描述
Creavi Appointment Booking Calendar is a free WordPress appointment booking calendar with Google and Outlook availability sync, reliable customer and admin reminders, built-in video meetings, and no monthly booking fee.
Create bookable services, define your availability, collect customer details, send confirmation emails, and let customers book online in a clean calendar flow. You can offer in-person meetings, phone calls, custom meeting links, or secure video meetings generated directly by the plugin.
Build a polished booking page in minutes with drag-and-drop Gutenberg blocks. Add a ready-made Service Hero section, a Booking Profile layout, an inline booking calendar, or a popup booking button without designing everything from scratch.
Creavi is built for consultants, coaches, clinics, salons, agencies, educators, and small service businesses that want a practical booking system without monthly booking software.
Easy Setup – Ready in 2 Minutes
Watch how it works in action:
Check out the live demo: https://wordpress.creavi.dk/booking/
We’re open to any suggestions! Feel free to reach out via the support forum — we’re happy to hear your ideas and may implement them in future updates.
Free Features Included
Creavi gives small service businesses a complete booking setup for free, including calendar sync, automated reminders, custom booking forms, video meeting options, and ready-made Gutenberg booking page layouts.
- Add booking button anywhere via shortcode:
[creavibc_booking_button id="123"](opens booking popup) - Embed full booking interface directly on page via shortcode:
[creavibc_booking_inline id="123"] -
Support multiple booking widgets on the same page (different services)
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Smooth booking experience:
- Popup or inline layout
- Step-by-step flow: Date Time Details
- Fully responsive and mobile-friendly
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Flexible availability settings:
- Admin-defined available days via date picker
- Rolling availability range (e.g. next 30–365 days)
- Exclude specific dates (days off, holidays)
- Minimum time before booking (buffer)
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Flexible weekday-based time slots:
- Visual grid selector (e.g. Mon 9:00, Tue 10:30)
- Different time slots per weekday
- Optional slot duration: 20 / 30 / 60 minutes
- Dynamic time slots based on selected date
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Smart timezone handling:
- Admin timezone detection
- Timezone modes:
- Localized (auto-adjust to user timezone)
- Locked (fixed business timezone)
- Clear timezone indication on frontend
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Customizable booking form fields:
- Toggle default Name & Email fields
- Add unlimited custom fields (text or textarea)
- Set any field as required
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Automated email notifications & reminders:
- Sent to both admin and customer
- Dynamic tags:
{name},{email},{date},{time},{service} - Optional reminder emails before the appointment (reduce no-shows)
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Google Calendar integration:
- Automatically push bookings to Google Calendar
- Block already booked time slots from Google Calendar
- Google Calendar link generation for attendees
- Custom Google event title and description templates
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Outlook Calendar integration:
- Automatically push bookings to Outlook Calendar
- Per-service Outlook connection and sync
- Block busy Outlook time slots on the frontend
- Custom Outlook event title and description templates
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Calendar & scheduling:
- Downloadable
.ics(iCalendar) file
- Downloadable
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Meeting & location options:
- In-person meetings
- Online meetings (video or custom link)
- Phone call option
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Built-in video conferencing:
- Automatic meeting link generation
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Personalization options:
- Custom brand color
- Personalized thank-you message
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Easy booking management
- Clean and minimal admin UI
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Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, and other page builders
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Multilingual & Translation Ready
Languages
This plugin is fully translation-ready and supports localization via translate.wordpress.org.
Available languages include:
* English (default)
* French
* Danish
You can help translate this plugin into your language at:
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/creavi-booking-service/
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区块
该插件提供了 2 个区块.
- Service Hero Premium booking hero section with editable content, social links, and a service-linked booking card.
- Booking Profile Displays a service provider profile with a live booking calendar.
安装
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/or install it via the WordPress admin dashboard. - Activate it through the “Plugins” menu.
- Create a new Service post and configure your booking options.
- Place the generated shortcode anywhere on your site.
