Title: Aprus Appointment Calendar Author: aprus Published: July 21, 2026 Last modified: July 21, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/aprus-appointment-calendar/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3617215) ![](https://ps.w.org/aprus-appointment-calendar/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3617215) # Aprus Appointment Calendar By [aprus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprus/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/aprus-appointment-calendar.2.5.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/aprus-appointment-calendar/) ## Description **Aprus Appointment Calendar** is a lightweight, no-frills booking plugin. You set your opening hours, drag-select the exact slots you want to be bookable, and clients book through a clean calendar embedded anywhere on your site. #### Features * **Two client views** — monthly calendar and weekly column layout * **Embed anywhere** — `[apruapca_calendar]` shortcode, classic widget or Gutenberg block (`Aprus Appointment Calendar` / `Aprus Appointment Calendar (columns)`) * **Admin availability grid** — drag-select a rectangle over slots to open or close them in bulk. Booked slots are protected from accidental change. * **Appointment duration + break** — control slot generation with duration and buffer between visits * **Working days & hours** — per-day-of-week toggle, lead time (earliest booking), calendar range (how far ahead) * **Booking popover** — hover a booked slot in admin to see client details and cancel with one click; cancellation sends an e-mail notification * **Automatic locale** — Polish or English based on WordPress site language, English by default * **Respects your WP settings** — `start_of_week` (Monday vs Sunday), `time_format`( 24h / 12h AM-PM) * **E-mail notifications** — customer + admin messages via `wp_mail()` * **No accounts required** — clients book by e-mail #### Free and open source The plugin is fully free — no premium tier, no artificially blocked features. If you find it useful, you can [buy me a coffee on Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/aprus) or on [buycoffee.to](https://buycoffee.to/aprus). It helps me keep the project maintained. #### Privacy The plugin stores appointment data (name, e-mail, phone, note, date, time) in your own WordPress database. Nothing is sent to third-party servers. E-mails go through the standard `wp_mail()` function. ## Screenshots [⌊Monthly calendar view for clients — pick a day, then a time slot⌉⌊Monthly calendar view for clients — pick a day, then a time slot⌉[ Monthly calendar view for clients — pick a day, then a time slot [⌊Weekly column view — days as columns, slots as rows⌉⌊Weekly column view — days as columns, slots as rows⌉[ Weekly column view — days as columns, slots as rows [⌊Admin availability grid — drag-select to open/close many slots at once⌉⌊Admin availability grid — drag-select to open/close many slots at once⌉[ Admin availability grid — drag-select to open/close many slots at once [⌊Hover a booked slot to see client details and cancel with one click⌉⌊Hover a booked slot to see client details and cancel with one click⌉[ Hover a booked slot to see client details and cancel with one click [⌊Plugin settings⌉⌊Plugin settings⌉[ Plugin settings ## Blocks This plugin provides 2 blocks. * Appointment calendar (monthly) * Appointment calendar (columns) ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install from **Plugins Add New Upload** 2. Activate **Aprus Appointment Calendar** in the Plugins list 3. Open **Appointments Settings**, adjust hours / duration / working days 4. Open **Appointments Calendar** and drag over slots to open them for clients 5. Add the shortcode `[apruapca_calendar]` (or `[apruapca_calendar view="columns"]`) to any page/post, or drop the block/widget on your site ## FAQ ### How do I display the weekly column view? Use `[apruapca_calendar view="columns"]` in the shortcode, or pick **Aprus Appointment Calendar (columns)** in the block editor / widgets. ### Can clients see all slots by default? No. In this plugin nothing is bookable until you explicitly open slots in **Appointments Calendar**. Drag over the slots you want to make available. ### Can I cancel a booking? Yes. In **Appointments Calendar**, hover a blue (booked) slot — a popover appears with client details and a “Cancel booking” button. The client gets an e-mail notification. You can also cancel from **Appointments Bookings**. ### Does it support 12-hour time format? Yes. The calendar reads your **Settings General Time format** — `H:i` shows 24- hour times (`13:00`), `g:i a` shows 12-hour (`1:00 pm`). ### Does the week start on Monday or Sunday? Whatever you set in **Settings General Week starts on**. ### Does the plugin phone home / call external services? No. All data stays in your WordPress database. E-mails use `wp_mail()`. