Title: Patro Appointment Booking Author: Arjun Regmi Published: June 17, 2026 Last modified: June 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/patro-appointment-booking/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3576083) ![](https://ps.w.org/patro-appointment-booking/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3576083) # Patro Appointment Booking By [Arjun Regmi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arjunchhetri100/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/patro-appointment-booking.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patro-appointment-booking/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patro-appointment-booking/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patro-appointment-booking/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patro-appointment-booking/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patro-appointment-booking/) ## Description Take control of your appointment business with **Patro Appointment Booking** — a fast, modern WordPress booking plugin built around a beautiful Gutenberg block. Customers complete a clean, guided multi-step form to pick a service, choose a staff member, select a date and time, fill in their details, and confirm — all without ever leaving your site. You manage every booking from a dedicated, React-powered admin dashboard. No coding required. No complex setup. Just drop the block onto any page and start taking bookings. 📅 Who is Patro Appointment Booking For? Patro Appointment Booking is built for any individual or business that takes scheduled appointments and wants an elegant, hassle- free booking experience for their customers. **Salons & Beauty Studios** Give clients the freedom to book haircuts, treatments, and styling sessions around the clock. Block holidays, close weekdays, and let your calendar manage itself while you focus on the work. **Consultants & Coaches** Let prospects book discovery calls and sessions directly from your site. Assign bookings to specific team members, get instant email alerts, and never miss a new client inquiry. **Healthcare & Wellness Providers** Collect patient or client details at booking time, set a custom booking window, and manage appointment status — Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed — from one clear screen. **Fitness Trainers & Gyms** Set your available days and hours, block out personal- training sessions per staff member, and let members self-book 24/7 without picking up the phone. **Tutors & Educators** Create sessions as services, set their duration and price, and let students pick the slot that works for them. The form works equally well on desktop, tablet, and mobile. **Any Service-Based Business** If your business runs on scheduled appointments, Patro Appointment Booking gives you the tools to automate bookings, reduce no-shows through email confirmations, and grow without adding admin overhead. A free booking system gives your business the freedom to grow 📈 No more missed bookings — automatic confirmation emails keep customers informed. Your calendar, your rules — block dates, close weekdays, and set how far ahead clients can book. Mobile-first — the booking form looks great and converts on every screen size. Developer-friendly — REST API plus WordPress action and filter hooks for add- ons. ### Patro Appointment Booking Free Features **Beautiful Multi-Step Booking Form** * React-powered booking flow: Services Date & Time Your Details Review Confirmation * Step-by-step sidebar navigator with active-state indicators and icon-headed panels * Collapsible sidebar for a distraction-free experience on smaller screens * Radio-style service cards with duration pills for instant clarity * Real-time calendar with blocked-date and closed-weekday enforcement * Fully responsive — sidebar collapses to a top bar on mobile, single-column on small screens **Services & Staff Management** * Create unlimited services with name, duration, and price * Organise services into categories for easier browsing * Add staff members and assign them to one or more services * Optional staff-selection step in the booking flow — let customers choose who they book with **Bookings Dashboard** * Central bookings screen with per-booking status management (Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed) plus search and date filtering * Update any booking status in one click * Full customer details stored per booking for easy reference * Automatic confirmation email to the customer on every new booking * Instant admin notification email so you never miss a reservation **Flexible Settings** * Set your booking window — control how many days ahead customers can schedule * Block individual dates using the built-in date picker * Close recurring weekdays so your calendar reflects your real availability * Customise the thank-you message displayed after a successful booking * Configure admin notification email address and sender name **Developer Friendly** * REST API support * WordPress hooks and filters * Extensible architecture for custom integrations ### Patro Appointment Booking Pro *(separate plugin)* Unlock powerful premium features with the optional Pro add-on: * **Email Templates** — fully customise customer and admin email HTML to match your brand * **Coupons & Discounts** — create percentage and fixed-amount coupon codes for promotions * **reCAPTCHA** — Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 protection to stop spam bookings * **IP Rate Limiting** — cap the number of bookings per IP address per day * **Role-Based Access** — restrict the booking form to logged-in users or specific WordPress roles * **Layout Variants** — Modern Card, Minimal, Compact, Step-by-Step Wizard, and Split Screen layouts, selectable per block from the Gutenberg inspector panel ### 5 Easy Steps to Get Started 1. Install and activate the plugin from **Plugins Add New** in your WordPress admin. 2. Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Services** and add at least one service (name, duration, price). 3. Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Settings** and set your booking window, notification email, and any blocked dates. 4. Open any page or post in the Gutenberg editor, search for **Booking Form**, and insert the block. 