Appointment Booking AI is a polished WordPress appointment booking plugin built for one professional or service provider.

It includes a public booking form, customer self-service portal, admin booking management, services, categories, weekly availability, exceptions, Stripe Checkout payments, email notifications, reports, CSV export, and AI-assisted admin workflows.

The plugin is suitable for consultants, coaches, tutors, clinics, salons, repair services, wellness professionals, and other appointment-based businesses that need a focused booking system without multi-staff SaaS complexity.

Key features:
- Public appointment booking form
- Available days and time-slot selection
- Customer portal for lookup, cancel, and reschedule
- Admin dashboard and booking calendar
- Booking management with manual booking and reschedule flows
- Services and categories
- Weekly availability and exception rules
- Stripe Checkout payments
- PayPal via Stripe when enabled in Stripe
- Email notifications through WordPress wp_mail / SMTP setup
- Customer management
- Reports and CSV export
- AI-assisted admin tools for draft/suggestion workflows
- Responsive admin and public UI
- English, Spanish, and Arabic UI with RTL support
- Source code included
- Documentation and manual runtime QA guide included

Important notes:
- Designed for one professional/service provider.
- Not a multi-staff or multi-location booking system.
- Stripe is the supported payment gateway.
- PayPal is supported only through Stripe payment methods.
- AI features require the buyer’s own provider API key.
- Email delivery requires correct WordPress SMTP configuration.
- No native iOS/Android app is included.

Public appointment booking form
Guided service, date, and time-slot selection
Customer booking portal for lookup, cancel, and reschedule
Admin dashboard with booking KPIs and calendar
Admin booking management with guided manual booking and rescheduling
Services and categories management
Weekly availability rules
Blocked/open availability exceptions
Customer management with booking history
Customer anonymization and merge tools
Stripe Checkout payments
PayPal support through Stripe payment methods
No-upfront-payment booking mode
Email notifications through WordPress mail / SMTP setup
Reports dashboard with booked value and online collected payments
CSV export for reports
AI-assisted admin tools for drafts, summaries, and suggestions
English, Spanish, and Arabic UI
Automatic RTL layout for Arabic
Responsive public booking and customer portal UI
Source code included
Built admin/public assets included
Manual runtime QA PDF included
Documentation included
GPLv2-or-later licensed

WordPress 6.0 or newer
PHP 8.2 or newer recommended
MySQL or MariaDB
Modern browser for the admin dashboard
Stripe account required for online payments
SMTP plugin or properly configured WordPress mail setup recommended for reliable email delivery
Optional AI provider API key required only if AI assistant features are enabled

1. Upload the plugin ZIP from WordPress Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Open WordPress Admin → Appointments.
4. Create at least one category and one service.
5. Configure weekly availability.
6. Create a public booking page and add the booking shortcode.
7. Create a customer portal page and add the customer portal shortcode.
8. Configure email delivery using a proper SMTP plugin.
9. Optional: configure Stripe keys and webhook secret for online payments.
10. Optional: configure AI provider key for AI-assisted admin tools.
11. Run the included manual QA guide before using the plugin in production.