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Aprus Appointment Calendar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ aprus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprus/) [Translate “Aprus Appointment Calendar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aprus-appointment-calendar/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/aprus-appointment-calendar/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/aprus-appointment-calendar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/aprus-appointment-calendar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.5.0 * Month view now colours each day by availability — days with open slots get a green tint and dot, fully-booked days are greyed out and not clickable, with a small legend below the calendar * Redesigned the empty “no free slots” state (centred icon + message) instead of a cramped line of text * Spam / bot protection for the public booking form, all configurable under Settings Spam protection (on by default, no external services): honeypot field, time trap( rejects submits faster than a human — default 3s) and a per-IP rate limit (default 5 bookings / 60 min) * Unique prefixes across the whole plugin, per WordPress.org review feedback: functions, classes, constants, options, hooks, nonces, AJAX actions, menu slugs, script/ style handles, widget id, block namespaces and the custom table renamed from the 3-letter `sac` prefix to `apruapca` (8 chars) * Renamed the shortcode from the generic `[appointment_calendar]` to `[apruapca_calendar]` for the same uniqueness requirement * Wrap global variables in `uninstall.php` in a prefixed function * Refreshed the front-end booking form — a summary chip with calendar icon for the chosen slot, uppercase field labels with clearer spacing, larger inputs, and a redesigned confirmation / error message (status icon, subtle fade-in, no empty space reserved before a booking is made) * Verified on a clean WP_DEBUG install — no notices, warnings or deprecations across activation, front-end views, all AJAX endpoints, the full booking lifecycle, settings save and uninstall #### 2.4.4 * Pass all Plugin Check audits: WordPress coding standards, i18n compliance, DB safety, output escaping * Migrate SQL queries to modern `%i` identifier placeholder (requires WordPress 6.2+) * All translatable strings go through `__()` with English source (Poedit / GlotPress friendly) * Add `translators:` comments on placeholders in e-mail templates * Replace `date()` with `gmdate()` for timezone-safe date math * Ordered sprintf placeholders (`%1$s, %2$s`) in all multi-arg strings #### 2.4.3 * Switch to WordPress standard i18n with .pot / .po / .mo files (in `/languages/`) * All source strings are English; Polish translation shipped as `aprus-appointment- calendar-pl_PL.mo` * Localized month and weekday labels use WordPress core translations via `wp_date()` * Full code comments translated to English #### 2.4.2 * Fix layout shift after selecting a day in the monthly view (theme CSS interference) * `overflow: hidden` on the calendar card so nothing escapes * `min-width: 0` on grid children — prevents column widening under long content #### 2.4.0 * Respect WordPress `start_of_week` — Monday or Sunday * Respect WordPress `time_format` — 24h / 12h AM-PM in slot labels and popover * Minor CSS reset to prevent themes from breaking labels and headings #### 2.3.0 * Full visual redesign — modern colour palette, spacing, typography #### 2.2.0 * Admin availability: rubber-band rectangle selection (mouse drag or touch) * Auto-jump on first load to the first week with clickable slots * Stronger `user-select: none` to stop theme CSS from breaking drag #### 2.1.0 * Booking popover on hover (client details + cancel) * Cancel booking endpoint with customer e-mail notification * Full i18n — auto-detected Polish / English #### 2.0.0 * New availability model — nothing is bookable by default; admin opens slots explicitly * Add appointment duration + buffer settings #### 1.0.0 * First release ## Meta * Version **2.5.0** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [appointments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/appointments/)[booking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking/) [calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/calendar/)[reservations](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reservations/) [schedule](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schedule/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aprus-appointment-calendar/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/aprus-appointment-calendar/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/aprus-appointment-calendar/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ aprus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprus/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/aprus-appointment-calendar/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://ko-fi.com/aprus)