Description

The appointment booking plugin built only for salons — not adapted to them.

While generic booking plugins try to serve every industry, Salon Booking System is designed around how a salon actually works: staff members with different schedules and skills, services with processing and finishing times, clients who rebook the same treatment every few weeks, and the daily fight against no-shows.

Since 2015 it has been the booking system of choice for hairdressers, barbershops, beauty salons, nail studios and spas, with more than 750,000 downloads.

Your bookings. Your clients. 0% commission.

Unlike marketplace booking apps, Salon Booking System runs on your own WordPress website:

You pay no commission on bookings — ever
Your client list and booking history belong to you
Nobody shows competing salons to your customers
Unlimited bookings, services and staff members — free

See it in action: Online demo | Documentation

Built for the way salons work

Smart booking form — your clients pick date, service and stylist in seconds, from any device. Customizable steps order, colors, fields and direct booking links for your social profiles.
Reduce no-shows — automatic email and SMS reminders and follow-ups (Twilio, Plivo and iP1 supported out of the box).
Staff schedules that match reality — individual weekly timetables, holidays, services per staff member, and notifications when they get booked.
Salon-specific services — duration, price, categories, conditional “secondary services” (e.g. color + cut), service breaks for processing time, exclusive services.
Two-way Google Calendar sync — reservations appear in your Google Calendar; add or cancel appointments from there and the plugin stays in sync.
Grow repeat business — customer archive with full booking history, review invitations after the appointment, unlimited discount coupons.

Everything included in the free version

Back-end calendar

Monthly view
Weekly view
Daily view
Assistant view
Bookings export
Adding/Edit reservations from daily view
Block out time slots from daily view

General settings

Email notifications on new reservation
Email notification to selected assistant
Email reminder for the customers
Email followup
Email review notification
Email notification custom logo
Custom email message to the customers
Email message to invite users to leave a review on website or on a custom platform ( Google My Business, Facebook, other.. )
Customisable SMS notification on new reservation
SMS notification to selected assistant
SMS reminder for the customers
SMS followup
SMS verification code against spam
SMS Alphanumeric ID supported
Twilio, Plivo and 1p1sms providers supported by default
set you favourite date and time format
set when your week starts
WordPress Editors as Salon Administrator

Availability settings

Three bookings methods BASIC / ADVANCED / HIGH END
Booking time range
Multiple weekly timetable rules
Time range validity option for the weekly booking rules
Multiple holidays rules
Offset between reservations
Change booking form steps order ( Date&time – Services – Assistants – Checkout – Payment or reverse )
Manual booking confirmation
Users booking cancellation
Pause online booking form
Repeat past reservations
Re-schedule option

Payments options

Select currency
Hide prices
Decimals and thousand separators option

Check-out options

Enable guest checkout
Force guest checkout
Limit the number of services bookable at the same time
Control form fields
Log-in with Facebook account
Enable Advanced Discount System
Custom fields for check-out form

Two ways Google Calendar synchronisation

Synchronies reservations on salon administrator’s Google Calendar account
Salon admin can add and cancel reservations from his Google Calendar account

Front-end booking form styling

Choose among three different booking form sizes according to your page layout
Custom colors palette generator

Assistants settings

Multiple weekly timetable rules
Multiple holidays rules
Limit reservations to specific services
Multiple reservations for the same slot for classrooms booking
Google Calendar synchronisation
SMS notification when he’s booked
Email notification when he’s booked

Services settings

Price
Duration
Unit per session
Category grouping
Multiple weekly timetable rules
No assistant required option
Service break
Conditional “Secondary services”
Direct booking link
Exclusive service
Hide service on front-end

Advanced Discount System

Create unlimited coupon codes
Create unlimited discounts based on multiple criteria

PRO Edition Features

Online Payments ( Stripe or PayPal supported by default )
Deposit
Tips
Tax calculation
Minimum Order
Transaction Fee
Service price based on selected Assistant
Variable duration service
Multiple Assistants required for a service
Service Lock
Service Parallel Execution
Booking cloning
Resource based reservations
Time-zone based on customer location
Limit Assistant access priviledge
Mobile Web App for Salon Manager and Staff Members

Restful API

A complete set of API to use Salon Booking System inside your third party applications
API DOCS

Complete list of PRO Features...

