KN Booking Suite

Description

KN Booking Suite is a lightweight booking plugin that allows you to manage customer requests, schedule appointments, and organize your calendar with ease. It includes automated email notifications, availability rules, and a built-in customer profile page.

Free Features:

  • Interactive calendar with availability management
  • Booking request management (approve, cancel, delete)
  • Automated email notifications (new request, approval, cancellation)
  • Customizable booking form with dynamic fields
  • Customer profile page for users to view and manage their bookings
  • Configurable availability hours and blocked dates
  • Color presets and calendar theming options
  • CSV export of booking data
  • Guest and logged-in user booking support

Pro Add-on Features (sold separately):

  • WooCommerce payment integration
  • AI-powered booking analysis (OpenAI)
  • Add to Google Calendar button
  • Additional premium features

Shortcodes

[kn_booking]

Place this shortcode on any page to display the booking calendar.

[kn_profile]

Place this shortcode on a page to allow logged-in users to view and manage their own bookings.

External Services

This plugin connects to external services only when the optional Pro add-on is installed and the user explicitly triggers the corresponding feature:

OpenAI API

The KN Booking Suite Pro add-on optionally connects to the OpenAI API to power the AI-assisted booking analysis feature. This feature is only triggered when an admin explicitly clicks “Analyze” on a booking in the dashboard.

  • What data is sent: A summary of the booking (date, time, and description/notes) is sent to the OpenAI API.
  • When: Only when an admin manually triggers the AI analysis action.
  • Why: To generate a contextual response or summary about the booking.

This service is provided by OpenAI, L.L.C.:
* OpenAI Terms of Use
* OpenAI Privacy Policy

Installation

From your WordPress dashboard:

  1. Visit Plugins > Add New
  2. Search for “KN Booking Suite”
  3. Install and activate the plugin
  4. Click on the new KN Booking menu item and configure your booking settings
  5. Add the [kn_booking] shortcode to any page to display the booking calendar

FAQ

Does this plugin require WooCommerce?

No. KN Booking Suite works as a completely standalone booking system. WooCommerce is only required if you use the KN Booking Suite Pro add-on to collect payments via checkout.

Can customers manage their own bookings?

Yes. Use the [kn_profile] shortcode on any page to let logged-in users view upcoming and past bookings, and optionally edit or cancel them based on your settings.

Is the plugin translatable?

Yes. KN Booking Suite is fully internationalized and ready for translation using the knvinny-booking-suite text domain.

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Contributors & Developers

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Changelog

1.1.0

  • Branding: Published as KN Booking Suite on WordPress.org.
  • Prefixing: Standardized all internal options, AJAX actions, and hooks with swiftbook_ prefix.
  • CSS: Refactored all UI components to use the swiftbook- class naming convention.
  • Refactor: Standardized backend controllers and menu callbacks.
  • Pro features decoupled: Google Calendar, WooCommerce payments, and AI analysis moved to the Pro add-on.

1.0.1

  • Security: Added capability checks to all admin AJAX handlers.
  • Code quality: Proper output escaping throughout admin templates.
  • Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.7.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.