Title: BookIvy Author: thomasgericke Published: August 6, 2026 Last modified: August 6, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/bookivy/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3636632) ![](https://ps.w.org/bookivy/assets/icon.svg?rev=3636632) # BookIvy By [thomasgericke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thomasgericke/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bookivy.2.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookivy/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookivy/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookivy/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookivy/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bookivy/) ## Description BookIvy connects your WordPress site to your BookIvy instance. You enter your licence key once and confirm the connection in your BookIvy backend. From then on the plugin picks up everything else automatically: the booking URL and the chatbot address of your instance. #### Features * **Appointment calendar** – The booking flow is embedded directly into your page with a transparent background and no visible frame. Its height adjusts automatically to each step, so there is no inner scrollbar and no empty space below the form. * **Chatbot** – An AI booking assistant, either as a floating button on every page or placed inline on selected pages. * **No manual configuration** – Addresses come straight from your instance and are refreshed every time you reconnect. There is nothing to copy and paste. * **Brand colours** – Optionally use the colours defined in your instance instead of the plugin defaults. Text colour on coloured surfaces is calculated automatically for readable contrast. * **No advertising on your site** – The credit line naming the provider and the author is switched off by default and only appears if you explicitly turn it on. #### Shortcodes Appointment calendar: ``` [bookivy-calendar] [bookivy-calendar height="900px"] [bookivy-calendar service="3"] – a specific service [bookivy-calendar service="3" person="7"] – a service with a specific person [bookivy-calendar planroom="2"] – a specific room [bookivy-calendar table="5"] – a specific table ``` Chatbot: ``` [bookivy-chat-widget] [bookivy-chat-widget height="500px"] ``` #### External services and data processing This plugin communicates with the BookIvy platform. It cannot work without that connection, because all content it displays is provided by your instance. 1. **Licence connection** – When you click “Connect”, you are redirected to https:// app.bookivy.ai/admin/endpoint/wp-connect.php. Your licence key and the return address of your site are transmitted. The platform sends back the master data of your instance, cryptographically signed. This step happens exclusively in the WordPress admin area and is always triggered by a logged-in administrator. 2. **Appointment calendar** – The booking page of your instance is embedded as an iframe. Visitor data is exchanged directly between the browser and your instance. 3. **Chatbot** – Chat messages are forwarded server-side through WordPress to the chatbot address stored in your instance, so that address never appears in the page source. Provider: Re-Thought Consulting, https://www.re-thought.de/ Product information: https://bookivy.ai/ Privacy policy: https://bookivy.ai/ivy/recht/datenschutz/ Legal notice: https://bookivy.ai/ivy/recht/impressum/ ## Screenshots [⌊Settings tab with the licence key and the details of the connected instance.⌉⌊ Settings tab with the licence key and the details of the connected instance.⌉[ Settings tab with the licence key and the details of the connected instance. [⌊Appointment calendar tab with the booking URL and the available shortcodes.⌉⌊Appointment calendar tab with the booking URL and the available shortcodes.⌉[ Appointment calendar tab with the booking URL and the available shortcodes. [⌊Chatbot tab with the colour scheme selector and the display options.⌉⌊Chatbot tab with the colour scheme selector and the display options.⌉[ Chatbot tab with the colour scheme selector and the display options. ## Installation 1. Upload and activate the plugin. 2. Open the **BookIvy** menu and enter your licence key. You will find it in your backend at https://app.bookivy.ai/login.php under **Settings Licence**. 3. Click **Connect** and confirm the connection once in your backend. 4. The **Appointment calendar** and **Chatbot** tabs then show the addresses of your instance together with the matching shortcodes. Do not have an account yet? You can get started right away at https://bookivy.ai/ ivy/get-ivy/ ## FAQ ### A shortcode does not display anything. Why? The plugin embeds whatever your instance provides. If no booking or chatbot address is available for your account, there is nothing to embed and the shortcode stays empty. Logged-in administrators see an explanatory note in that spot; visitors see nothing. Click **Refresh data** on the **Settings** tab to fetch the addresses again. ### What happens when my licence expires? The plugin contains no lock and no countdown of its own. It simply displays what the platform provided at the last sync. Whether and for how long your account continues to be served is decided by the platform, not by this plugin. The licence status last reported is shown in the admin area. ### Will my site advertise BookIvy? Not without your consent. The credit line “BookIvy made by Re-Thought Consulting” in the chat header is switched off by default. It only appears once you enable it on the **Chatbot** tab, and you can switch it off again at any time. ### Can I use the floating widget and the shortcode at the same time? Yes. The floating button and an inline chat can run on the same page without conflicting. One inline chat per page is supported. ### The booking form is wrapped in a coloured box. What can I do? The booking flow brings its own background and is embedded transparently on purpose. If you place the shortcode inside a container that has its own background, border or padding, that container shows through. Remove those styles from the surrounding element. ### The chat shows technical output instead of an answer. On the **Chatbot** tab, the option “Remove internal output from answers” is enabled by default and strips tool calls and raw data that were passed through. Check that this option is still enabled. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “BookIvy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ thomasgericke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thomasgericke/) [Translate “BookIvy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bookivy) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bookivy/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bookivy/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bookivy/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bookivy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.1 * Fixed: The privacy policy URL in the readme pointed to a page that no longer exists. It now points to the current address, and the legal notice has been added alongside it. * Fixed: Height values are now validated as real CSS lengths (a number plus px, em, rem, vh, vw or %) instead of only having disallowed characters stripped. This applies to the setting as well as to the height attribute of both shortcodes. #### 2.0.0 * Removed: The 14-day grace period and the frontend lock attached to it. The plugin no longer contains any time limit or access restriction. * Removed: The check against a feature entitlement list. What is displayed now depends solely on whether the platform provides the corresponding addresses. * Changed: The credit line naming the provider and the author is switched off by default and has to be enabled explicitly before it appears on the site. * Changed: All tabs are reachable at any time; their content follows the available data. * Changed: Custom icons replace the third-party icons used before, so that only the plugin’s own licence applies. * Added: LICENSE.txt with licence and provenance information. #### 1.7.0 * Added: The colour scheme can be switched between the plugin colours and the brand colours of the instance. The brand colours are shown on the Chatbot tab together with their purpose and the full palette; text colour on coloured surfaces is set automatically for readable contrast. * Added: Direct entry points for the appointment calendar through the `planroom` and table attributes for rooms and tables. The matching view is selected automatically. * Improved: “Refresh data” and “Disconnect” now sit next to each other instead of overlapping. #### 1.6.0 * Merged the previous separate plugins for the appointment calendar and the chat into a single plugin. * Added: Connection to the instance through the licence key; addresses and functions are picked up automatically. * Added: Interface with three tabs. * Added: Filter against tool calls and raw data passed through into chat answers, which can be switched off. * Added: Automatic import of the settings from the predecessor plugins. * Changed: The shortcodes are now `[bookivy-calendar]` and `[bookivy-chat-widget]`. * Fixed: The response of the chat endpoint no longer contains raw data from the upstream service. ## Meta * Version **2.0.1** * Last updated **21 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.3** * 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/)[chatbot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chatbot/) [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookivy/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bookivy/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bookivy/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ thomasgericke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thomasgericke/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bookivy/)