunds, taxes, gateways and reporting with it. Without it, a booking is still placed, still holds its units and is still confirmed by an operator.
Customer accounts and operator screens
Customers see their rentals, ask to change dates and download their documents through a signed link that expires rather than a guessable path. Operators get a month-by-month fleet calendar and the booking list on the same dashboard, and pricing rules, submitted listings and notification settings under the Fleet menu.
Search and maps
Visitors filter the fleet by dates, location, vehicle type and features. Maps are off until you turn them on, and every service the plugin can contact is listed below.
External services
This plugin can contact the services below. All of them are switched off when the plugin is installed, and none is contacted until an administrator turns it on under Fleet, Maps.