5. Publish the page — your customers can now book 24/7. ### What Makes Patro Appointment Booking Stand Out **Gutenberg-native** — no shortcodes, no iframes. The booking form is a first-class Gutenberg block that works seamlessly with the WordPress editor and any block-based theme. **React-powered, fast-loading** — the multi-step form is built with React for smooth, animated step transitions and a snappy user experience with no full-page reloads. **Zero configuration clutter** — every setting has a sensible default. You can have a working booking form live in under five minutes. **Extensible by design** — REST API endpoints and WordPress action and filter hooks let third-party add-ons build cleanly on top of the free core without hacks. **Transparent booking flow** — the collapsible sidebar shows customers exactly where they are in the process at all times, reducing drop-off and improving completion rates. ### Development The React admin app, the Gutenberg block, and the frontend booking form are compiled from the human-readable source in the `resources/` directory using @wordpress/scripts. The compiled output ships in `build/`. Both the source and the build manifest (` package.json`) are included in the plugin so the code can be inspected and rebuilt. To build from source: 1. `npm install` 2. `npm run build` Source locations: * `resources/admin/` — React admin app (compiled to `build/admin/`) * `resources/blocks/booking-form/` — Gutenberg block (compiled to `build/blocks/`) * `resources/frontend/` — frontend booking form components ## Screenshots [⌊Frontend booking form — Services step with icon header, service cards, and duration pills⌉⌊Frontend booking form — Services step with icon header, service cards, and duration pills⌉[ Frontend booking form — Services step with icon header, service cards, and duration pills [⌊Frontend booking form — Date & Time step with real-time calendar and time slot grid⌉⌊Frontend booking form — Date & Time step with real-time calendar and time slot grid⌉[ Frontend booking form — Date & Time step with real-time calendar and time slot grid [⌊Frontend booking form — Your Details step with customer contact fields⌉⌊Frontend booking form — Your Details step with customer contact fields⌉[ Frontend booking form — Your Details step with customer contact fields [⌊Frontend booking form — Review step showing a full summary before confirmation⌉⌊ Frontend booking form — Review step showing a full summary before confirmation⌉[ Frontend booking form — Review step showing a full summary before confirmation [⌊Booking confirmation screen with customisable thank-you message⌉⌊Booking confirmation screen with customisable thank-you message⌉[ Booking confirmation screen with customisable thank-you message [⌊Admin services configuration screen⌉⌊Admin services configuration screen⌉[ Admin services configuration screen [⌊Gutenberg block inspector showing the Booking Form block options⌉⌊Gutenberg block inspector showing the Booking Form block options⌉[ Gutenberg block inspector showing the Booking Form block options ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Booking Form Simple customizable booking form ## Installation 1. Upload the `patro-appointment-booking` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install via **Plugins Add New** in WordPress. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen. 3. Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Services** and create at least one service. 4. Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Settings** and configure your booking window and notifications. 5. Open any page or post in the Gutenberg editor, search for the **Booking Form** block, and insert it. 6. Publish the page — your booking form is live. ## FAQ ### Where do I manage bookings? Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Bookings** in the WordPress admin menu. You can search bookings and filter them by date, and update each booking’s status (Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed) from there. ### How do I add a booking form to my page? In the Gutenberg editor, click the **+** block inserter, search for **Booking Form**, and insert it. The block renders the full multi-step form on the frontend automatically. ### Can customers book without logging in? Yes. The booking form is publicly accessible by default. No WordPress account is required to make a booking. ### Can I assign bookings to specific staff members? Yes. Create employees under **Patro Appointment Booking Employees**, assign services to them, and enable the staff-selection step in **Settings**. Customers will then be able to choose who they book with. ### Where are booking emails sent? The customer receives a confirmation email at the address they enter in the form. The admin receives an alert at the address configured in **Settings**, which defaults to the site admin email. ### Is the booking form mobile-friendly? Yes. The form is fully responsive. On screens below 900 px the sidebar collapses into a compact top navigation bar. On very small screens the layout becomes a single column with full touch support. ### How do I block specific dates or days of the week? Go to **Patro Appointment Booking Settings**. Use the **Blocked Dates** date picker to block individual dates and the **Closed Weekdays** checkboxes to disable recurring days of the week. ### Does Patro Appointment Booking work with page builders? The booking form is a native Gutenberg block and works best in the WordPress block editor. For Elementor and other builders that support Gutenberg widgets or HTML embeds, you can use a Custom HTML widget with the block markup, though native Gutenberg is recommended for the best experience. ### Is there a Pro version? Yes. The optional **Patro Appointment Booking Pro** plugin extends the free version with email template customisation, coupon codes, reCAPTCHA, IP rate limiting, role- based access, and multiple form layout variants. ### Can developers extend the plugin? Yes. Patro Appointment Booking exposes REST API endpoints and WordPress action and filter hooks (such as `patrabk_booking_created`) for add-on developers. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Patro Appointment Booking” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Arjun Regmi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arjunchhetri100/) [Translate “Patro Appointment Booking” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/patro-appointment-booking) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patro-appointment-booking/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/patro-appointment-booking/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/patro-appointment-booking/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/patro-appointment-booking/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release * Gutenberg booking form block — place the booking form on any page with a single block insert * React-powered multi-step booking flow: Services Date & Time Your Details Review Confirmation * Collapsible sidebar step navigator with active-step highlighting and icon-headed panels * Service cards with radio-style selection and clock-icon duration display * Admin dashboard built with React: Bookings, Services, Categories, Employees, and Settings screens * Real-time date picker with blocked-date and closed-weekday enforcement * Time slot grid with automatic filtering of past slots for same-day bookings * Staff/employee assignment with optional customer-facing staff selection step * Automatic email notifications — confirmation to the customer and alert to the admin * Booking status management: Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed * REST API endpoints for services, time slots, employees, and bookings * WordPress action and filter hooks for add-on developers ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **8 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [appointments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/appointments/)[booking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking/) [booking form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking-form/)[booking system](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking-system/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patro-appointment-booking/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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