Skybee Booking for Calendly – Booking Block, Popup & Elementor Widget

FAQ

Is this an official Calendly integration?

No. Skybee Booking for Calendly is an independent plugin by Hendra Setiawan and is not made by, affiliated with or endorsed by Calendly. “Calendly” is a trademark of Calendly LLC.

Do I need a Calendly API key?

No. The plugin works with the public link of your booking page, the same one you would share by email. Nothing has to be connected or synced.

Do I need a Calendly account?

Yes. Booking pages are set up at calendly.com; a free Calendly account is enough.

Do I have to set anything up first?

No. The block and the widget work as soon as you paste a Calendly link. The Get started page under the Calendly menu is a shortcut: save your link there once and every new block and widget starts with it, and a shortcode without a link uses it. Each block or widget can still use a different link.

Which link do I paste?

An event link (https://calendly.com/your-name/30min) shows that event’s calendar. Your profile link (https://calendly.com/your-name) shows all your events and lets the visitor pick one. In Calendly, open the event and choose Share → Copy link. If you paste Calendly’s embed code instead, the plugin picks the link out of it.

Can I change the colours of the booking page?

You can set a background, text and button colour in the block, widget or shortcode. Calendly applies them on its paid plans. On a free Calendly plan the booking page keeps Calendly’s own colours. That is a Calendly rule, not something the plugin can change.

Does the floating button say “powered by Calendly”?

Not unless you switch that line on in the button’s options. Calendly’s branding inside the booking page itself depends on your Calendly plan.

How do I show a Calendly popup instead of the calendar on the page?

In the block sidebar, pick Button that opens a popup. Your page shows a button that opens the calendar over the page. Pick Floating button for a button that stays in the bottom corner of the page while the visitor scrolls. With the shortcode, use mode="popup" or mode="floating".

Can the popup open by itself?

Yes. Under Open by itself, choose after a delay, when the visitor is about to leave (exit intent, desktop only) or after scrolling part of the page. You can open it only once per visitor, not again after the visitor booked, and hide the button so the calendar only opens by itself. With the shortcode: [calendly_booking url="..." mode="popup" open_trigger="exit" show_once="1" hide_button="1"].

Is it GDPR friendly?

Calendly loads inside the booking page and sets its own cookies, as it does on calendly.com. If you want nothing requested from Calendly until the visitor agrees, turn on Load the booking page on click under Calendly → Advanced: the calendar then shows a short message and a button first. You can also hide Calendly’s cookie banner from the block, and cover Calendly in your own cookie notice instead. The External services section above lists what is sent where.

How do I add Calendly to Elementor, Divi or Bricks?

In Elementor, add the Calendly Booking widget. It has the same options as the block and a Style tab for the buttons. In Divi, Bricks and other builders, put [calendly_booking url="..."] in the builder’s shortcode, text or HTML element. Calendly → Shortcode builds the shortcode for you. The same shortcode works in the classic editor and in widgets.

What if another plugin already uses the [calendly_booking] shortcode?

The plugin never replaces another plugin’s shortcode. If the name is already taken on your site, Calendly → Settings says so, and you can use the block or the Elementor widget instead.

What shortcode attributes are there?

You don’t need to learn them: Calendly → Shortcode writes the shortcode from the options you choose. For reference: url (required), mode (inline, popup, floating), hide_profile, hide_details, hide_cookie_banner, prefill (1 or 0), width and min_height (px), box_align (left, center, right), button_text, button_style (inherit or basic), badge_color, badge_text_color, badge_branding (floating button), background_color, text_color, primary_color (hex colours), open_trigger (click, delay, exit, scroll), open_delay (seconds), open_scroll (percent of the page), show_once, hide_after_booking, hide_button (automatic opening only), title (accessible name of the booking page).

Where do I see my bookings?

In your Calendly account, as always. The plugin shows your booking page; everything visitors book is stored by Calendly. If you would like to see bookings inside WordPress, say so in the support forum: those requests decide what gets built next.

Can I track bookings in Google Analytics, Tag Manager or Meta Pixel?

Yes. Turn on Track bookings under Calendly → Advanced. When a visitor completes a booking, a calendly_booking event is sent to the tags already on your site. In Google Tag Manager, use a Custom Event trigger for calendly_booking. Sites that use Google Analytics without Tag Manager receive the same event name. Meta Pixel receives CalendlyBooking as a custom event. The plugin adds no tags of its own, so your site needs one of these installed.

Can I send visitors to a thank-you page after they book?

Yes. Enter the page’s address under Thank-you page on Calendly → Advanced. After a completed booking the visitor is sent there.

Do campaign tags (UTM) reach Calendly if the visitor lands on another page first?

Calendly already picks up utm_source and the other campaign tags from the page the booking page is on. To keep them when the visitor lands on one page and books on another, turn on Remember campaign tags under Calendly → Advanced. The values are kept in the visitor’s browser until the tab closes, so check whether your cookie notice should mention it.

Does it work with AI assistants?

Yes, once you turn it on. It is off by default: go to Calendly → Advanced and turn on Let AI assistants use Skybee Booking for Calendly. On WordPress 6.9 or newer, the plugin then registers three WordPress Abilities that assistants connected to your site (for example through WordPress’s MCP adapter) can use: get the embed code for a booking page, add a booking page to a post or page, and list the posts that contain one. They follow WordPress permissions: only users who can edit a post can add a booking page to it. Adding a booking page never changes existing content, and it is saved as a normal revision.

If Elementor is active: recent Elementor versions switch the site’s MCP server off until you turn MCP on under Elementor → Elementor MCP. Turn it on there if your assistant can’t find the abilities.

Will this slow my site down?

No. Calendly’s script is only loaded on pages where a booking page is actually shown. If you turn on Remember campaign tags, a few lines of inline JavaScript are added to every page so the tags are kept from the page the visitor lands on; no extra file is loaded.

Where is the source code for the block?

The block editor script in build/ is compiled from the files in src/, which are included in the plugin. To rebuild it, run npm install and then npm run build in the plugin folder. The build uses @wordpress/scripts, as listed in package.json.