Title: Circumflex Booking Author: sutregutt Published: August 5, 2026 Last modified: August 5, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/circumflex-booking/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3635761) ![](https://ps.w.org/circumflex-booking/assets/icon.svg?rev=3635761) # Circumflex Booking By [sutregutt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sutregutt/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/circumflex-booking.1.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/circumflex-booking/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/circumflex-booking/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/circumflex-booking/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/circumflex-booking/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/circumflex-booking/) ## Description Circumflex Booking is a self-hosted appointment booking plugin for treatments, consultations, and other scheduled services. Customers request an available time, and authorized staff approve or reject each request manually. #### Customer booking * Let customers select one or more services in a single booking. * Show a practitioner choice or “first available” when several practitioners qualify. The choice is hidden automatically when only one qualifies. * Present available dates and times in accessible calendar and list views. Unavailable times are visually distinct and not selectable. * Collect name, email address, phone number, and an optional practical comment. * Reserve a requested time while the booking is pending, preventing another customer from taking it. * Send customer and staff notifications for booking events and reminders. * Give confirmed customers a private link to view the booking, request another time, or cancel within the configured deadline. #### Administration * Configure services, durations, preparation buffers, prices, booking and cancellation deadlines, and drag-and-drop service order. * Configure one or more practitioners and assign the services each can provide. * Combine recurring weekly hours with closures, extra opening dates, and manual blocks. * Review and process bookings in a filterable list or calendar with role- and practitioner-scoped permissions. * Optionally let linked practitioners decide only requests assigned to them. * Configure email identity and templates, then preview the responsive HTML and plain-text versions. * Use WordPress privacy tools, configurable retention, local diagnostics, configuration transfer, and a link to the WordPress-selected privacy policy. #### Add the booking form anywhere Circumflex Booking does not create or reserve a booking URL. Create or edit a normal WordPress page and insert the Circumflex Booking block, the [circumflex_booking] shortcode, or optional Elementor widget. Publish it and share that page’s URL with customers. Elementor, WooCommerce, and customer accounts are not required. All shipped functionality is available without payment or a license key. Payments, recurring bookings, and multiple locations are outside scope. Email uses `wp_mail()`; a separate SMTP plugin is recommended. Booking and diagnostics stay on the site. Optional Cloudflare Turnstile is disabled by default and disclosed below. ### Privacy and External Services The site’s database stores customer contact details, optional practical comment, services, practitioner, appointment time, and customer-notice snapshot. Internal notes are visible only to authorized roles. By default, personal data is anonymized 365 days after a terminal status; the period is configurable. Anonymization removes contact details, free text, customer tokens, and identifying notification and audit data. Anonymous booking facts may remain for statistics. WordPress privacy export and erasure are supported. Erasing an active booking does not release its reserved time. Authorized administrators can generate local diagnostics that omit personal data, free text, tokens, secrets, IP addresses, and site URLs. Nothing is sent to Circumflex AS. #### Cloudflare Turnstile [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/) is an optional anti-spam service. It is disabled by default and requires Cloudflare keys plus explicit administrator activation. When enabled, the browser loads `https://challenges.cloudflare.com`. Cloudflare processes signals including IP address, TLS fingerprint, User-Agent, site key, and origin. WordPress sends the secret and response token to Siteverify but does not explicitly add the visitor IP. Bookings fail closed if verification cannot finish. Review Cloudflare’s [Turnstile Privacy Addendum](https://www.cloudflare.com/turnstile-privacy-policy/), [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/), and [Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/policies/terms/) before enabling the service. The site owner must reflect this processing in the site’s privacy information. ### Source Code Source and build instructions are in the [public GitLab repository](https://gitlab.slettene.com/gvar/circumflex-booking). ### Support Use the Support tab for help. Product information is at [circumflex.no/circumflex-booking](https://circumflex.no/circumflex-booking/). Never post customer data, private links, credentials, or health information. ## Screenshots [⌊The customer booking flow starts with one or more services.⌉⌊The customer booking flow starts with one or more services.⌉[ The customer booking flow starts with one or more services. [⌊Accessible calendar and list views show available and unavailable times.⌉⌊Accessible calendar and list views show available and unavailable times.⌉[ Accessible calendar and list views show available and unavailable times. [⌊The booking dashboard summarizes pending and upcoming work.⌉⌊The booking dashboard summarizes pending and upcoming work.