Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free)

The only 100% FREE Booking Plugin with WooCommerce Payments, Unlimited Staff, and 6 Premium Templates. No hidden costs.

90+ active installsFree on WordPress.org

Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free) running.

WordPress compatibility

Tested to 6.9.5 — 1 branch behind 7.0

Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.

Last updated

6 months ago

Requires PHP

7.4

Your host must be running at least this version.

Requires WordPress

6.0

Contributors

1

A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.

90+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.

Maintenance & trust

Scored on how Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free) is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

Solid

Not enough public feedback to put a confident number on this one. Little public feedback — score rests mostly on release activity. What we can see is below.

Maintenance

35 / 35

Updated 173 days ago.

WordPress compatibility

14 / 20

Tested to WP 6.9.5, 1 branch(es) behind.

Support responsiveness

Not enough data

Only 1 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.

Merchant satisfaction

Not enough data

No ratings yet.

Listing transparency

7 / 10

Provides: screenshots, description

2 of 5 measures had too little evidence to score. They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero — otherwise a plugin would be marked down for being small rather than for being poorly kept.Measured 2026-08-01 from the WordPress.org plugin registry.

Ratings

No one has rated this plugin on WordPress.org yet. That is a statement about the ratings page, not about the plugin — plenty of well-kept plugins never collect them.

🚀 WHY CHOOSE ORYX BOOKINGS?
Most booking plugins force you to buy a “Pro” version to accept payments or manage staff. Oryx gives you everything for FREE.

WooCommerce Integration? ✅ FREE (Accept Stripe, PayPal, etc.)

Unlimited Services? ✅ FREE

Unlimited Staff Members? ✅ FREE

6 Premium Form Designs? ✅ FREE

Interactive Admin Calendar? ✅ FREE

Stop paying monthly subscriptions. Oryx is the open-source solution for Salons, Clinics, and Service Businesses.

Oryx Bookings is a complete appointment and service booking system for WordPress. Manage services, staff, schedules, and accept bookings with a beautiful frontend form.

🔥 KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Unlimited Services & Staff — Create as many services and team members as you need.
WooCommerce Ready — Sell appointments like products and use any payment gateway.
Interactive Calendar — Visual calendar view to manage all your bookings at a glance.
6 Booking Form Templates — Grid, Stepper, Accordion, Card Flow, Flat Split, and Focus Input.
Smart Scheduling — Real-time availability with automatic double-booking prevention.
Secure & GDPR-Ready — Built-in spam protection, rate limiting, reCAPTCHA v3, and WordPress privacy tools integration.

🛠️ DETAILED FEATURES

Services Management
* Custom name, duration, price, description, and featured image per service.
* Rich content editor with media support.
* Organize services into categories.
* Two scheduling modes: Staff-based (user picks staff) or Service-only (auto-assign based on company hours).

Staff & Team
* Staff profiles with name, job title, and photo.
* Flexible availability: follow company hours or set a custom weekly schedule.
* Individual days off per staff member.
* Assign multiple staff to each service.

Bookings & Workflow
* Real-time available time slots based on service duration.
* Booking statuses: Pending, Confirmed, Cancelled, Completed.
* Collects customer name, email, and optionally phone, address, and notes.
* Configurable form fields — enable or disable optional fields from Settings.

Interactive Calendar
* Full interactive calendar (day, week, month, and list views).
* Create, edit, drag-and-drop, and delete bookings directly from the calendar.
* Filter by staff or service.
* Visual color coding by booking status.

Working Hours & Holidays
* Set opening and closing times for each day of the week.
* Mark specific days as closed.
* Add company holidays — bookings are automatically blocked on those dates.

Elementor & Gutenberg Support
* Elementor Widget: Drag-and-drop from the “Oryx Bookings” category with live preview.
* Gutenberg Block: Search “Oryx – Booking Form” with server-side preview.
* Shortcode: Use [oryx_bookings] anywhere.

🎨 CUSTOMIZATION

Primary Color — Match your brand with a single color setting.
Display Toggles — Show or hide service image, description, price, duration, and staff image.
Custom Labels — Change step titles, button text, and the success message.
Redirect URL — Send customers to a thank-you page after booking.

🔒 SECURITY

Rate limiting per IP for slot lookups and booking creation.
Honeypot fields and time-based tokens to block bots.
Google reCAPTCHA v3 support.
Booking limits per email, IP, and phone number.
Email and IP blocklist.

Third-Party Libraries

This plugin includes the following third-party libraries:

Flatpickr

Version: 4.6.13
License: MIT
Copyright: Gregory Petrosyan

FullCalendar

Version: 6.1.10
License: MIT
Copyright: Adam Shaw

Is the WooCommerce integration really free?

Yes! Unlike other plugins that charge for “Pro” addons to accept payments, Oryx Bookings integrates with WooCommerce out of the box for free.

How do I add a booking form to my site?

You have three options:
* Elementor — Drag the “Booking Form” widget.
* Gutenberg — Add the “Oryx – Booking Form” block.
* Shortcode — Paste [oryx_bookings] into any page.

Can I use this without staff members?

Yes. Set the service’s Availability Mode to “Service-only” and it will use your company working hours directly — no staff selection step.

How does the plugin prevent double-bookings?

Multiple layers: real-time availability checks, overlap detection, a temporary booking lock during processing, and a final server-side check before saving.

Can I customize the shortcode?

Yes. Example: [oryx_bookings template="stepper" primary_color="#EF4444" show_price="no"]. A Shortcode Generator is available in Settings.

Plugin details

Version1.1.3

Last updated2026-02-09 4:46am GMT

Added2026-02-05

Requires WordPress6.0

Tested up to6.9.5

Requires PHP7.4

Tags on WordPress.org

appointment

booking

calendar

scheduling

woocommerce

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Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free)

The only 100% FREE Booking Plugin with WooCommerce Payments, Unlimited Staff, and 6 Premium Templates. No hidden costs.

90+ active installsFree on WordPress.org

View on WordPress.org Support forum

Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free) running.

WordPress compatibility

Tested to 6.9.5 — 1 branch behind 7.0

Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.

Last updated

6 months ago

Requires PHP

7.4

Your host must be running at least this version.

Requires WordPress

6.0

Contributors

1

A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.

90+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.

Maintenance & trust

Scored on how Oryx Bookings: WooCommerce Appointments & Scheduling (100% Free) is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

Solid

Not enough public feedback to put a confident number on this one. Little public feedback — score rests mostly on release activity. What we can see is below.

Maintenance

35 / 35

Updated 173 days ago.

WordPress compatibility

14 / 20

Tested to WP 6.9.5, 1 branch(es) behind.

Support responsiveness

Not enough data

Only 1 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.

Merchant satisfaction

Not enough data

No ratings yet.

Listing transparency

7 / 10

Provides: screenshots, description

Ratings

No one has rated this plugin on WordPress.org yet. That is a statement about the ratings page, not about the plugin — plenty of well-kept plugins never collect them.

🚀 WHY CHOOSE ORYX BOOKINGS?
Most booking plugins force you to buy a “Pro” version to accept payments or manage staff. Oryx gives you everything for FREE.

WooCommerce Integration? ✅ FREE (Accept Stripe, PayPal, etc.)

Unlimited Services? ✅ FREE

Unlimited Staff Members? ✅ FREE

6 Premium Form Designs? ✅ FREE

Interactive Admin Calendar? ✅ FREE

Stop paying monthly subscriptions. Oryx is the open-source solution for Salons, Clinics, and Service Businesses.

Oryx Bookings is a complete appointment and service booking system for WordPress. Manage services, staff, schedules, and accept bookings with a beautiful frontend form.