Radius Booking – Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling for Services & Events

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About this tool

Radius Booking is an appointment booking calendar and scheduling plugin for WordPress. It lets customers book service appointments, register for events and schedule meetings from your website, while you manage staff, availability, customers and payments from one admin panel. The free version includes the full appointment booking system: unlimited services and staff, a real-time booking calendar, email notifications, a customer portal, PayPal payments, Google Calendar sync and Google Meet links. Radius Booking Pro adds Stripe, WooCommerce checkout, deposits, coupons, dynamic pricing, recurring appointments, multi-location support, staff payouts, WhatsApp reminders, advanced analytics and a conversational AI booking assistant. 👉 Plugin Demo | Documentation | Get Pro 👈 Video Tutorial Appointment Booking Calendar for Any Service Business Radius Booking replaces phone calls and back-and-forth emails with an online booking calendar that shows your real availability. Customers pick a service, choose a staff member, select an open time slot and confirm, with or without paying online. Every booking appears in your admin calendar, syncs to Google Calendar and triggers email notifications to the customer, the assigned staff member and the site admin. It is built for salons and spas, clinics and healthcare practices, consultants, tutors, coaches, cleaning and home service companies, fitness studios and anyone who takes appointments. Three Booking Types in One Plugin Most appointment plugins handle one kind of booking. Radius Booking includes three modules that can be turned on or off independently: Service appointments – service-first or staff-first booking flows, real-time availability, buffer times, capacity limits and guest checkout. Meeting scheduling – define meeting types with fixed durations (15, 30, 60 minutes), set availability windows per staff member, control notice periods and daily limits, require approval if needed, and auto-generate Google Meet links. Works like a personal scheduling link for consultations, discovery calls and demos. Event registration – create events with multiple sessions and ticket types, set capacity, sale windows and registration deadlines, enable a waitlist, and manage registrations and check-ins. 🌟 Who Uses Radius Booking Salons, spas and barbershops – Clients choose their preferred stylist or therapist, book an open slot and pay online. Buffer times give staff room between appointments. Clinics and healthcare providers – Doctors, dentists, chiropractors and therapists use automated confirmations and reminders, keep patient booking history in the customer database, and collect intake details with custom fields (Pro). Home and cleaning services – Plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians and cleaning companies let homeowners request service visits from the website and capture job details up front. Tutors and educators – Music teachers, language instructors and academic coaches manage student sessions, with recurring bookings (Pro) for weekly lessons. Fitness and wellness – Personal trainers, yoga and pilates studios handle one-on-one sessions and class bookings across multiple staff calendars. Consultants and professional services – Lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and agencies use meeting booking with Google Meet or Zoom (Pro) for virtual consultations. Event organizers – Workshop hosts, trainers and community groups sell tickets, track capacity and manage attendance from the same plugin. ✅ Classified Listing Integration Radius Booking integrates with our Classified Listing directory plugin. Listings sync as bookable services, listing owners become staff members, booking forms pre-fill with listing details, and a Book Now button appears on listing pages, turning a business directory into a service marketplace with built-in booking. Free Features Appointment Booking System Customers browse services, select a staff member, pick a date and time from the live booking calendar and confirm. Choose a service-first or staff-first flow. A multi-step form with a progress indicator and running summary keeps the process clear on desktop and mobile. Guest checkout is supported, with optional account creation. Booking Calendar and Availability Set business hours, multiple working periods per day, named breaks, special days with custom hours, and days off or vacation ranges with optional annual recurrence. Special days override weekday schedules, which override global defaults. Time periods can be scoped to specific services and locations. Meeting Scheduling Create meeting types with their own duration, price and color. Each staff member sets weekly availability windows, with buffer time before and after slots and date overrides for specific days. Set minimum notice, maximum advance booking days and maximum bookings per day. Meetings can be online, in person or hybrid, and can require admin approval. Customers reschedule through a unique link without logging in. Event Registration and Ticketing Create events with multiple sessions, each with its own date, time, speaker, capacity and location. Offer multiple ticket types (paid, free or early-bird) with sale windows and minimum or maximum tickets per order. Capacity is enforced in real time, with an optional waitlist, registration deadline and featured flag. Manage registrations, check-ins and event status from draft to completed. Admin Calendar View See all appointments, events and meetings in month and day views. Filter by service, staff member or customer to find openings and busy periods. Appointment Management View, filter and search bookings by date, staff, service or status (pending, confirmed, completed, cancelled). Assign or reassign staff and keep a full booking history. Service Management * Unlimited services with descriptions, images, duration and pricing * Service categories * Buffer time before and after each appointment, set separately * Minimum and maximum customers per slot * Extra guests with per-service limits and flat or per-person pricing * Per-customer booking limits (for example, three bookings per month) * Visible, hidden or disabled service states * Automatic staff assignment by price or workload Staff Management * Unlimited staff members with profiles, photos and contact details * Assign services to each staff member with optional custom pricing and capacity * Individual working hours, breaks, special days and days off * Staff dashboard to view appointments, customer details and edit assigned services * Dedicated staff role with granular permissions Customer Management and Portal A central customer database with contact details, booking history, internal notes, search and filtering. Optionally create WordPress user accounts when customers book. Customers get their own portal to view upcoming and past bookings with payment details and manage their profile and password. Email Notifications Customizable email templates for every booking event, sent to customers, staff and admins. Merge tags insert customer name, service, date, time, price, booking ID, staff details, phone numbers, confirmation or cancellation links and custom fields. Set the sender name, address and reply-to. One appointment reminder can be scheduled before each booking. Payments and Pricing Accept PayPal payments at booking time, or offer pay-later and offline options such as cash or bank transfer. Set fixed, variable or per-staff pricing. A transaction ledger records every payment and refund with status tracking. Google Calendar, Google Meet and Google Maps Two-way Google Calendar sync creates, updates and deletes calendar events and blocks busy times. Google Meet links are generated automatically for meeting bookings. Google Maps geolocation detects customer location for location-aware booking. AI Chat Widget A floating chat widget with a configurable bot name, colors, position, icon and welcome message, shown on all pages or selected ones. Live conversational booking requires Pro. Dashboard An overview of today’s appointments, revenue, recent activity and upcoming bookings with appointment and revenue charts. Elementor, Gutenberg and Shortcodes Elementor widgets and Gutenberg blocks for the booking form, service list, staff list, meeting list, event list and event registration, with layout, filtering and styling options. Shortcodes are available for every component: [radius_booking_form] – appointment booking form [rtrb_service_list] – service catalog [rtrb_employee_list] – staff directory [rtrb_my_booking] – customer portal [rtrb_meeting_list] and [rtrb_meeting_booking] – meeting types and booking form [rtrb_event_list] and [rtrb_event_registration] – events and registration form Appearance Settings Customize colors, typography, layout, field labels and placeholder text. The front end is fully responsive and styled with CSS variables for easy theming. Import and Export Export and import services, categories, staff, locations, customers, appointments and settings in batches, with relationships preserved. Translation Ready and Multisite Ships with translation files for 33 languages, supports right-to-left scripts and works with Loco Translate. Supports WordPress Multisite with per-site configuration and network activation. 💎 Pro Features Radius Booking Pro extends the free plugin with: AI Booking Assistant The chat widget becomes a working booking assistant. Connect your own OpenAI or Google Gemini API key and choose the model. Through natural conversation the assistant can list services and staff, check availability, create bookings, retrieve booking details, and reschedule or cancel appointments. It handles multi-step conversations, shows structured cards alongside text and answers questions from a custom knowledge base of Q&A entries organized by category. You pay your AI provider directly; the plugin adds no per-booking fees. How to configure the AI Booking Assistant Payment Gateways *Stripe Payment Gateway: Accept credit card payments secure