Official Add-ons

1-Multi-Shops – Manage multiple branches of your Salon
2-WooCommerce Checkout – Integrate Salon Booking System with Woocommerce checkout
3-Services Packages – Build and Sell Bundled Services
4-Communicator– Send Email Marketing Campaigns to your customers
5-SOAP Notes – Keep track your customers progress
6-Geo Referencing Shops– Prompt the nearest shop to the customer location
7-Geo Referencing Assistants– Prompt the nearest Assistant to the customer location

Official Payments Methods Integration Add-ons

1- Takepayments
2- Iyzico
3- Powertranz
4-Cardcom
5-Bancotact
6-Square
7-Paystack
8-Verifone
9-Mollie
10-Viva Wallet
11-Mercado Pago
12-CardConnect
13-Swish
14-Boipa
15-Worldpay
16-RedSys
17-Upay
18-Paytrail
19-PolyPay
20-Wallee
21-Payengine
22-Przelewy24

Official SMS Providers Integration Add-ons

1-OVH
2-SureSMS
3-Spryng
4-SMS Hosting
5-Skebby
6-Capitole Mobile
7-All My SMS
8-SMS to

Other Add-ons

Mailchimp Integration – Sync your customers list with your Mailchimp audience

Third parts integrations

Salon Booking System can be integrated with third part platforms trough Zapier.com.

Screenshots

Mobile booking form — your clients pick their services in seconds, with prices and durations at a glance.

Back-end calendar — monthly overview of all your salon's appointments, with one-click CSV export. — Mobile booking form — your clients pick their services in seconds, with prices and durations at a glance.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

Upload salon-booking-system folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Go to Salon > Settings to complete your salon settings

FAQ

What kind of business does this plugin best fit?: Salon Booking System is built specifically for barbershops, hairdressing salons, beauty centres, nail studios and spas. If your business runs on staff members, treatments and repeat appointments, this plugin was designed for you.
Is there a limit on bookings in the free version?: No. Bookings, services and staff members are unlimited in the free version, forever.
How is this different from booking marketplaces like Fresha or Booksy?: Marketplace apps charge commissions on bookings and new clients, and they show competing salons to your customers. Salon Booking System runs on your own website: 0% commission, your client data belongs to you, and your brand is the only one your clients see.
Is it possible to accept online payments?: Online payments (Stripe, PayPal and 20+ local gateways) are available with the PRO version.
What is the difference with the FREE version?: The free version includes unlimited bookings, staff and services, email/SMS notifications and Google Calendar sync. The PRO version adds online payments, deposits, the staff mobile app, priority support and access to 30+ add-ons. Compare plans
Is it multi-language ready?: Yes. Salon Booking System ships with many localisations and follows your WordPress language setting. WPML and Polylang are supported, and you can adjust any text with a plugin like Loco Translate. Want to contribute a translation? Visit Transifex.
Does it work with caching plugins?: Yes. Like any booking plugin, the booking pages must be excluded from page caching so availability is always fresh. Here is the setup guide.
Is it possible to customise the look and feel of the booking form?: Yes. Go to “Settings > Style” to pick a color combination or generate your own palette, and choose the form layout that fits your page.
Is it possible to manage multiple locations?: Yes, with the Multi-Shops add-on (included in the Business plan).
Which version of PHP is supported?: PHP 7.4 and above.
Where is the official documentation?: salonbookingsystem.helpscoutdocs.com

