SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar
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30,000+
Last Updated
September 29, 2026
First Released
April 5, 2024
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SimplyBook.me is the easiest way to start collecting bookings on your WordPress website. The plugin will allow you to register your free account and immediately publish your booking calendar on the front-end of your site. With a few clicks, you can easily add your services and service providers, and design the most beautiful booking widget. You will be collecting appointments and reservations in no-time!
- Easy appointment scheduling
- Simple plugin onboarding and configuration
- Manage your calendar and bookings using the powerful mobile app (iOS and Android)
- Accept touchless payments via the app on your onsite checkout
- High email deliverability for reservation confirmations and appointment reminders.
- Create multiple services, providers, categories and locations
- Send email and SMS notifications to your customers for their bookings
- Add “Book now” buttons on your Instagram, Facebook and Google Business Profile
- Sell Memberships, packages & gift cards
- Manage bookings for Classes & Events
- Increase sales by offering products and service add-ons in the booking process
- Marketing campaigns by emails and push notifications
- Waiting Lists and “Make me look busy” features
- Offer Coupons and a Loyalty System to enhance brand loyalty
- Insights and statistics about your bookings, reservations, cancellations, workload and revenues
- Adjust time zone settings if you have clients in different time zones
- Create individual schedules for staff
- Create multiple users related to providers
- Accepting payments and/or deposits to confirm the bookings in the booking process
- Easily implement your booking widget with a block in the Block Editor, an Elementor widget or a shortcode
SimplyBook.me can be used for free up to 50 appointments per month. In addition, you can use one of the Special features for free! After creating an account, you will automatically be signed up for a Free 14-day trial, which allows you to test the Special Features without any restrictions, including advanced scheduling tools. When the trial ends, you can select the Free plan on the Plans & Prices page and keep using SimplyBook.me for free.
Why SimplyBook.me?
SimplyBook.me is the online booking system behind the plugin. Your clients book your services on your site at any time. You manage the bookings in the plugin dashboard, the SimplyBook.me admin panel or the mobile app.
- Fewer no-shows. SimplyBook.me sends automatic email and SMS reminders for every booking.
- No double bookings. Services, providers and schedules live in one calendar. Clients only see free time slots.
- Insight into your business. See statistics on bookings, cancellations, workload and revenue.
- More revenue per booking. Offer service add-ons, products, memberships, packages and gift cards during booking.
- Fill quiet days. Send email campaigns and offer coupons or loyalty points to your clients.
- Manage on the go. Accept, move or cancel bookings in the mobile app for iOS and Android.
Thousands of businesses all over the world use SimplyBook.me. Read more at SimplyBook.me.
This is the official SimplyBook.me plugin. SimplyBook.me and Really Simple Plugins develop it together. SimplyBook.me is ISO 27001 certified. The plugin stores your settings, bookings and client data on SimplyBook.me through its API. Read the External services section below for each service the plugin connects to, the data it sends, and the privacy policy and terms of each service.
What the plugin does for you
The plugin brings SimplyBook.me into your WordPress dashboard. You do not need to leave WordPress to get started.
- Start in minutes. Register a free SimplyBook.me account from the plugin onboarding, or log in with an existing account. Custom domains and 2FA are supported.
- Place the widget anywhere. Add the booking calendar with the SimplyBook.me block in the Block Editor, with the SimplyBook.me widget in Elementor, or with a shortcode in any page, post or template.
- Match your theme. The plugin reads your theme colors and uses them as the default widget style. Adjust colors and layout in the settings.
- Manage services in WordPress. Create and edit services, service providers and their details from the plugin.
- Keep track. The plugin dashboard shows your recent bookings and open setup tasks.
External services
This plugin is a bridge between your WordPress site and your SimplyBook.me booking system. It connects to the SimplyBook.me API to log you in, to save your company settings, and to load your bookings and statistics in the plugin dashboard. With each request it sends your site URL and the plugin, WordPress and PHP version to SimplyBook.me. The Plans & Prices page loads a subscription script from SimplyBook.me.
