CodoBookings - ChoosePlugin.com

A Lightweight WordPress Booking & Appointment System

Author:	Junaid Hassan (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	6.0
WordPress version tested:	6.9.1
Plugin version:	1.4.1
Added to WordPress repository:	20-11-2025
Last updated:	14-12-2025
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Plugin URI:	https://wpdemo.codoplex.com/codobookings/
Total downloads:	315
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CodoBookings is a modern, lightweight booking and appointment-management plugin for WordPress. It’s designed to make scheduling, managing, and tracking appointments effortless.

Whether you’re a coach, consultant, tutor, or agency, CodoBookings helps you manage your entire booking process directly inside WordPress — cleanly, securely, and efficiently.

???? Key Features

Flexible Booking Types – Supports both one-time and weekly recurring appointments.
Guest Bookings – Customers can book appointments without creating an account by just providing their email address.
Email Notifications – Automatic HTML email confirmations and status update notifications for you and your clients.
Shortcodes for Easy Embedding – Display booking calendars or grids anywhere using simple shortcodes.
Design System – A powerful design system to customize colors, layout and custom CSS.
User Fields – A drag & drop enabled dynamic User Fields system to collect custom user data associated to a booking.
Admin Dashboard Widget – See your key booking stats right on the WordPress dashboard.
Clean Front-End Interface – Modern, minimal design that adapts to any WordPress theme.
Translation Ready – Includes .pot file for localization with tools like Poedit.
Extensible Architecture – Modular structure ready for integrations and add-ons.
Secure & Optimized – Sanitized inputs, escaped outputs, and lightweight queries.

CodoBookings provides a full, professional booking system built natively for WordPress — without bloat or dependency chains.

Developer Hooks & Filters

CodoBookings provides 40+ action hooks and filter hooks that allow developers to extend and customize the booking system without modifying core plugin files. These hooks enable you to add custom functionality, integrate with third-party services, modify the booking workflow, customize design settings, and enhance the user experience.

Common use cases include:
* Adding custom validation to booking forms
* Integrating with CRM systems and marketing tools
* Customizing email notifications and workflows
* Modifying calendar display and grid layouts
* Extending design customization options
* Implementing custom analytics tracking
* Adding promotional content and badges

Developer Reference Guide: CodoBookings Hooks and Filters – Complete Developer Guide

The reference guide includes detailed explanations and working code examples for every hook, organized by functionality: dashboard hooks, calendar display hooks, booking process hooks, design customization hooks, styling hooks, and JavaScript hooks.

Planned Extensions

PMPro Integration – Restrict or enable bookings based on membership level. (Coming soon)
WooCommerce Integration – Sell bookings as WooCommerce products with a full checkout flow. (Coming soon)
Google Calendar Sync – Sync bookings with Google Calendar. (Coming soon)
Custom Email Templates – Create branded, customizable email templates. (Coming soon)

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later license.
You are free to use, modify, and redistribute it under the same license.

Author & Links

Author: CodoBookings Team – Codoplex
Demo: https://wpdemo.codoplex.com/codobookings/demo/
Support: https://care.codoplex.com/

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ChangeLog

1.4.1

FIXED: Issues with design system is fixed.

1.4.0

NEW: A drag & drop enabled dynamic User Fields system to collect custom user data associated to a booking.
NEW: Ability to define/use global user fields, calendar specific fields or no user fields at all.
NEW: Show user fields before or after the main booking calendar.
NEW: Ability to define required or optional user fields.
NEW: Supported input field types include text, textarea, number, select, radio, and checkbox.
NEW: Frontend and backend validation for user field type, data and values.

1.3.0

NEW: Design Customization System – Customize your booking calendars to match your brand
NEW: Theme Color Inheritance – Automatically detects and uses your WordPress theme colors
NEW: Basic Design Settings – Control primary color, text color, and border radius
NEW: Custom CSS Field – Add your own CSS for advanced customization
NEW: CSS Variables Architecture – All styles use CSS custom properties for easy theming
NEW: 15+ Extension Hooks – Extensive filter and action hooks for developers
NEW: New Setting – Define default booking status
IMPROVED: Frontend Styling – Removed all hardcoded colors and sizes
IMPROVED: Sidebar Rendering – Dynamic styles now use CSS variables
IMPROVED: Theme Integration – Better compatibility with any WordPress theme
IMPROVED: Performance – Optimized CSS generation with intelligent caching
IMPROVED: Extensibility – Clean separation for premium extensions
FIXED: Hardcoded styles in JavaScript sidebar rendering
FIXED: Calendar grid responsive behavior on mobile devices
DEVELOPER: New design-focused hooks and filters for extensions
DEVELOPER: Smart auto-color generation (secondary from primary, heading from text)

1.2.0

Added User Fields Extension link on dashboard page
Updated the translations file

1.1.0

New hooks introduced in PHP code
Some wording changes
Hooks added in JS code for future extensibility
Fixed confirmation message visibility

1.0.0

Initial Release with following features
Added booking grid and single calendar shortcodes.
Added recurring booking logic (weekly).
Added guest bookings feature.
Added admin dashboard widget for quick stats.
Added booking management interface.
Added global email notification system.
Translation ready with .pot file included.

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