BookWellNow is a free WordPress appointment booking plugin with a booking calendar, unlimited staff, staff shifts and holidays, a customer panel, and PayPal Checkout \u2014 so your clients can schedule and pay online without phone calls or email back-and-forth.<\/p>\n\n
BookWellNow is a complete appointment booking plugin and scheduling system for WordPress<\/strong> \u2014 with unlimited staff<\/strong>, flexible service management, and PayPal payment gateway<\/strong> support built in.<\/p>\n\n It helps businesses automate their booking process, manage staff schedules, and accept online appointments with a powerful calendar-based booking system. Add as many staff members as you need, assign services and shifts, and let customers pay online with PayPal Checkout<\/strong> (sandbox and live) or offline\/manual payment.<\/p>\n\n Whether you need a booking plugin, reservation system, scheduling software, or appointment management system<\/strong>, BookWellNow gives you everything in one place \u2014 from staff scheduling and availability control to secure online payments and automated notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See how quickly you can set up BookWellNow and start accepting online appointments:<\/p>\n\n [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0BYcMaXaDe4]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generate shortcodes from Book Well Now \u2192 Shortcode Generator<\/strong>, or paste them into any page or post.<\/p>\n\n Booking Form Popup Button<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Place a book button on service pages, staff pages, landing pages, or sidebars. Clicking it opens the booking popup. You do not need Examples:<\/p>\n\n Booking Form<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Displays the main booking form. Choose Small Booking Wizard<\/strong> or Service List with Popup<\/strong> in Settings \u2192 Appearance (or Shortcode Generator).<\/p>\n\n Optional attributes: Examples:<\/p>\n\n Customer Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Shows the logged-in customer dashboard (appointments, profile, and cancellation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let your customers book appointments anytime with a modern and easy-to-use booking system.<\/p>\n\n BookWellNow is more than just a booking plugin \u2014 it's a full appointment management system<\/strong> designed for real businesses.<\/p>\n\n BookWellNow helps you:<\/p>\n\n BookWellNow is built for any business that depends on appointments, reservations, or scheduling.<\/p>\n\n Doctors, clinics, dentists, therapists, physiotherapists, wellness centers<\/p>\n\n Hair salons, spas, barbershops, makeup artists, skincare clinics<\/p>\n\n Gyms, yoga studios, personal trainers, life coaches, fitness centers<\/p>\n\n Tutors, coaching institutes, online classes, training centers<\/p>\n\n Consultants, lawyers, accountants, agencies, freelancers<\/p>\n\n Cleaning services, repair services, electricians, plumbers<\/p>\n\n Photographers, videographers, designers<\/p>\n\n Car service centers, repair shops, detailing services<\/p>\n\n Event planners, wedding planners, workshops, studios<\/p>\n\n Pet grooming, veterinary clinics, pet trainers<\/p>\n\n\n\n BookWellNow uses capability checks and nonce validation for admin-side settings and actions.<\/p>\n\n Notification settings are restricted to users with plugin settings permissions and are not intended to be editable by lower-privileged roles.<\/p>\n\n This plugin bundles the following third-party libraries (see Bundled minified vendor files (for example When a Google font is selected in appearance settings, the booking form may load fonts from When PayPal is enabled, payments use the PayPal Checkout SDK and Orders API ( When Zoom is enabled (Settings \u2192 Integrations), BookWellNow uses Zoom Server-to-Server OAuth ( Use the Booking Form shortcode Use the Booking Form Popup Button shortcode Yes, including shifts, holidays, and working hours<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, 24\/7 booking system<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. BookWellNow includes a free customer panel where customers can log in, view their appointments, and manage their booking account.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Using the free customer panel, customers can cancel their appointments without needing admin help.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, built-in availability control<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, unlimited services supported<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. BookWellNow includes free unlimited staff members, so you can add your whole team without per-seat limits.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. PayPal Checkout is built in with sandbox and live mode support, alongside offline and manual payment options.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. BookWellNow is optimized for fast loading and includes a booking calendar, time slots, staff shifts, holidays, and a mobile-friendly booking form.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nFree Features<\/h3>\n\n
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[bookwell_booking_button]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n[bookwell_booking]<\/code> on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n