⌉[ The booking dashboard summarizes pending and upcoming work. [⌊Staff can review a booking and approve or reject it with a message.⌉⌊Staff can review a booking and approve or reject it with a message.⌉[ Staff can review a booking and approve or reject it with a message. [⌊Weekly hours, exceptions, extra openings, and blocks control availability.⌉⌊Weekly hours, exceptions, extra openings, and blocks control availability.⌉[ Weekly hours, exceptions, extra openings, and blocks control availability. [⌊Notification previews show the responsive HTML email and plain-text version.⌉⌊ Notification previews show the responsive HTML email and plain-text version.⌉[ Notification previews show the responsive HTML email and plain-text version. ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Booking form Display the Circumflex Booking appointment flow. ## Installation 1. Install and activate Circumflex Booking. 2. Add at least one service under Booking > Services. 3. Add a practitioner, assign services, and configure recurring hours under Booking > Practitioners and Booking > Availability. 4. Review deadlines, notices, retention, recipients, and email templates under Booking > Settings. 5. Select the site’s privacy policy under Settings > Privacy. 6. Create or edit a normal WordPress page, add the block, shortcode, or Elementor widget, publish it, and share its URL. 7. Check Tools > Booking status, then make and process a test booking before opening the page to customers. The tested and supported database baseline is MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 and newer. Use HTTPS and configure the site’s mail or SMTP setup before accepting real bookings. ## FAQ ### Does Circumflex Booking create a booking URL? No. Add the block, `[circumflex_booking]` shortcode, or Elementor widget to a normal page you create. Publish it and use that page’s URL. All three use the same booking flow and settings. ### What happens when there is only one practitioner? The practitioner step is hidden when the selected services have exactly one eligible practitioner. With several eligible practitioners, the customer can choose one or ask for the first available. ### Are notification emails sent immediately? An asynchronous worker starts as soon as a message is queued. WordPress cron remains as fallback and for retries. Inbox delivery depends on the site’s wp_mail() or SMTP setup. ### Why are MySQL 8.0 and MariaDB 10.11 listed? They match WordPress’s recommended production baseline and the versions covered by the plugin’s compatibility test matrix. Older versions may work, but they are not tested or supported. The status page reports an older version as a warning; the database version alone does not deactivate the plugin. ### Can customers change or cancel an appointment? Confirmed customers can receive a private link to request a new time or cancel before the deadline. New times require manual approval. Treat the link as a secret access key. ### Can practitioners approve assigned requests? Yes, when enabled. An active practitioner needs a notification email and linked Practitioner account. Access is limited to their own requests; managers retain access to all requests. ### Does the plugin support payments or recurring appointments? No. They are outside the plugin’s scope. ### Should customers enter health information in the comment field? Configure the warning beside the optional comment to tell customers not to submit health or other sensitive data that is not needed for scheduling. ### What happens when the plugin is deactivated or removed? Deactivation and normal uninstall preserve data. Permanent deletion requires an authorized administrator to enable and confirm the uninstall deletion option. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Circumflex Booking” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ sutregutt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sutregutt/) [Translate “Circumflex Booking” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/circumflex-booking) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/circumflex-booking/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/circumflex-booking/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/circumflex-booking/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/circumflex-booking/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.0 * Add scoped practitioner decisions, clearer setup and booking-page guidance, and the CF Booking admin menu. #### 1.0.2 * Address directory review findings, prepare WordPress language packs, and label the admin menu CF Booking. #### 1.0.1 * Clarify the supported database baseline and report older versions as a warning without deactivating the plugin. #### 1.0.0 * First stable customer booking, administration, notifications, privacy, and embedding release. Older development history is available in `changelog.txt`. ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **1 hour ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 8.3 or higher ** * Tags * [appointments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/appointments/)[availability](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/availability/) [booking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking/)[calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/calendar/) [scheduling](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scheduling/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/circumflex-booking/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/circumflex-booking/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/circumflex-booking/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ sutregutt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sutregutt/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? 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