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\ud83d\ude80 WHY CHOOSE ORYX BOOKINGS?<\/strong>\n Most booking plugins force you to buy a \"Pro\" version to accept payments or manage staff. Oryx gives you everything for FREE.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n

    \n
  • WooCommerce Integration?<\/strong> \u2705 FREE<\/strong> (Accept Stripe, PayPal, etc.)<\/li>\n
  • Unlimited Services?<\/strong> \u2705 FREE<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Unlimited Staff Members?<\/strong> \u2705 FREE<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 6 Premium Form Designs?<\/strong> \u2705 FREE<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Interactive Admin Calendar?<\/strong> \u2705 FREE<\/strong><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n \n

    Stop paying monthly subscriptions. Oryx is the open-source solution for Salons, Clinics, and Service Businesses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

    Oryx Bookings<\/strong> is a complete appointment and service booking system for WordPress. Manage services, staff, schedules, and accept bookings with a beautiful frontend form.<\/p>\n\n

    \ud83d\udd25 KEY HIGHLIGHTS<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Unlimited Services & Staff<\/strong> \u2014 Create as many services and team members as you need.<\/li>\n
    • WooCommerce Ready<\/strong> \u2014 Sell appointments like products and use any payment gateway.<\/li>\n
    • Interactive Calendar<\/strong> \u2014 Visual calendar view to manage all your bookings at a glance.<\/li>\n
    • 6 Booking Form Templates<\/strong> \u2014 Grid, Stepper, Accordion, Card Flow, Flat Split, and Focus Input.<\/li>\n
    • Smart Scheduling<\/strong> \u2014 Real-time availability with automatic double-booking prevention.<\/li>\n
    • Secure & GDPR-Ready<\/strong> \u2014 Built-in spam protection, rate limiting, reCAPTCHA v3, and WordPress privacy tools integration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f DETAILED FEATURES<\/h4>\n\n

      Services Management<\/strong>\n* Custom name, duration, price, description, and featured image per service.\n* Rich content editor with media support.\n* Organize services into categories.\n* Two scheduling modes:<\/strong> Staff-based (user picks staff) or Service-only (auto-assign based on company hours).<\/p>\n\n

      Staff & Team<\/strong>\n* Staff profiles with name, job title, and photo.\n* Flexible availability: follow company hours or set a custom weekly schedule.\n* Individual days off per staff member.\n* Assign multiple staff to each service.<\/p>\n\n

      Bookings & Workflow<\/strong>\n* Real-time available time slots based on service duration.\n* Booking statuses:<\/strong> Pending, Confirmed, Cancelled, Completed.\n* Collects customer name, email, and optionally phone, address, and notes.\n* Configurable form fields \u2014 enable or disable optional fields from Settings.<\/p>\n\n

      Interactive Calendar<\/strong>\n* Full interactive calendar (day, week, month, and list views).\n* Create, edit, drag-and-drop, and delete bookings directly from the calendar.\n* Filter by staff or service.\n* Visual color coding by booking status.<\/p>\n\n

      Working Hours & Holidays<\/strong>\n* Set opening and closing times for each day of the week.\n* Mark specific days as closed.\n* Add company holidays \u2014 bookings are automatically blocked on those dates.<\/p>\n\n

      Elementor & Gutenberg Support<\/strong>\n* Elementor Widget:<\/strong> Drag-and-drop from the \"Oryx Bookings\" category with live preview.\n* Gutenberg Block:<\/strong> Search \"Oryx - Booking Form\" with server-side preview.\n* Shortcode:<\/strong> Use [oryx_bookings]<\/code> anywhere.<\/p>\n\n

      \ud83c\udfa8 CUSTOMIZATION<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Primary Color<\/strong> \u2014 Match your brand with a single color setting.<\/li>\n
      • Display Toggles<\/strong> \u2014 Show or hide service image, description, price, duration, and staff image.<\/li>\n
      • Custom Labels<\/strong> \u2014 Change step titles, button text, and the success message.<\/li>\n
      • Redirect URL<\/strong> \u2014 Send customers to a thank-you page after booking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        \ud83d\udd12 SECURITY<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Rate limiting per IP for slot lookups and booking creation.<\/li>\n
        • Honeypot fields and time-based tokens to block bots.<\/li>\n
        • Google reCAPTCHA v3 support.<\/li>\n
        • Booking limits per email, IP, and phone number.<\/li>\n
        • Email and IP blocklist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          Third-Party Libraries<\/h3>\n\n

          This plugin includes the following third-party libraries:<\/p>\n\n

          Flatpickr<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Version: 4.6.13<\/li>\n
          • License: MIT<\/li>\n
          • Copyright: Gregory Petrosyan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            FullCalendar<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Version: 6.1.10<\/li>\n
            • License: MIT<\/li>\n
            • Copyright: Adam Shaw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
                \n
              1. Upload the oryx-bookings<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code><\/li>\n
              2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins<\/strong> screen<\/li>\n
              3. Go to Oryx Bookings > Settings > Working Hours<\/strong> and set your business hours<\/li>\n
              4. Add your team under Oryx Bookings > Staff<\/strong><\/li>\n
              5. Create your services under Oryx Bookings > Services<\/strong> and assign staff<\/li>\n
              6. Add the booking form to any page using the Elementor widget, Gutenberg block, or [oryx_bookings]<\/code> shortcode<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
                \n

                Is the WooCommerce integration really free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                Yes! Unlike other plugins that charge for \"Pro\" addons to accept payments, Oryx Bookings integrates with WooCommerce out of the box for free.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                How do I add a booking form to my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                You have three options:\n* Elementor<\/strong> \u2014 Drag the \"Booking Form\" widget.\n* Gutenberg<\/strong> \u2014 Add the \"Oryx - Booking Form\" block.\n* Shortcode<\/strong> \u2014 Paste [oryx_bookings]<\/code> into any page.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                Can I use this without staff members?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                Yes. Set the service's Availability Mode to \"Service-only\" and it will use your company working hours directly \u2014 no staff selection step.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                How does the plugin prevent double-bookings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                Multiple layers: real-time availability checks, overlap detection, a temporary booking lock during processing, and a final server-side check before saving.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                Can I customize the shortcode?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                Yes. Example: [oryx_bookings template=\"stepper\" primary_color=\"#EF4444\" show_price=\"no\"]<\/code>. A Shortcode Generator is available in Settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

                1.1.3<\/h4>\n\n
                  \n
                • NEW:<\/strong> Interactive Admin Calendar (Day\/Week\/Month views).<\/li>\n
                • NEW:<\/strong> Drag-and-drop booking management.<\/li>\n
                • NEW:<\/strong> Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration.<\/li>\n
                • NEW:<\/strong> Gutenberg Block with server-side preview.<\/li>\n
                • IMPROVED:<\/strong> Added Phone, Address, and Notes fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                  1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
                    \n
                  • Added Elementor widget with 6 templates.<\/li>\n
                  • Added GDPR personal data export and erasure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                    1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
                      \n
                    • Initial stable release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"The only 100% FREE Booking Plugin with WooCommerce Payments, Unlimited Staff, and 6 Premium Templates. No hidden costs.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/277840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277840"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/rabieelkheir"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=277840"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=277840"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=277840"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=277840"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=277840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}