Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More
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Last Updated
July 23, 2026
First Released
July 22, 2026
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Playard is a complete sports facility booking and reservation system for WordPress. Turn any WordPress site into a self-hosted booking platform for football pitches, badminton courts, cricket grounds, tennis courts, futsal turfs, basketball courts, and any bookable field or venue — with real-time slot availability, online Stripe payments, and instant confirmation.
No SaaS fees. No monthly subscription. No platform lock-in. You own the plugin, the data, and the customer relationship.
Facility owners install it once, add their fields, and customers pick a field, choose a slot and sport, enter their details, pay online or on arrival, and get instant confirmation — all without leaving your website. It’s a modern, mobile-first alternative to spreadsheets, phone bookings, and expensive booking SaaS platforms.
Whether you need sports venue booking for a single court or hourly slot booking across a busy multi-sport complex, Playard handles court and pitch hire from availability to payment in one place.
👉 Support & questions
👉 Feature requests & bug reports
👉 Contact the developer
Best for
Playard fits any time-slot based sports venue or facility rental business:
- Football / soccer turf and 5-a-side pitch booking
- Badminton court booking
- Cricket ground and net booking
- Tennis court reservation
- Futsal, basketball, and volleyball court booking
- Padel and squash court booking
- Swimming pool lane booking
- Community sports centres and indoor arenas
- Gym, fitness centre, and training ground hire
- Multi-sport complexes and indoor arenas
- Sports academy and coaching session booking
- Training ground and practice pitch hire
- Golf bay and driving range booking
- Table tennis, snooker and pool table booking
- School, college and university sports facilities
- Climbing walls and skating rinks
- Community sports centre slot booking
- Any hourly, slot-based venue or facility rental
Booking Widget
- 5-step booking flow: Field Date Slot+Sport Customer Details Confirmation
- Real-time slot availability — refreshes every 30 seconds
- Multi-slot selection — book 1h, 2h, 3h etc. by clicking consecutive slots
- Stripe card payment (embedded, 3DS support)
- Cash / pay on arrival option
- Add to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or iCal on confirmation
- Embed anywhere with
[playard]shortcode or Gutenberg block - Any button can open the booking modal with
data-playard-modal-trigger="1"
Customer Portal
- Phone OTP login — silent account creation on first booking
- Email + password login with forgot-password flow
- One-time code (OTP) login via email
- Profile management: name, email, phone, avatar photo
- Booking history with upcoming and past tabs
- Booking detail modal — view full details for any booking
- Download Receipt as PDF or Print directly from the booking detail modal
- Cancel bookings from the portal (configurable cancellation policy)
- “● Live” badge during active slots — cancel button hidden while playing
- Responsive design: desktop sidebar layout, mobile stacked layout
Admin Dashboard
- Today’s stats: bookings, revenue, pending count, new customers
- Bookings list with filters (field, status, payment, sport) and per-page selector
- Calendar view: Day / Week / Month
- Walk-in booking: slide-over panel with slot grid, customer search, payment options
- Booking status: pending confirmed running completed; no-show; cancelled
- Auto-complete: WP-Cron marks past bookings completed every 5 minutes
- No-show marking after slot end time passes
- Reschedule: change date, time, or field
- Customer list with search, avatar, booking count, total spend
- Reports: Revenue, Booking Trends, Sport Breakdown, Occupancy Rate per Field
- Occupancy report: see how much of each field’s available capacity is being used
- Export data: select any combination of Bookings, Customers, Revenue, Trends, Sport, Occupancy and download as individual CSVs or a single ZIP archive
- Email log: view all outgoing notification emails
- Onboarding wizard: 5-step first-run setup (facility field payment)
Fields & Facilities
- Unlimited fields — no artificial limit on free plan
- Unlimited sports per field
- Per-field slot duration, buffer time, min/max advance booking
- Photo gallery per field
- Manual date/time blocking
- Grid or list view toggle in admin
Payments
- Stripe: embedded card form, test + live mode, webhook auto-confirmation
- Stripe walk-in payment link: admin creates booking Stripe Checkout link emailed to customer
- Auto Stripe refund on admin cancel (based on cancellation policy) — free feature
- Cash / Pay on Arrival: instant booking, mark paid later
Email Notifications
- Booking confirmation (customer)
- Payment receipt (customer)
- Day-before reminder (customer)
- Same-day reminder (customer)
- Cancellation notification (customer)
- New booking alert (owner)
- Owner cancellation alert (owner)
- Set password invitation (new customer)
- Welcome email (on registration)
- Walk-in Stripe payment link email
Gutenberg Blocks
- Playard Field List — card or list layout; color pickers; shadow, radius, spacing controls; modal or link button
- Playard Booking Calendar — inline booking widget embed; field filter, compact mode
External Services
This plugin connects to external services in specific, optional situations. No data is sent unless the relevant feature is configured and used.
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Stripe — Used only when the facility owner enters their own Stripe API keys and a customer chooses to pay by card. Card details are sent directly to Stripe to create a payment intent, confirm payment, create a Checkout session, or issue a refund. The plugin never stores card numbers. Data is sent to Stripe only at the moment of payment or refund.
- Service: Stripe, Inc. — https://stripe.com
- Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal
- Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
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OpenStreetMap Nominatim — Used only when the facility owner saves their facility address, to convert that address into map coordinates (geocoding). Only the owner-entered address is sent. This happens at the moment the address is saved.
