Title: o_OKak Slot Finder
Author: o0kak
Published: <strong>October 29, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 29, 2026

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# o_OKak Slot Finder

 By [o0kak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/o0kak/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/o-okak-slot-finder.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/o-okak-slot-finder/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/o-okak-slot-finder/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/o-okak-slot-finder/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/o-okak-slot-finder/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/o-okak-slot-finder/)

## Description

When someone calls or walks into your salon asking for a specific service plus Extras,
finding a truly available appointment can be difficult. A nominally empty gap may
be too short, or a provider, location or shared resource may be unavailable.

**o_OKak Slot Finder** is a free, read-only front-desk tool for WordPress sites 
using Amelia. It calculates possible appointment start times from the current Amelia
schedules and bookings. The operator can search by category, service, selected Extras,
employee, location and date range, and then create the actual booking in Amelia.

There is no subscription, license key, trial timer, remote activation, required 
o_OKak account or paid feature unlock.

#### Features

 * Search visible Amelia services assigned to at least one employee.
 * Include service duration, before/after buffers and selected Amelia Extras.
 * Respect per-Extra maximum quantities, mandatory-Extra rules and Amelia-compatible
   duration handling.
 * Optionally count the duration of every unit of a selected Extra in the current
   search.
 * Filter by employee and visible location, with available options shown for each
   opening.
 * Check provider working hours, breaks, days off, special days and existing booking
   conflicts.
 * Account for supported Amelia Resources capacity and applicable Block Time and
   Events.
 * Search a range of up to 31 days and show the nearest later opening when the selected
   range is empty.
 * Show compact grouped time ranges or exact available start times.
 * Keep Amelia as the final authority for making and managing bookings. Slot Finder
   does not create, reserve or edit appointments.

#### Important limitations

Slot Finder deliberately withholds openings when it cannot safely reproduce a source
constraint. In particular, busy events from connected Google, Outlook or Apple calendars
are not yet used as authoritative availability inputs; affected unsupported contexts
may show no available times. This protects against incorrectly promising an unavailable
slot.

The plugin does not replace Amelia, create appointments, take payments, or synchronize
calendars. It is designed for authorized reception staff, managers and WordPress
administrators, not public customer self-booking.

#### Amelia dependency

An active Amelia plugin is required. The WordPress dependency slug is `ameliabooking`.
Amelia is a third-party plugin; o_OKak is independent and is not affiliated with
or endorsed by Amelia or its publisher.

#### Privacy and external services

Slot Finder reads services, staff assignments, schedules, Resources, existing bookings
and configuration from the site’s own Amelia tables to calculate availability. It
does not write to Amelia tables.

This free release does not automatically send booking data, customer data, telemetry
or license checks to o_OKak or any third-party service. It requires no registration,
consent to tracking, or connection to the paid o_OKak CRM. Documentation links are
opened only when an administrator chooses them.

The site owner remains responsible for protecting their WordPress and Amelia information
and complying with applicable privacy obligations.

#### Documentation and support

WordPress.org support is available through the plugin’s public support forum after
listing approval.

## Installation

 1. Install and activate Amelia (`ameliabooking`) on WordPress.
 2. In **Plugins > Add New**, install and activate **o_OKak Slot Finder**.
 3. In the WordPress admin area open **o_OKak Slot Finder > Slot Finder**.
 4. Choose a service and, if needed, Extras, employee, location and date range.
 5. Select **Find openings**, review available times and complete the appointment in
    Amelia.

Authorized Amelia staff can use Slot Finder if they have the `amelia_read_appointments`
capability and are not an Amelia customer; WordPress administrators can use it as
well.

## FAQ

### Is Slot Finder really free?

Yes. Version 1.1.0 has no license checks, subscription, trial, registration or usage
quotas. All functionality included in the WordPress.org release is available without
an o_OKak account.

### Is Amelia required?

Yes. Amelia provides the service, staff, booking and schedule facts used by the 
availability engine. Slot Finder does not include Amelia itself.

### Can my customers book an appointment with Slot Finder?

No. Slot Finder is a back-office tool. Staff use the results to create the appointment
in Amelia.

### Does the plugin edit Amelia appointments or configuration?

No. It reads Amelia data to calculate openings but does not create, change, reserve
or delete appointments and does not modify Amelia core files.

### Why are some times missing?

Slot Finder checks that the whole service interval, buffers, Extras and supported
resource constraints fit. When a calendar or resource rule cannot be verified safely,
it may withhold times instead of showing an unreliable opening. See the limitation
on external Google, Outlook and Apple busy calendars.

### What happens if the selected dates contain no openings?

When a selected range is empty, Slot Finder searches forward within Amelia’s configured
backend booking horizon and shows the nearest later opening it can verify.

### Can operators search for a specific employee or location?

Yes, if the employee or location is available and relevant to the selected service
in Amelia.

### Does this install or require the paid o_OKak CRM?

No. Free Slot Finder runs locally in WordPress. The o_OKak CRM is a separate optional
product and is not required.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“o_OKak Slot Finder” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ o0kak ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/o0kak/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/o-okak-slot-finder/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/o-okak-slot-finder/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/o-okak-slot-finder/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * First fully free WordPress.org submission candidate.
 * Removed protected license activation, subscription checks, license admin page
   and custom protected plugin updater.
 * Preserved read-only Amelia availability engine, employee/location filtering, 
   Extras, resource constraints, compact results and front-desk access policy.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **2 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 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/o-okak-slot-finder/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ o0kak ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/o0kak/)

## Support

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