Reviews

magnelovold July 16, 2026 1 reply

I’ve been using Salon Booking to manage my spa business for more than five years, and I can honestly say it is one of the most complete appointment booking plugins available for WordPress. The plugin is powerful, flexible and reliable, and it has allowed us to build a professional online booking experience for our customers. Throughout these years it has become an essential part of our daily business. One thing I especially appreciate is the team’s responsiveness. During the Norwegian localization process I translated more than 2,600 strings, tested several versions in a live environment, and reported translation and localization issues. The Salon Booking Team not only accepted the translations but also implemented several suggestions that improved the localization system itself. That level of support and willingness to improve the product is something you don’t see very often. The plugin offers an impressive number of features while still allowing customization through hooks, filters and small MU-plugins when needed. This has made it possible for us to tailor the booking experience to our business without modifying the core plugin. No software is perfect, and I have suggested a few additional improvements for future releases, but the team has always been open to feedback and continues to improve the plugin. If you’re looking for a professional, feature-rich and reliable appointment booking system for WordPress, I can highly recommend Salon Booking. Thank you, Salon Booking Team, for creating such an excellent plugin and for your outstanding support over the years.

lukafuka March 6, 2026 1 reply

I tried almost all the most popular booking plugins, and this one offers the best functionality in its free version. You have the possibility to set everything very granularly. The only con is that it has a lot of bugs, but the developers react very fast with fixes.

idunatek October 23, 2025 1 reply

The plugin offers everything you would expect from a booking plugin, and the price for the Pro version is really fair, but the best thing was the direct support. The developers even made a change to the code to cover my specific use case.

kordiler January 3, 2024 2 replies

In general, I cannot recommend this plugin at all. If you need a working plugin go for Amelia, really solid plugin offering everything you could possibly need. Back to Salon, sorry to say but for business websites use it is a trash. To be more specific I have purchased Pro version but still suffered: Poor support Salon seems to be a beta-plugin. The backend design, logic of the setting etc. is very week. For me, it took weeks before guy from support could help me to finally make the plugin work. The documentation is chaotic, doesn’t include understandable instructions. Video tutorials are ridiculous – music on the background ? Seriously ? On top of that, I doubt there is more then 2 people in the background. It is more or less one man show. What you can possible expect from broken plugin with 0 support… Front end seems to be fine but… Front end in demos looks nice, it take some time to understand how categories are working. But it give your really low level of adjustability in real page integration it is very tough to properly fit it into your stilling. Resolution on 4K screen – disaster. Short code implementation – some nice block editing ??? Forget… Adjustability – there is basically nothing you can change. I really missed customization of the email notification. You have a template, with four tags. You can only change the text…no variables. Why you don’t allow user to insert a HTLM code – it is standard for all the plugins I know. It is a lie you can modify a php template. You cannot. Everything really hardcoded, without deep information of the plugin, you can do nothing. Customer approach – On the end I was really disappointed. I had to prepare a websites for the customer by the end of the year. I was messing around with this plugin since I have purchased it and was not able to work on it. On the very end, the support was able to fix it but it was too late for me – I didn’t want to go into another trouble shooting and I needed to go for better plugin ( Amelie ) to deliver the site to the customer in time. I have asked for the refund. The request was rejected bcs of 30 day limit. But as I said, for me the plugin was not working a single day. What a joke. To sum up, please don’t repeat my mistake and never go for this trash plugin. If it would be for free and would work on improvement by troubleshooting with customers, I would have nothing against. But want money for such kind of beta plugin is ridiculous. Go for Amelia or some other working plugins. JM

mindfullashbrow June 12, 2023 1 reply

i’m so impressed with this Plugin. I have tried so many salon booking plug ins and this one is one of the best. The instructions are very easy to use. I have all the functions that I need for my company. Services and bookings are very easy to use and create. The team super supportive, fast answering any of my questions. Even though this is only a free version but its excellent 😍 thank you so much. I would suggest to have the two way, synced for Google calendar (any busy time I can export from Calendar, not only appointments).

Thomas January 24, 2023 2 replies

I tested the plugin for ten days and bought it for a customer. The customer decided against it. I’m still waiting for the refund today. The answer was: we refunded the money thirty days money back is untrue!!