- Service: OpenStreetMap Foundation — https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
- Usage Policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
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Google Maps (embed) — Used only by the optional “Facility Map” block, which embeds a public Google Maps iframe showing the owner-entered facility address. No API key is used and no personal data is sent beyond the public address shown on the map.
- Service: Google LLC — https://maps.google.com
- Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
- Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
The plugin is fully functional without any external service. Cash / Pay-on-Arrival booking works with no third-party connection.
- Upload the
playardfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate via Plugins Installed Plugins
- Complete the onboarding wizard (opens automatically on first activation)
- Add at least one field to enable the booking widget
- Add
[playard]shortcode to any page, or use the Playard Booking Calendar block
Requirements
- WordPress 6.0 or higher
- PHP 8.0 or higher
- MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.4+
- An SMTP plugin is recommended for reliable email delivery
Stripe Setup
- Go to Playard Settings Payment Settings Stripe Manage
- Select Test or Live mode
- Enter your Publishable Key and Secret Key
- Copy the Webhook URL shown and add it in your Stripe Dashboard (Developers Webhooks)
- Enable these webhook events:
payment_intent.succeeded,payment_intent.payment_failed,charge.refunded
Screenshot Gallery
No. The free version supports unlimited fields and unlimited sports per field.
Yes. You can use Cash / Pay on Arrival as the only payment method. Stripe is optional.
Yes. Cancellations can be enabled or disabled from Settings Cancellation. You can also configure a refund policy (full refund, partial, time-based, or none).
Yes. When an admin cancels a Stripe-paid booking, the refund is issued automatically based on the cancellation policy you configured. No manual Stripe action needed. This is a free feature.
Yes. Use the [playard] shortcode, or add the Playard Booking Calendar Gutenberg block to any page or post.
Yes. Click + New Walk-in Booking on the Bookings page. You can search for existing customers or create a new one, select slots from a visual grid, and choose Cash, Already Paid, or Stripe payment link.
Yes. The booking widget uses full CSS isolation and a system font stack — it will not inherit or break your theme styles.
A restricted admin role that can access Bookings, Dashboard, and Customers — but not Settings or Facility. Staff users are redirected directly to the Playard dashboard on login.
Yes. Football and 5-a-side turf booking is a core use case. Add a field for your turf, set its sport to football, choose a slot duration, and customers book by the hour with real-time availability and online or on-arrival payment.
Yes. Add a field for your cricket ground or practice net and assign the cricket sport. Each field has its own pricing, slot length, photos, and availability grid, so grounds and nets can be booked separately.
Yes. Create one field per court and set the sport to badminton or squash. Each court gets its own real-time availability, and customers pick a court, date, and slot in a few taps.
Yes. Any court-based sport works. Add the sport to the field and take slot-based bookings — there is no restriction on which sports you can offer.
Yes. Add unlimited fields, each with its own sport, pricing, and slot rules. Customers choose the field first, so one site can run football, cricket, tennis, badminton, and more side by side.
The plugin uses a single facility profile (name, opening hours, timezone) with unlimited fields under it. If your locations share branding and hours, add them all as fields. Running fully separate facilities with different settings from one site is not supported in the free version.
Yes, as time-slot bookings. Add a field for the coaching space or pitch, set the sport, and customers book and pay for the slot. Note that Playard books and charges for slots — it does not manage coach rosters or recurring lesson plans.
Yes. Add each bay as its own field and take hourly or custom-length slot bookings. Set the field’s sport to golf and customers reserve a bay just like any other slot.
Yes. Assign the playard_staff role to counter staff — they can access Bookings, Dashboard, and Customers, but not Settings or Facility. Use the walk-in booking panel to create a booking, search for or add the customer, pick slots from a visual grid, and take cash, mark as already paid, or send a Stripe payment link.
Yes. Customers can log in and book using phone OTP, so an email address is optional. Email is only needed if you want to send email receipts and reminders, or offer email + password login.
Changelog
1.0.3
- Notification UI/UX improvement — third-party plugin notices no longer appear on Playard admin screens.
- Added feature request, bug report, and developer contact links.
1.0.2
- Housekeeping: readme and plugin listing refinements.
1.0.1
- Updated plugin title and listing metadata.
- Added plugin icon, banner and screenshots.
- Minor admin UI and onboarding refinements.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- 5-step booking widget (Field, Date, Slot+Sport, Details, Confirmation)
- Stripe payment with embedded Elements and webhook auto-confirmation
- Cash / Pay on Arrival option
- Auto Stripe refund on admin cancel (free)
- Walk-in booking with Stripe payment link
- Customer portal with phone OTP, email+password, forgot-password
- Customer profile stats, booking detail modal, download receipt PDF, print receipt
- OTP countdown timer with resend
- Admin dashboard, calendar (day/week/month), bookings list
- Walk-in booking slide-over panel (slot grid, customer search)
- Auto-complete cron (past bookings marked completed every 5 min)
- No-show marking
- Customer management with notes
- Revenue, Booking Trends, Sport Breakdown, and Occupancy Rate reports
- Export data: select Bookings, Customers, or any report — single CSV or ZIP archive
- Email log (searchable, filterable)
- Report settings (timezone, default range, week start)
- Settings: Cancellation, Payments (Stripe/Cash), Currency, Auth, Reports
- Facility setup: name, logo, timezone, date/time format
- Staff role (playard_staff)
- Gutenberg blocks: Field List, Booking Calendar
- Full REST API
- Onboarding wizard (5 steps)
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