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Oozami Booking is a clean, lightweight appointment booking plugin for WordPress. It is designed for service providers \u2014 hairdressers, therapists, coaches, tutors, freelancers, small clinics, photographers, consultants \u2014 who need a simple, reliable booking flow on their own site without recurring SaaS fees.<\/p>\n\n
You define your services, your employees, your opening hours, and you embed a booking form on any page with a shortcode or an Elementor widget. Customers pick a service, a date, a time slot, fill in their details, and receive a confirmation email with an \"Add to Google \/ Outlook calendar\" link and a personal management page where they can view or cancel their appointment.<\/p>\n\n
oozami-booking<\/code> text domain)<\/li>\n- Clean uninstall: all plugin tables and options are removed on uninstall<\/li>\n
- GPL-compatible, no paid dependency required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
How emails work<\/h4>\n\n
Oozami Booking sends emails through WordPress' built-in wp_mail()<\/code> function. This is the standard approach used by virtually every booking and form plugin on WordPress.org. If your hosting environment does not have a working SMTP server configured, emails will silently fail \u2014 this is a hosting concern, not a plugin issue.<\/p>\n\nThe plugin's settings page includes a built-in \"Send test email\"<\/strong> button so you can verify delivery in one click. If the test fails, simply install an SMTP plugin (WP Mail SMTP, FluentSMTP, Post SMTP\u2026) and connect it to a transactional email provider such as Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark or your host's SMTP. The last delivery error is shown directly in the settings page to help diagnose problems.<\/p>\n\nPro extension (optional)<\/h4>\n\n
A Pro add-on is available for advanced features (online payments, coupons, custom fields, etc.). The free version is standalone.\nLearn more: https:\/\/oozami.be\/portfolio\/easybook-pro\/<\/p>\n\n
External services<\/h4>\n\n
Oozami Booking does not connect to, or send any data to, any external service. All booking data stays in your own WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n\n
1. Install and activate<\/h4>\n\n\n- Upload the
oozami-booking<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install it from the Plugins \u2192 Add New screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n- Activate Oozami Booking<\/strong> from the Plugins screen.<\/li>\n
- A new Oozami Booking<\/strong> menu appears in the WordPress admin sidebar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
2. Configure your general settings<\/h4>\n\n
Go to Oozami Booking \u2192 Settings<\/strong> and fill in:<\/p>\n\n\n- Business name<\/strong> \u2014 displayed in emails and on the customer page.<\/li>\n
- Admin email<\/strong> \u2014 the address that receives a notification every time a new booking is created.<\/li>\n
- Sender email<\/strong> \u2014 the \"From\" address used for outgoing emails. Use an address on your own domain (e.g.
contact@your-domain.com<\/code>) for best deliverability.<\/li>\n- Sender name<\/strong> \u2014 the \"From\" name shown to recipients.<\/li>\n
- Primary color<\/strong> \u2014 used in emails, on the booking widget, and on buttons.<\/li>\n
- Automatic confirmation<\/strong> \u2014 enable to confirm bookings automatically, or disable to require manual approval from the dashboard.<\/li>\n
- My appointment page URL<\/strong> \u2014 paste the URL of the page where you put the
[oozami_booking_my_booking]<\/code> shortcode (see step 6 below). Required for the \"View \/ cancel my appointment\" link to appear in confirmation emails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n3. Verify email delivery<\/h4>\n\n
Still on the Settings page, scroll down to Email delivery<\/strong> and click Send test<\/strong>. A test email will be sent to your address. If it does not arrive within a few minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n- Check your spam folder.<\/li>\n
- If the page shows a delivery error, install an SMTP plugin such as WP Mail SMTP or FluentSMTP and connect it to a transactional email provider (Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Gmail SMTP, or your hosting provider's SMTP).<\/li>\n
- Configure SPF and DKIM in your DNS zone to maximize deliverability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Repeat the test until you receive the email. From that point, all booking confirmations and cancellations will be delivered the same way.<\/p>\n\n
4. Create your services<\/h4>\n\n
Go to Oozami Booking \u2192 Services<\/strong> and click Add a service<\/strong>. For each service, set:<\/p>\n\n\n- Name<\/strong> (e.g. \"30-minute haircut\", \"First consultation\", \"Group yoga class\")<\/li>\n
- Description<\/strong> (shown on the booking form)<\/li>\n
- Duration<\/strong> in minutes \u2014 this controls how time slots are calculated<\/li>\n
- Price<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Color<\/strong> \u2014 used to identify the service in the admin calendar<\/li>\n
- Active<\/strong> \u2014 uncheck to temporarily hide a service from the front-end without deleting it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Repeat for every bookable service you offer.<\/p>\n\n
5. Create your employees and opening hours<\/h4>\n\n
If you work alone, you can skip the Employees page entirely \u2014 the plugin works fine with a single implicit resource (enable Single resource<\/strong> in Settings to ensure slots block across all services).<\/p>\n\nIf you have multiple employees:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Go to Oozami Booking \u2192 Employees<\/strong> and add each team member. For every employee, select which services they can perform.<\/li>\n
- Go to Oozami Booking \u2192 Availability<\/strong> to set weekly opening hours and mark closed days. Use the blocked-dates list to add holidays or one-off closures.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
6. Add the booking form to a page<\/h4>\n\n
Create or edit a WordPress page (e.g. \"Book an appointment\") and insert the shortcode:<\/p>\n\n