service_id<\/code> so that service is pre-selected.<\/li>\nstaff_id<\/code> to show only that staff member\u2019s services.<\/li>\nservice_id<\/code> and staff_id<\/code> to pre-select service and staff.<\/li>\nlabel<\/code> and optional class<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n[bookwell_booking_button label=\"Book Now\"]\n\n[bookwell_booking_button service_id=\"2\" label=\"Book this service\"]\n\n[bookwell_booking_button staff_id=\"1\" label=\"Book with this staff\"]\n\n[bookwell_booking_button service_id=\"2\" staff_id=\"1\" label=\"Book appointment\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n[bookwell_booking]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nstaff_id<\/code>, service_id<\/code><\/p>\n\n[bookwell_booking]\n\n[bookwell_booking staff_id=\"1\" service_id=\"2\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n[bookwellnow_customer_panel]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\ud83d\ude80 Accept Online Bookings 24\/7<\/h3>\n\n
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\ud83d\udcc5 Booking Calendar & Availability<\/h3>\n\n
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\ud83d\udcc4 PDF Booking Receipt<\/h3>\n\n
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\ud83d\udca1 Solve Real Booking Problems<\/h3>\n\n
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\ud83c\udfe2 Who Can Use BookWellNow?<\/h3>\n\n
\ud83c\udfe5 Healthcare & Medical<\/h3>\n\n
\ud83d\udc87 Beauty & Salon Booking<\/h3>\n\n
\ud83e\uddd8 Fitness & Coaching<\/h3>\n\n
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\ud83c\udfe2 Professional Services<\/h3>\n\n
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THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt<\/code> for versions and licenses):<\/p>\n\n\n
*.min.js<\/code>) are third-party libraries, not obfuscated plugin code. Upstream sources are listed in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt<\/code>.<\/p>\n\nExternal Services<\/h3>\n\n
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https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/<\/code> (Google LLC). Browser request data (IP, user agent, requested font) is sent only on pages where the booking form is shown. Privacy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\nPayPal Checkout<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/sdk\/js<\/code>, https:\/\/api-m.paypal.com\/<\/code>, sandbox API). Booking amount, currency, appointment reference, and standard request headers are sent during checkout. Credentials are stored in WordPress; only the Client ID is exposed on the frontend. Privacy: https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/legalhub\/privacy-full<\/p>\n\nZoom Meetings<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/zoom.us\/oauth\/token<\/code>, https:\/\/api.zoom.us\/v2\/<\/code>) to list users and create\/delete meetings. Account ID, Client ID, and Client Secret are stored in WordPress. Meeting join\/host URLs are saved on appointments. Privacy: https:\/\/explore.zoom.us\/en\/privacy\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code><\/li>\n[bookwell_booking]<\/code> to any page (or use Shortcode Generator for Booking Form \/ Popup Button shortcodes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
How do I accept bookings on my website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[bookwell_booking]<\/code> on any page. Generate it from Book Well Now \u2192 Shortcode Generator with optional staff\/service filters.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow do I open booking in a popup from a service page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[bookwell_booking_button]<\/code>. Example: [bookwell_booking_button service_id=\"2\" label=\"Book Appointment\"]<\/code>. Clicking the button opens the same booking popup form.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I manage staff schedules?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can customers book online?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the free version include a customer panel?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can customers cancel appointments themselves?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it prevent double booking?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I create multiple services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this plugin offer free unlimited staff for appointment booking?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I accept PayPal payments with this appointment booking plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is this a lightweight appointment booking calendar plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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[bookwell_booking_button]<\/code> to open the same booking popup from any page (optional service_id<\/code>, staff_id<\/code>, and label<\/code>).<\/li>\nform_type<\/code>, hide_description<\/code>, show_staff_designation<\/code>) on fresh install and plugin update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n3.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
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