HAQ Booking

By Husain Ahmed

Description

HAQ Booking turns your WordPress site into an appointment booking system. Everything runs inside this plugin — no theme dependency and no required companion plugins.

Features

Create services with duration, price and status
Manage staff, working hours, breaks and assigned services
Customer records with booking history
Appointment list and admin calendar
Availability engine with open time slots
Mobile-friendly booking form via shortcode [haq_booking] or Gutenberg block
Email confirmation, cancellation and reschedule notices
Customer cancel and reschedule via secure token links
GDPR export / erase personal data support

Shortcode

Place this shortcode on any page:

[haq_booking]

Or insert the HAQ Booking block in the editor.

Optional extensions

An optional commercial add-on can extend HAQ Booking with messaging, payments and calendar sync. The free plugin works fully on its own.

Privacy

The plugin stores customer name, email, phone, optional messaging number, appointment details and related notes in your WordPress database. The free plugin does not send data to third-party APIs.

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

HAQ Booking

Installation

Upload the haq-booking folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install through the Plugins screen.
Activate the plugin.
Go to HAQ Booking Settings and set your business name and notification email.
Add services and staff under HAQ Booking.
Place the [haq_booking] shortcode on a page, or insert the HAQ Booking block.
In Settings, select that page as the Booking page (needed for cancel/reschedule email links).

FAQ

Does this require a specific theme?: No. It works with any standard WordPress theme.
Where is data stored?: In custom tables in your WordPress database (wp_haqb_*).
Can customers cancel or reschedule?: Yes. Confirmation emails include a secure manage link when a booking page is configured in Settings.
Does the free plugin send WhatsApp messages?: No. Messaging integrations, if any, are provided only by optional add-ons and require your own provider credentials.

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Contributors & Developers

“HAQ Booking” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Husain Ahmed

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Changelog

1.1.0

WordPress.org packaging and structure cleanup.
Renamed display name to HAQ Booking for clearer free-plugin scope.
Server-rendered services on the booking form for more reliable loading.
Improved Settings admin UI.
Fixed asset URL scheme handling and REST fallback for local/https setups.
Daily maintenance cron now flushes plugin object-cache groups.
Softened optional add-on mentions for directory guidelines.
Regenerated translation template.

1.0.3

Settings UI sections and sticky save bar.
Admin CSS shared with Pro screens when present.

1.0.2

Booking form reliability fixes (inline config, relative assets).

1.0.1

Empty/error states for the public booking form.

1.0.0

Initial release.

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