[oozami-booking]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nOr, if you use Elementor, drag the Oozami Booking<\/strong> widget into your layout. Publish the page \u2014 your booking form is live.<\/p>\n\n7. (Recommended) Create the \"My appointment\" page<\/h4>\n\n
Create a second WordPress page (e.g. \"My appointment\") and insert this shortcode:<\/p>\n\n
[oozami_booking_my_booking]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nThen go back to Oozami Booking \u2192 Settings \u2192 Customer area<\/strong> and paste this page's URL into \"My appointment\" page URL<\/strong>. From now on, every confirmation email will include a \"View \/ cancel my appointment\" button that takes the customer to their personal booking page via a secure token.<\/p>\n\n8. (Optional) Disable auto-confirmation<\/h4>\n\n
If you want to manually validate every booking before sending a confirmation email, uncheck Automatic confirmation<\/strong> in Settings. New bookings will then arrive in Pending<\/strong> status under Oozami Booking \u2192 Bookings<\/strong>, where you can either confirm them (sends a confirmation email to the customer) or refuse them (sends a cancellation email).<\/p>\n\n\n\nDoes the free version require Pro?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. Oozami Booking is fully functional on its own and does not require any paid add-on.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it support Elementor?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, if Elementor is installed and active. Elementor is optional \u2014 the shortcode works in any page builder or the classic editor.<\/p><\/dd>\n
I am not receiving the booking emails. What should I do?<\/h3><\/dt>\nOozami Booking sends emails through WordPress' built-in wp_mail()<\/code> function. Many shared hosts have no SMTP server configured by default, which causes wp_mail()<\/code> to silently fail. To fix this:<\/p>\n\n\n- Open the Oozami Booking settings page. Under Email delivery<\/strong>, click Send test<\/strong> to verify whether your site can send mail at all. If a delivery error occurred recently, it is shown right above the button.<\/li>\n
- If the test fails (or the email never arrives), install a dedicated SMTP plugin such as WP Mail SMTP<\/strong> or FluentSMTP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Connect it to a transactional email provider \u2014 Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Gmail SMTP, or the SMTP credentials provided by your host.<\/li>\n
- Make sure the Sender email<\/strong> matches a domain you own, and that SPF + DKIM are configured for that domain in your DNS zone.<\/li>\n
- Send the test email again. Once it arrives, all booking confirmations and cancellations will be delivered the same way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
This is the standard approach used by most WordPress plugins. Oozami Booking deliberately does not embed its own SMTP stack so you can keep full control over your email provider.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Where can I see the last email error?<\/h3><\/dt>\nOpen Oozami Booking \u2192 Settings \u2192 Email delivery<\/strong>. If WordPress failed to send an email recently, the error message is displayed at the top of the panel.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I require manual approval before confirming bookings?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. In Settings, disable Automatic confirmation<\/strong>. New bookings then arrive with the Pending<\/strong> status and you decide whether to confirm or refuse them from the Bookings page. Confirming sends the confirmation email to the customer; refusing sends a cancellation email.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan customers cancel their own booking?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Create a page with the [oozami_booking_my_booking]<\/code> shortcode and paste its URL into Settings \u2192 Customer area. A secure \"View \/ cancel my appointment\" button is then added to every confirmation email.<\/p><\/dd>\nIs the plugin translation-ready?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Oozami Booking loads the oozami-booking<\/code> text domain and uses translation functions for all user-facing strings. You can translate it via translate.wordpress.org once it is published, or by adding your own .po<\/code>\/.mo<\/code> files.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhat happens on uninstall?<\/h3><\/dt>\nThe plugin cleanly removes all of its database tables and options through uninstall.php<\/code>. No leftover data is kept in the database.<\/p><\/dd>\nIs there a Pro version?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes \u2014 an optional Pro add-on is available with advanced features. Details: https:\/\/oozami.be\/portfolio\/easybook-pro\/<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
4.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Free edition is now fully standalone \u2014 all premium modules moved to a separate add-on.<\/li>\n
- Removed license checks and feature limits.<\/li>\n
- Inline scripts\/styles moved to enqueued files.<\/li>\n
- iCal attachment generated in memory (no temp file).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
3.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- First public release on WordPress.org.<\/li>\n
- Built-in \"Send test email\" button and last-error diagnostic in Settings.<\/li>\n
- WordPress.org-compatible documentation and clean uninstall.<\/li>\n
- GPL-ready packaging with no paid dependency required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Online appointment booking for WordPress: services, employees, availability, confirmation emails, and an Elementor widget.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/314514","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=314514"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/oozami"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=314514"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=314514"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=314514"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=314514"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=314514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}