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Contributors & Developers

“Salon Booking System – Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Dimitri Grassi

“Salon Booking System – Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Salon Booking System – Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas” into your language.

Interested in development?

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Changelog

11.08.2026 – 10.31.0

New: AI Setup Assistant — configure your salon by chatting (or speaking) with an AI assistant from the new “Salon > AI Setup” screen: opening hours, holidays, services, staff members, booking rules, notification schedules, style and more. Available on both Free and PRO
New: AI assistant on the booking calendar — look up customers, find or cancel reservations and manage discounts without leaving the calendar
New: the free version now invites you to leave a WordPress.org review once your salon has managed enough bookings (fully dismissible)
Improved: drag-and-drop reordering of services and categories now works smoothly on phones and tablets
Fixed: the services list sorting no longer interferes with the service categories screen
Fixed: the IP1SMS migration notice dismissal was not being saved
Refreshed WordPress.org listing (name, description, FAQ and screenshots)

07.08.2026 – 10.30.35

*Fixed onboarding wizard
* New: “Service quantity” (PRO) — customers can book the same service multiple times within a single reservation (e.g. a haircut for a parent and a child). Enable it per service; the maximum is set by the service “Units per session” value
* Improved consistency of price, duration and attendant availability calculations when a service is booked with a quantity greater than one
* Minor improvements

30.07.2026 – 10.30.34

Security fix: enforced booking ownership on the single-booking REST endpoint to prevent authenticated users from reading other customers’ booking details (IDOR) — thanks to Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
Security fix: added nonce and secure per-booking token validation to the tip and discount AJAX actions to prevent unauthenticated tampering with bookings — thanks to Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
Security fix: enforced the per-booking secure token on the booking wizard confirmation/summary steps to prevent unauthenticated disclosure of booking information — thanks to Usama Arshad
Security fix: added OAuth state validation, an admin capability check and removal of the unauthenticated callback on the Google Calendar connection to prevent connection hijacking; removed the shared hardcoded OAuth credentials (each site must now configure its own) — thanks to Daniel Dhaniswara

08.07.2026 – 10.30.33

Security fix: patched a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability on the custom texts endpoint that could be abused for remote code execution (CVE-2026-15070)
Added nonce validation to the “Set custom text” AJAX action
Custom texts are now stored safely in the plugin options instead of a generated PHP file

25.06.2026 – 10.30.32

New booking attendance tracking
Minor improvements

12.06.2026 – 10.30.31

Added “Forecasted booking options” new screen
Added “Skip checkout for logged-in customers”
Minor improvements

04.06.2026 – 10.30.29

Fixed issue on first install onboarding wizard

04.06.2026 – 10.30.29

Improved front-end booking form
Minor issues fixed

25.05.2026 – 10.30.28

Minor improvements

06.05.2026 – 10.30.27

Vulnerability fix
Improved booking availability check when services have break
New weekly report design

21.04.2026 – 10.30.26

Vulnerability fix
Minor fixes and improvements

08.04.2026 – 10.30.25

Front-end booking form optimizations
Back-end calendar optimizations
Security fix: booking cancellation link now requires the secure token format (ID-hash) — plain numeric booking IDs are rejected, preventing unauthenticated users from cancelling arbitrary bookings

06.04.2026 – 10.30.24

Security fix: added capability and nonce checks to AJAX actions SetBookingOnProcess, RemoveNotice, DismissPerformanceIndexesNotice, RememberTab, and AbstractImport to prevent unauthorized access (Broken Access Control)

24.03.2026 – 10.30.23

Minor issues on front-end booking form discount tab fixed
Restored access to back-end calendar on mobile device to free edition

13.03.2026 – 10.30.22

Minor fixes implemented

06.03.2026 – 10.30.21

Fixed issue with double request to set a date when create a booking from back-end
Booking calendar by assistant shortcode restyled
Fixed minor issues on front-end booking form
Fixed email notifications text message for various bookign statuses
Implementd the possibility to add more recipient for booking notifcations to salon administrator

