Bookster - Appointment Booking Management System

Nov 9, 2026 - Version 3.4.0

• New: Repeat booking — customers book a weekly series or a multi-night stay in one go (Recurring addon)
• New: Bundles — sell several services as one item at one price (Bundles addon)
• New: Orders page — every booking bought together, with its payments; complete payment, approve or cancel the whole order at once
• New: Full-day services — book whole days instead of time slots (Pro)
• New: Booking Calendar block — week, month and two-month views with live availability and click-to-book (Pro)
• New: Customers can reschedule their own appointments from the customer dashboard
• New: Move an appointment to another time from its details; conflicts are shown before you save
• New: Agent pages — a public page for each agent with its own booking form
• New: Service pages, and booking buttons that book the service or agent of the page they sit on
• New: Display tab for services, agents and locations, and the Single Agent, Agent Bio, Service Category, Service Tags and Service Duration blocks
• New: Four more starter sites in the setup wizard — Clinic, Spa, Sport and Tutor
• New: Import and export your setup between sites (Settings › Advanced › Tools)
• New: External API with API tokens, and webhooks (Pro)
• New: Walk-in guests — save a booking in the admin without a name, email or phone
• Improvement: One checkout for every payment method; the server checks the price before it charges
• Improvement: One email per order instead of one per booking
• Improvement: Customer emails and the confirmation show the time zone the customer booked in (Pro)
• Improvement: The booking form uses your theme's fonts and no longer loads Google Fonts
• Improvement: The booking form and the server use the same slot rules
• Improvement: Custom fields — show a field only when a condition matches, default values, help text, HTML terms
• Improvement: Search "#N" also finds Order #N
• Improvement: The relay server URL can be set in wp-config.php with BOOKSTER_RELAY_SERVER_URL
• Fix: Race condition when deleting a booking
• Fix: Warnings from block templates and the wrong template author in the Site Editor
• Fix: Search and list requests accept only plain filters
• Fix: The service, agent and location data on public pages and routes shows visitors and customers only active records, without agent emails, phone numbers or WordPress accounts
• Fix: The admin refuses an appointment that ends past midnight, and an appointment saved past midnight before 3.4 no longer leaves its time open to double booking
• Fix: The agent area opens only for the agent's linked WordPress user, not for a matching email; if you link agents manually, link each agent to keep their access
• Fix: Saving a service or other record with only addon settings changed no longer fails
• Fix: Errors are always written to the logs with the right level
• Fix: Custom field uploads use a one-time token for their booking, and the form says when files didn't arrive (Custom Fields addon)
• Fix: With "multiply extras", a group pays an extra's one-time fee once, stored as its own line on the booking (Extra Options and Group addons)
• Note: Recalculating an older group booking with a fee extra can lower its total and its paid amount; no refund is made

Sep 2, 2026 - Version 3.3.0

• New: Logs tool page for tracking system activity
• New: Add customer note placeholder for email templates
• Improvement: Redesigned UI for Service page and Addon page
• Improvement: Enhanced mobile UI
• Fix: Timezone daylight saving time handling
• Fix: Optimized breaking changes related to Book Status data and JavaScript module loading

May 11, 2026 – Version 3.2.2

• Updated: Hide My Bookster menu from users that don't have agent record
• Fixed: Error using manager data in the "My Bookster" screen

Apr 22, 2026 - Version 3.2.0

• Added: Easily add the license and Upgrade
• Updated: Import landing page in setup wizard
• Updated: Booking permission for guest customer (Allow or Disable guest to book, login, create account)
• Improved: Various UI elements
• Fixed: Bugs with timezone issues for UTC
• Fixed: Several minor bugs

Mar 16, 2026 - Version 3.0.1

• Added: Addon links & documentation
• Added: Coupon notice for Bookster Core Pro version -- Eligible early users will now see a coupon notice in the admin
• Updated: Services can now be set to a price of zero
• Improved: Addons remain fully usable even after a license expires
• Improved: The Update Addon button is disabled on an expired license, prompting renewal before updating
• Improved: Admins will no longer receive notices about expired licenses
• Fixed: 404 error when clicking the Customize button on the Setup Wizard's Complete screen
• Fixed: A bug where the current version was missing for addons that had not yet been installed
• Fixed: Other minor bugs

Mar 9, 2026 - Version 3.0.0

• New: Setup Wizard with 4-step onboarding
• New: Notice Panel in Bookster admin for pending booking approvals
• Improved: Addon Pages with Update All button
• Improved: Optimize & update several libraries

Jan 07, 2026 - Version 2.2.0

• New: Add on Page, with Go Pro button
• New: Add a custom opening calendar to service schedule
• New: Booking Form now has better design, and various features
• Improved: Optimize Booking Form performance overall
• Fixed: Several UI issues
• Fixed: Several Bugs

