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Serenity Booking handles every kind of booking your business takes.<\/strong> Whether you run 1:1 appointments, group classes with seat limits, or paid consultations with video links \u2014 configure the mode that fits and go live in minutes using the built-in setup wizard.<\/p>\n\n No monthly fees. No locked-behind-SaaS dashboard. All data stays in your WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n Appointments<\/strong>\nOne-to-one bookings with staff assignment and real-time slot availability. Add buffer time between sessions, set per-staff hours, and manage holidays per location. Customers select location, service, staff, date, and time in a clean multi-step wizard.<\/p>\n\n Group Classes<\/strong>\nSchedule group sessions with a seat limit. Customers enroll, receive enrollment confirmations, and get reminder emails before each class. Manage enrollment lists and cancellations from the dashboard. Run classes standalone or alongside appointments in Both mode.<\/p>\n\n Consultations<\/strong>\nA separate booking flow built specifically for consultations. Generates a Google Meet or Zoom link automatically at time of booking and includes it in the confirmation email. Supports recurring consultation packages \u2014 book once, create a series of sessions with consolidated billing and grouped emails.<\/p>\n\n Access everything at Serenity Booking fits any business where clients book time:<\/p>\n\n Most booking plugins charge a monthly fee or lock core features behind a \"Pro\" plan. Serenity Booking ships all booking types, both payment gateways, automated emails, video link generation, recurring consultations, intake forms, coupon codes, multi-location support, and the full business dashboard as part of the free plugin \u2014 no upsell required to take a booking.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to the following external services:<\/p>\n\n When the site owner enables Stripe, this plugin uses Stripe's API and JavaScript library to process card payments. Card details are transmitted directly to Stripe and never stored on the WordPress site. Customer name, email, and booking amount are also sent to Stripe. This only occurs when a customer completes a booking with Stripe enabled.\n- Service: https:\/\/stripe.com\n- Privacy Policy: https:\/\/stripe.com\/privacy\n- Terms of Service: https:\/\/stripe.com\/legal<\/p>\n\n When the site owner enables Razorpay, this plugin uses Razorpay's API and checkout library to process payments. Payment details are transmitted directly to Razorpay and never stored on the WordPress site. Customer name, email, and booking amount are also sent to Razorpay. This only occurs when a customer completes a booking with Razorpay enabled.\n- Service: https:\/\/razorpay.com\n- Privacy Policy: https:\/\/razorpay.com\/privacy\/\n- Terms of Service: https:\/\/razorpay.com\/terms\/<\/p>\n\n When the site owner enables Google Calendar, this plugin connects to Google's OAuth2 and Calendar APIs to sync appointments and generate Google Meet links for consultations. Staff member Google account email and calendar event data (title, date, time) are transmitted to Google. This only occurs when a site owner or staff member has connected their Google account in the plugin settings.\n- Service: https:\/\/google.com\n- Privacy Policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\n- Terms of Service: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms<\/p>\n\n Serenity Booking does not collect or transmit any data to external servers owned by the plugin author.<\/p>\n\n When Stripe is enabled, customer name, email, and payment details are sent to Stripe, Inc. and governed by the Stripe Privacy Policy (https:\/\/stripe.com\/privacy).<\/p>\n\n When Razorpay is enabled, customer name, email, and payment details are sent to Razorpay and governed by the Razorpay Privacy Policy (https:\/\/razorpay.com\/privacy\/).<\/p>\n\n When Google Calendar is enabled, appointment and calendar data is sent to Google and governed by the Google Privacy Policy (https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy).<\/p>\n\n All booking data \u2014 appointments, enrollments, consultations, customers, and staff records \u2014 is stored exclusively in the site's own WordPress database. Site owners are responsible for disclosing third-party data transmission to their customers in their own privacy policy.<\/p>\n\n\n Appointment (1:1 with staff), Group Class (multiple customers per session with seat limits), and Consultation (1:1 with Google Meet or Zoom link). You can also run Appointments and Classes together using Both mode, or add Consultations as a separate flow alongside either mode.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Both the Appointment mode and the Consultation mode are built for one-to-one sessions. Appointment mode is time-slot based. Consultation mode adds video link generation and supports recurring session packages.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Class mode lets you create scheduled group sessions with a maximum seat count. Customers enroll, receive confirmation and reminder emails, and you manage the enrollment list from the dashboard.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. Both are optional. Toggle them under Serenity Booking \u2192 Settings. When both are off the payment step is removed from the wizard entirely. You can accept bookings with no payment collection at all.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. For consultations, the plugin generates a Google Meet link automatically when Google Calendar is connected. Alternatively, paste your Zoom PMI link in settings and it is attached to every consultation confirmation.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Intake forms let you add custom fields (text, dropdowns, checkboxes) per service. Answers are saved to the booking record and the customer profile, and pre-filled on repeat bookings.<\/p><\/dd>\n Serenity Booking uses WP-Cron to check upcoming appointments hourly and send reminders at the windows you configure: 48h, 24h, 12h, 6h, 2h, 1h, and 30 min before. Each reminder sends once \u2014 duplicate sends are blocked automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Add unlimited locations under Serenity Booking \u2192 Locations. Each location has its own address, business hours, and holiday schedule.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The No. Plugin assets load only on the booking wizard page and dashboard route. Stats are cached via WordPress transients. Nothing loads site-wide.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nThree Booking Types in One Plugin<\/h4>\n\n
Booking Wizard<\/h4>\n\n
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yourdomain.com\/appointment<\/code> \u2014 works out of the box<\/li>\nPayments<\/h4>\n\n
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Automated Emails<\/h4>\n\n
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Business Dashboard<\/h4>\n\n
yourdomain.com\/serenity-booking-dashboard<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n
Setup and Configuration<\/h4>\n\n
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serb_staff<\/code> role \u2014 staff get scoped access to their own schedule with no access to financials or settings<\/li>\nWho Uses Serenity Booking<\/h4>\n\n
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What Makes It Different<\/h4>\n\n
External Services<\/h3>\n\n
Stripe (api.stripe.com and js.stripe.com)<\/h4>\n\n
Razorpay (api.razorpay.com and checkout.razorpay.com)<\/h4>\n\n
Google Calendar and Google Meet (oauth2.googleapis.com and www.googleapis.com)<\/h4>\n\n
Privacy<\/h3>\n\n
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serenity-booking<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code><\/li>\nyourdomain.com\/appointment<\/code><\/li>\nyourdomain.com\/serenity-booking-dashboard<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Which booking types does this support?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this work for 1:1 bookings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this support group or class bookings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is Stripe or Razorpay required?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it generate Zoom or Google Meet links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I collect custom questions from customers?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do reminder emails work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I run multiple locations?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can staff log in without admin access?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
serb_staff<\/code> role gives staff access to their own schedule and appointments only. They cannot view financials, customer records for other staff, or plugin settings.<\/p><\/dd>\nWill this slow down my WordPress site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
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