02.03.2026 – 10.30.19

Improved PRO conversion strategy: contextual upgrade CTAs for payment settings on free edition
Payments settings tab now shows full PRO feature set with locked sections on free edition

28.02.2026 – 10.30.19

Fixed issue with plugin settings
Hide “manage” button inside email notification when “force guest checkout” is enabled
Hide “Discount tab” when “Hide price” is active

17.02.2026 – 10.30.18

New on-boarding process

15.02.2026 – 10.30.17

Fixed issue with new booking email notification

13.02.2026 – 10.30.16

Fixed issues with missing booking data

09.02.2026 – 10.30.15

Fixed PayPal payment tracking issue
Improved booking status management during creation

03.02.2026 – 10.30.14

Fixed availability cache issues

26.01.2026 – 10.30.13

Minor fixes implemented

24.01.2026 – 10.30.12

Fix vulnerability issue
Minor issues fixed

12.01.2026 – 10.30.11

Added Google Re-Captcha support
Improved front-end booking process
Fixed issues with sms notifications on cancelled bookings
Minor issues fixed

19.12.2025 10.30.8

Fixed issue with booking SMS notifications
Fixed issue with No-show feature
Implemented whatsapp link from booking tooltip
Improved “Re-schedule” feature UI

11.12.2025 – 10.30.7

Fixed issue with booking cancellation
Improved Reports dashboard
fixed minor issues

27.11.2025 – 10.30.6

Fixed various issues related to cache of front-end booking form
Fixed issues on Reports charts
Fixed rollback feature (PRO)
fixed issue with AM time format on back-end calendar

24.11.2025 – 10.30.5

Fixed issue with dates and times selection on front-end booking form

20.11.2025 – 10.30.4

Fixed issue on PWA – block slot
Fixed vulnerability issue
Fixed cache issue on booking form date&time step
Update Ip1sms API
Fixed issue on Reports section
Improved back-end calendar UI – pending bookings counter

14.11.2025 – 10.30.3

Implemented a brand new Reports section

13-11.2025 – 10.30.2

Improved booking form date selection UX
Improved back-end calendar block time slots UI/UX
Fixed various php compatibility issues
Minor fixes and improvements

08-11-2025 10.29.8

Important changes on booking process (mainly for online payments)
Fixe issue with booking generated on user message entered during booking process

05-11-2025 10.29.7

Fixed issue with specific browsers servers that block cookies
Improved booking tooltip UI
Improved back-end calendar monthly view date tooltip UI

31.10.2025 – 10.29.6

Fixed service break representation
Fixed sms verification step
Fixed back-end bookings filters
Minor issues fixed

27.10.2025 – 10.29.5

Fix variouse php minor issues

25.10.2025 – 10.29.4

Implemented bookings preview on monthly view

24.10.2025 – 10.29.3

Upcoming reservations counter

23.10.2025 – 10.29.2

Fixed error on activation

23.10.2025 – 10.29.1

Fixed error on activation

23.10.2025 – 10.29

New back-end calendar style

09.10.2025 – 10.28

Fixed issue with email notification when booking added from back-end
Fixed issue with last step of booking process when discount applied

02.10.2025 – 10.27

Fixed issue with Manual Booking confirmation option

12.09.2025 – 10.24

Fixed critical issues

09.09.2025 – 10.23

Fixed issue with free reservations

01.09.2025 – 10.22

Fix minor issues

31.07.2025 – 10.21

New PRO feature: CLONE reservation X times

18.07.2025 – 10.20

Added “Opening hours preview” metabox on “Booking rules” settings
Improved “Specific date” availability rule UI
Minor issues fix

23.06.2025 – 10.18.1

Fix critical issue.