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Getting started

From the WordPress dashboard Go to Plugins > Add New . Search for “Radius Booking”. Click Install Now , then Activate . Manual installation Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/radius-booking/ , or upload the zip file from Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin . Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen. After activation Follow the setup wizard to enter your business details and hours. Add services and staff members. Place the booking form on any page with the [radius_booking_form] shortcode, the Gutenberg block or the Elementor widget.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I add an appointment booking form to my WordPress site? Install and activate Radius Booking, run the setup wizard, add at least one service and one staff member, then place the form on a page using the [radius_booking_form] shortcode, the Radius Booking Gutenberg block or the Elementor widget. Is Radius Booking free? Yes. The free version includes unlimited services and staff, the booking calendar, meeting and event booking, email notifications, a customer portal, PayPal payments and Google Calendar sync. Pro adds Stripe, WooCommerce, deposits, coupons, dynamic pricing, recurring appointments, multi-location support, payouts, WhatsApp notifications, advanced analytics and the AI booking assistant. Can customers pay when they book? Yes. The free version supports PayPal and offline or pay-later options. Pro adds Stripe, WooCommerce checkout and deposit payments. Does it support multiple staff members with their own schedules? Yes. Add unlimited staff, assign services to each, and set individual working hours, breaks, special days and days off. Customers can book with a specific staff member, or the plugin can assign one automatically. Can I use it as a salon booking plugin? Yes. Staff profiles, per-staff services and pricing, buffer times and a staff-first booking flow cover the needs of salons, spas and barbershops. Does it work for clinics and healthcare scheduling? Yes. Automated confirmations and reminders, a customer database with booking history and notes, and custom intake fields (Pro) are used by clinics, dentists, therapists and other practices. Does Radius Booking support event registration? Yes. Create events with multiple sessions and ticket types, set capacity and sale windows, enable a waitlist and manage registrations and check-ins. Can I use it for meeting scheduling? Yes. Define meeting types with fixed durations, set availability per staff member, require approval if needed and auto-generate Google Meet links. Zoom is available in Pro. Does it sync with Google Calendar? Yes. Two-way Google Calendar sync is included in the free version. Apple Calendar and Outlook support is available in Pro. Can customers cancel or reschedule their own bookings? Customers can view their bookings in the portal in the free version. Self-service cancellation and rescheduling within policies you define are Pro features. Are recurring appointments supported? Yes, in Pro. Customers can book a series of daily, weekly, monthly or custom-interval appointments. Can I manage multiple business locations? Yes, in Pro. Create locations with their own details, assign staff and set per-location pricing. How does the AI booking assistant work? The chat widget is included in the free version. Live conversational booking is a Pro feature: you connect your own OpenAI or Google Gemini API key. Customers describe what they need in the chat widget, and the assistant checks availability and completes, reschedules or cancels bookings. You pay your AI provider for usage; the plugin does not charge per booking. Can I pay staff commissions? Yes, in Pro. Set commission rates per staff member, let staff request payouts from their dashboard and approve them from the admin, with a full payout ledger. Can I send WhatsApp notifications? Yes, in Pro. Connect Twilio or the Meta WhatsApp Cloud API to send confirmations, reminders and cancellation notices for appointments, meetings and events. Is it compatible with WooCommerce? Yes, in Pro. Bookings can go through the WooCommerce cart and checkout, so you can use any WooCommerce payment gateway and keep appointment and order statuses in sync. Is it compatible with Elementor and Gutenberg? Yes. Dedicated Elementor widgets and Gutenberg blocks are included, along with shortcodes for use anywhere. Is the plugin translation ready? Yes. Translation files for 33 languages are included, and the plugin works with Loco Translate and other translation tools. How can I report security bugs? You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

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