Mar 20, 2025 - Version 2.1.1

• Fixed: get_datetime_latest number_of parameter

Feb 21, 2025 - Version 2.1.0

• Various UI/UX improvements
• Record Table Row Bulk Actions
• Dashboard Service/Agent Top/Leaderboard Report
• Appointment Filter, Calendar Filter
• Admin Header New Appointment Button now show in various pages
• Settings Holiday: Select day/day-range checkbox, improve Holiday Repeat Option
• Improve Phone Input, Money Input, Image Picker
• Block Booking Form: add height settings
• Booking Button now works with class "bookster-booking-button"

Addons

• Released: Bookster Stripe Payments addon v2.1.0
• Released: Themes addon v2.1.0
• Released: Multiple Locations addon v2.1.0
• Released: Custom Fields addon v2.1.0
• Released: Tax addon v2.1.0
• Released: Discounts and fees addon v2.1.0
• Released: Extra Options addon v2.1.0
• Released: Bookster PayPal Payments addon v2.1.0
• Released: Bookster Process addon v2.1.0

Oct 14, 2024 - Version 2.0.1

• Fixed: Dashboard Revenue
• Fixed: Permission Customer Cancel Appointment
• Fixed: Approve/Cancel Button Indication
• Fixed: Booking Request Arguments Notice

Sep 30, 2024 – Version 2.0.0

• Improved: Data Table structure
• Improved: Data Query Speed
• Added: Hook to add Metadata
• Added: Open Records with URL parameter
• Added: Columns Options for Appointment List
• Improved: Several UI components
• Fixed: Several Bugs

Addons

• Released: Bookster PayPal Payments addon v2.0.0
• Released: Bookster Stripe Payments addon v2.0.0
• Released: Themes addon v2.0.0
• Released: Multiple Locations addon v2.0.0
• Released: Tax addon v2.0.0
• Released: Custom Fields addon v2.0.0
• Released: Pricing addon v2.0.0
• Released: Extra Options addon v2.0.0

Sep 21, 2024 – Version 1.3.3

• Fixed: Minor bugs

Aug 21, 2024 – Version 1.3.2

• Fixed: Minor bugs

Aug 17, 2024 - Version 1.3.1

• Fixed: Minor bugs

Aug 14, 2024 - Version 1.3.0

• Feature: Support Free Price (allowing bookings without requiring payment)
• Feature: Intergrations Overview - more Addons incoming
• Feature: Email Notification - More Setting Options, More Events, Templates, Placeholders
• Feature: Customer Dashboard - New Design, look better and show more information
• Improve Performance: Appointment List, Calendar
• Improve UX Customize Page
• Supported: New Addons (Themes, Custom Fields)
• Fixed: Several Bugs

Jun 11, 2024 - Version 1.2.0

• Added: Appointments List - Pending Counter, Preset Filter, Column Toggle
• Added: More Robust Booking Validation
• Added: Address WordPress Timezone Settings
• Added New Addons: Service Extras
• Improved: Manager Page Design, add more description
• Improved: Search Command Keyboard Function
• Improved: Various UI
• Fixed: Security issue reported by WordPress Plugin Review Team

May 16, 2024 - Version 1.1.0

• New Feature: Booking Details Editing. Adjust Booking Amount.
• New Feature: Appointment Payment Status
• New Feature: Booking Button Block
• New Feature: Secure Checkout Flow
• New Feature: Currency Decimal and Better Formatting
• New Feature: Appointment, Calendar Filters Improving
• New Addons: Stripe Payment, Paypal Payment, Tax, Pricing
• Improved: Overview Chart
• Improved: Various UI
• Optimized: File Size, Performance
• Fixed: Bug with Setting Schedule

Apr 15, 2024 - Version 1.0.2

• Added: Bookster booking button block in Gutenberg editor
• Added: Support for Stripe addon
• Added: Support for taxation addon
• Fixed: UI bugs

Feb 1, 2024 - Version 1.0.1

• Fixed: Activate from WP CLI
• Fixed: Agent List Sorting
• Fixed: Edit Avatar Image
• Fixed: Service Category Selector
• Fixed: Nested Service Category Dialog
• Fixed: Agent Dayoff Settings
• Fixed: Scrollbar cross browser
• Improved: Keep Data after delete plugin
• Improved: Various UIs

Jan 11, 2024 – Version 1.0

• Initial Release

What's Next? After installing Bookster:

1. Run the setup wizard
2. Add the booking calendar to a page
3. Create a test booking to see the customer experience
4. Customize email templates with your branding
5. Share your booking page link with customers
6. Start accepting appointments 24/7!

Your new booking system is ready to help you grow your business. Welcome to Bookster! 🚀