常见问题
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Yes! Each service has its own shortcode and popup — ideal for showcasing different services.
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Does it support timezone differences?
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Yes. Choose to display time slots in the visitor’s local timezone or lock them to the admin’s.
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Can I customize the emails sent after booking?
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Absolutely. You can fully customize both admin and user email templates using tags like
{name},{service},{date}, and more. -
Is Google Calendar synchronization included for free?
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Yes. You can automatically add bookings to Google Calendar and block time slots that are already busy in the connected calendar.
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Does Creavi support Outlook Calendar?
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Yes. Each service can connect to Outlook Calendar, automatically create booking events, and block busy Outlook time slots.
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Are appointment reminder emails included for free?
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Yes. Customer and admin reminders are included. You can choose how far in advance they are sent and set a specific delivery time for day-before reminders.
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Can customer and admin reminders use different schedules?
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Yes. Customer and admin reminders can be enabled independently and can use different reminder timings and email templates.
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What happens if WordPress Cron runs late?
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Creavi checks for overdue reminders and sends them on the next available cron run before the appointment. For delivery close to an exact time on a quiet website, configure your server to call
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Can reminders include the video meeting link?
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Yes. Reminder templates support video link tags. Customers receive their personalized customer link, while admin reminders use the host-specific link.
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What meeting types can I offer?
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You can offer in-person appointments, phone calls, custom online meeting links, or secure video meetings generated by Creavi.
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Yes. When calendar availability synchronization is enabled, busy events from the connected Google or Outlook calendar are removed from the available frontend time slots.
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Does it work with Elementor and Gutenberg?
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Yes. Use the shortcodes with Elementor or other page builders, or use the included Gutenberg booking blocks and layouts.
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更新日志
1.4.6
- Added a specific send-time setting for day-before customer and admin reminders.
- Improved reminder reliability so delayed WP-Cron runs can recover and send overdue reminders before the appointment.
- Added conditional reminder settings that only show the day-before send time when “1 day before” is selected.
- Fixed personalized secure video links so customers receive the customer link and hosts receive the host link in reminders.
- Fixed automatic Google and Outlook Calendar events to use the host-specific secure video link.
- Improved secure video link consistency across emails, calendar links, and calendar attachments.
1.4.5
- Security: Fixed stored XSS in custom booking field labels.
- Hardened custom booking field validation to safely handle malformed input and previously stored field data.
1.4.4
- Improved the Edit Service admin UI with clearer metabox spacing, aligned labels, more readable descriptions, consistent focus states, and refined select dropdown arrows.
1.4.3
- Added Booking Profile Gutenberg block — display a service provider profile with a live booking calendar directly in the block editor.
- Added admin reminder notifications — admins now receive reminder emails before upcoming appointments, matching the existing customer reminder system.
- Added host name field for secure video meetings.
1.4.2
- Improved admin UI with a cleaner, more consistent look and feel across the Edit Service page.
- Added Service Hero Gutenberg block — a ready-to-use booking hero section you can drag and drop straight into any page. New layouts coming soon.
1.4.1
- Added Outlook Calendar availability sync – the plugin now fetches existing events from connected Outlook Calendars and automatically blocks those time slots in the service booking calendar on the frontend.
1.4.0
- Added Outlook Calendar integration for automatic booking event sync.
- Added per-service Outlook connect, reconnect, and disconnect options.
- Added optional automatic push toggle for Outlook events.
- Added customizable Outlook event title and description templates.
- Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
1.3.1
- Added Gutenberg block to easily insert booking widgets directly in the editor.
1.3.0
- Added secure video integration for online appointments.
- Added flexible meeting types: Secure video, Phone call, and Custom link.
- Improved booking notifications and calendar event details with meeting information.
1.2.1
- Added a dedicated “Location & Meeting” section with extended meeting options.
- Improved frontend booking UI to better display meeting location details.
- Improved admin UI with a smoother and clearer service setup tour.