23.06.2025 – 10.18

Various fixes

29.05.2025 – 10.17

Fixed vulnerability issue
Fixed unconsistent slots representation
Fixed issue with PayPal payment booking status
Fixed Multi-shops booking form shortcode
Fixed email reminders
Fixed transaction fee calculation when deposit is active
Added “Exstensions” page on back-end

02.05.2025 – 10.16

Minor issues fixed

15.04.2025 – 10.15

Fixed vulnerability issue
Fixed minor issues

27.03.2025

Improved mobile web app
Minor fixes

21.03.2025

Fixed issue with Google Calendar library
Improved PWA

12.02.2025 – 10.11

Improved UI of Mobile Web App
Fixed issues with assistant view of back-end calendar
Restored “Synchronize bookings” and “Delete bookings” buttons on Google Calendar settings
Other minor issues

04.02.2025 – 10.10.8

03.02.2025 – 10.10.7

Fixed compatibility issue with Spectra

23.01.2025 – 10.10.6

Fixed issue with booking creation process

20.01.2025 – 10.10.5

Fixed issue with booking creation process
Fixed issue with date picker for Nederlands language
Fixed minor issues

01.09.2025 – 10.10.4

Fixed issue with German language

01.08.2025 – 10.10.3

Fixed issue with German language

02.02.2025 – 10.10.2

Minor fixes

13.12.2024 – 10.10.1

Fixed vulnerability issue

05.12.2024

Improved UI on back-end booking creation
Added “Discounts details” inside booking export to CSV
Fixed vulnerability issue
Fixed minor issues
Fixed WPML missing text strings

03.11.2024 – 10.9.7

Fixed issue with time picker on front-end booking form
Minor fixes

30.10.2024

Fixed issue with Add to Home screen of Web App
Fixed issue with deposit

10.10.2024

Fixed issue with booking form step number
Fixed issue with services and assistants shortcodes
Other minor issues fixed
Minor UI improvements on booking creation on back-end
Fixed issues with php warnings on booking form

20.09.2024

Improved UI
Fixed minor issues
Fixed vulnerability issue

05.09.2024

Fixed issue with holidays rules

02.09.2024

Fixed issue on booking form date&time selection step
Improvement with WooCommerce checkout add-on
Minor fixes

28.08.2024

* Fixed issue on booking form on mobile 
* Fixed transaction fee calculation
* Fixed "Hide price" option on Booking my account
* Fixed back-end calendar issue
* Fixed vulnerability issue

31.07.2024

Fixed minor issues on back-end calendar
Added a new “Origin” column inside “Bookings” section
Fixed minor php issues
Fixed vulnerability issue

10.8.1 23.07.2024

Fixed minor issues on back-end calendar

10.8 12.07.2024

Fixed various issues on back-end calendar
Fixed issue on booking form time-picker when 12h format is enabled
Improved the bookings search from back-end calendar

10.7 01.07.2024

Fixed issue with email notifications to customers

10.6 29.06.2024

Added a new SMS notification message when “Manual booking confirmation” option is enabled
Added an email notification to salon administrator when a booking is modified
Fixed issue with back-end calendar loading process when large amount of bookings is present

10.5 22.06.2024

Fixed issue with assistants columns order on back-end calendar

10.4 20.06.2024

Fixed various issues on back-end calendar

10.3 – 17.06.2024

Fixed issues on back-end calendar ( locking slots / bookings order on weekly view / status bar tooltip)

Five Years of Reliable Booking Management with Salon Booking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Great – lot of bugs – fast fixing

Really useful Plugin and best Support

Really not recommended, poor plugin with poor support

Amazing booking plugin for salon

untrustworthy

Description

Built for the way salons work

Everything included in the free version

PRO Edition Features

Official Add-ons

Official Payments Methods Integration Add-ons

Official SMS Providers Integration Add-ons

Other Add-ons

Third parts integrations

Screenshots

Installation

FAQ

What kind of business does this plugin best fit?

Is there a limit on bookings in the free version?

How is this different from booking marketplaces like Fresha or Booksy?

Is it possible to accept online payments?

What is the difference with the FREE version?

Is it multi-language ready?

Does it work with caching plugins?

Is it possible to customise the look and feel of the booking form?

Is it possible to manage multiple locations?

Which version of PHP is supported?

Where is the official documentation?

Reviews

Contributors & Developers

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Changelog

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