Title: Swellweb Booking Author: Marco Caciotti Published: October 8, 2026 Last modified: October 8, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/swellweb-booking/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3733543) ![](https://ps.w.org/swellweb-booking/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3733543) # Swellweb Booking By [Marco Caciotti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcocaciotti/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/swellweb-booking.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/swellweb-booking/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/swellweb-booking/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/swellweb-booking/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/swellweb-booking/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/swellweb-booking/) ## Description Swellweb Booking adds free-slot appointment scheduling to WordPress. You set how long an appointment lasts, how much of a break to leave between one and the next, and which time ranges you are available in — the plugin works out the bookable slots and shows them to your visitors. Everything runs on your own site: **no external service, no third-party account, no data sent anywhere else . #### Features * **Appointment types** with configurable duration, buffer between appointments and weekly availability (several time ranges per day). * **Front-end calendar** via shortcode: a real month calendar where only the bookable days are selectable (closed days, past days and fully booked days are greyed out), with month navigation. Pick a day, see the free times, done. * **Optional context field**: visitors can add a short note about what they want to discuss — it reaches you in the notification email and in the dashboard. * **Double-booking protection**: the slot is checked again when the booking is confirmed, so two people cannot take the same time. * **Automatic emails**: confirmation to the visitor, notification to the admin. * **Dashboard**: bookings in the next 7 days, this month and in total, your next appointments and a short setup checklist — everything at a glance. * **Agenda view**: a month calendar in the dashboard showing every appointment at a glance, with month navigation; click an entry to open the booking. * **Bookings list** in the dashboard with date, time, name and email, sortable. * **No dependencies**: no external libraries, vanilla JavaScript, lightweight CSS. * **Responsive and accessible** on desktop and mobile. * **Translation ready**: POT file included, Italian translation bundled. #### Getting started 1. Go to **Bookings Appointment types** and create one, for example _Intro call ( 30 min)_. 2. Set the duration, the buffer and the time ranges for each day. 3. Copy the shortcode shown in the sidebar box and paste it into a page. #### Privacy The plugin stores the details entered by the person booking (name, email, day and time) in your own database, and sends two emails through WordPress: the confirmation to the visitor and the notification to the site administrator. It does not contact any external service and does not collect usage statistics. ## Installation 1. Upload the `swellweb-booking` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the plugin from your WordPress dashboard. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu. 3. Create an appointment type under **Bookings** and publish the shortcode on a page. ## FAQ ### Do I need an account on an external service? No. The plugin runs entirely on your site: settings, slots, bookings and emails all stay on your WordPress installation. ### Can I have more than one appointment type? Yes. Create as many as you need and publish the shortcode with the ID: [swellweb_booking type=”123″]. Without the attribute, the first published type is used. ### How do I handle a lunch break? Add two time ranges to the same day, for example 09:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00. The generated slots will skip the gap automatically. ### Can two people book the same slot? No. Besides hiding slots that are already taken, the plugin checks availability again when the booking is submitted: if the time was taken in the meantime, the visitor is told and picks another one. ### Are past times shown? No. Slots earlier than the current time are excluded automatically. ### Which data does the plugin store? Name, email address, day and time of each booking, plus the settings of your appointment types. Nothing is sent to external services. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Swellweb Booking” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Marco Caciotti ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcocaciotti/) [Translate “Swellweb Booking” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/swellweb-booking) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/swellweb-booking/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/swellweb-booking/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/swellweb-booking/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/swellweb-booking/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First public release. * Appointment types with duration, buffer and weekly availability. * Front-end month calendar with selectable days and REST endpoints for available days and slots. * Double-booking protection with re-check on submit. * Optional context note from the visitor, shown in the dashboard and emails. * Dashboard with key numbers, upcoming appointments and setup checklist. * Agenda: month calendar view of all appointments. * Confirmation and notification emails; bookings list columns. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **19 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.7** * 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/swellweb-booking/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/swellweb-booking/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/swellweb-booking/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Marco Caciotti ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcocaciotti/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/swellweb-booking/)