1.2.0
- Added
{name_url}template tag for Booking emails, Reminder emails. - Added Service setup onboarding navigation bar for a clearer configuration flow.
- Improved Service editor layout with structured top navigation
1.1.9
- Added per-service Google Calendar connections – each service can now connect to its own Google account.
- Improved Google Calendar connection logic with service-level override and site-level fallback.
- Added support for
{custom}tag in Google Calendar events and invitations. - Improved tag visibility in admin UI (clarified
{custom}usage).
1.1.8
- Extended Google Calendar event details
- Improved Google Calendar & .ics event data consistency
- Improved Admin metabox reorganization for clearer service setup
- Improved Modernized admin styling and layout
1.1.7
- Added multilingual support for frontend and admin.
- Included French (fr_FR) and Danish (da_DK) translations.
1.1.6
- Added Minimum Time Before Booking option – per service lead-time setting.
1.1.5
- Added a default service placeholder image when no service image is uploaded.
- Improved calendar styling for a cleaner and more consistent booking experience.
1.1.4
- Booking calendar now respects the WordPress “Week Starts On” setting.
1.1.3
- Added automated reminder emails for bookings (per service).
- New service option to enable/disable reminder emails.
- New reminder timing settings (minutes, hours, or 1 day before the appointment).
- Added customizable reminder email subject and message templates.
1.1.2
- Fixed an issue allowing bookings in the past on the current day.
- Fixed service thank-you text option.
1.1.1
- Added Google Calendar availability sync – the plugin now fetches existing events from connected Google Calendars and automatically blocks those time slots in the service booking calendar on the frontend.
- This prevents double bookings by ensuring already occupied Google Calendar times cannot be selected by users.
1.1.0
- Added dynamic availability mode with rolling booking windows and support for excluded dates.
- Improved Available Booking Days UI with a tab-based switch between dynamic and static modes, fully backward compatible.
1.0.17
- Added Google Calendar integration – connect your services with Google Calendar to automatically create events for new bookings and keep your schedule in sync.
1.0.16
- Fixed admin timezone selector to correctly keep the saved value selected on post edit.
- Improved timezone dropdown population to show the full list while preserving the stored timezone.
1.0.15
- Removed “Close” button for the inline layout (embedded on-page booking).
- Prepared Google Calendar integration (service-level connect/disconnect UI and backend scaffolding).
1.0.14
- Added auto-selection of the first available date and time slot on open (with visual highlight)
1.0.13
- Added smooth animations when rendering or clearing time slots
- Improved booking slots container with height transition to prevent layout jumps
1.0.12
*Improved inline calendar styles for better visual consistency
1.0.11
- Added option and shortcode for inline booking form display directly on the page
1.0.10
- Improved mobile layout handling using
max-height: 90vhwith fallback height - Aligned summary
1.0.9
- Aligned time zone summary with extended format in footer
- Fixed popup height on large screens
1.0.8
- Added time zone info next to selected time in booking summary footer
1.0.7
- Enhanced time slot selection UX with dynamic tooltip on weekday/time headers
1.0.6
- Standardized time slot button sizes for better visual alignment
- Improved layout consistency across different screen sizes
- Enhanced mobile responsiveness of time slot grid
1.0.5
- Optimized and aligned Flatpickr calendar header for better compatibility with different themes
- Removed unwanted arrowTop styling from Flatpickr popup
- Minor CSS cleanup for calendar appearance
1.0.4
- Improved mobile layout and spacing behavior
- Aligned and styled time zone notice with animated globe icon and tooltip
1.0.3
- Added quick-fill range selector for Available Booking Days (1–12 months ahead)
- Improved field descriptions for better admin UX when selecting booking dates
1.0.2
- Added vertical and horizontal padding options for the booking button
- Improved styling compatibility with default WordPress themes
- Minor UI enhancements for smoother content transitions
1.0.1
- Minor CSS improvements for better compatibility with Elementor
1.0
- Initial public release with full booking flow: calendar, time slots, form fields, notifications, and timezone support