The booking widget shows the booking form to your visitors. It sends the IP address of the visitor when a page with the widget loads, and the booking data when the visitor books. Without a connected account, a demo widget on demowidgetwpplugin.simplybook.it receives the IP address instead.
During onboarding, the plugin can create a SimplyBook.me account for you. It sends your site URL and plugin installation data to the Really Simple Plugins account service (simplybook.rsp-auth.com) together with your account details when you submit the account form. Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise protects this form and receives the IP address and browser data of the admin. The same step shows a tutorial video from YouTube, which receives your IP address and browser data. No cookies are set before you play the video.
For more information:
- SimplyBook.me: Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy
- Really Simple Plugins: Terms of Use & Privacy Statement
- Google reCAPTCHA: Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
- YouTube: Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Source code
This plugin contains compiled JavaScript in react/build/ and assets/block/build/. The uncompiled source code is publicly available at https://github.com/Really-Simple-Plugins/simplybook. The source of the admin app is located in react/src/ and the source of the block is located in assets/block/src/.
To build the admin app, run npm install and npm run build in the react/ directory. To build the block, run npm install and npm run build in the assets/block/ directory.
About Really Simple Plugins
Really Simple Plugins is the creator of several widely used plugins, including Really Simple Security and Complianz. With a total of ~5 million installs, we focus on making the most user-friendly and easy-to-use plugins. We work with SimplyBook.me to make the most powerful booking system available directly in your WordPress dashboard.
You can find detailed instructions with photos on the SimplyBook.me website.
Yes. The plugin is free and SimplyBook.me offers a free plan. You do not need to enter credit card details to create an account. On the Free plan you can publish the booking widget, manage your bookings in the SimplyBook.me mobile app for iOS and Android, and accept up to 50 bookings per month. You can also use one of the SimplyBook.me Special Features on the Free plan.
Yes. Every new account automatically gets a 14-day trial with all Special Features, unlimited service providers and unlimited bookings. After the trial you can select the Free plan on the Plans & Prices page in the plugin, or choose a paid plan if you want to use more Special Features or need more than 50 bookings per month.
Yes. Your bookings are processed through the SimplyBook.me API, so the plugin needs to connect your site to a SimplyBook.me account. This is what makes features like the mobile app, email and SMS reminders and payment collection possible. The plugin guides you through a short onboarding, or you can register at SimplyBook.me first.
Skip the onboarding and log in with your existing credentials. Custom SimplyBook.me domains and email two-factor authentication (2FA) are supported at login.
The plugin creates a “Book now” page for you during onboarding. You can also place the booking widget anywhere on your site with the SimplyBook.me block in the Block Editor, the SimplyBook.me Elementor widget or a shortcode.
Yes. The plugin reads your theme colors and uses them as the default widget style. You can change the colors and layout at any time in the plugin settings.
Wherever suits you. The plugin dashboard in WordPress shows your recent bookings and open setup tasks. You can also manage everything in the SimplyBook.me admin or accept, move and cancel bookings on the go in the mobile app for iOS and Android.
Yes. You can create and edit services, service providers and their details directly in the plugin. More advanced options, such as multiple locations, categories and individual staff schedules, are available in the SimplyBook.me admin.
Yes. You can require full payment or a deposit to confirm a booking, and you can sell products and service add-ons during the booking process. Payments are handled by SimplyBook.me and can be configured in your SimplyBook.me account.
Yes. SimplyBook.me sends automatic email and SMS confirmations and reminders for every booking, which helps reduce no-shows. You can also run email and push notification campaigns to your client base.
Yes. SimplyBook.me supports classes and events with multiple attendees, and lets you sell memberships, packages and gift cards. These are part of the Special Features. You can use one Special Feature on the Free plan, or more on a paid plan.
Yes. SimplyBook.me includes time zone settings so clients in other time zones see the available times in their local time.
The plugin shows a demo widget until your site is connected to a SimplyBook.me account. Complete the onboarding or log in with an existing account and the demo widget is replaced by your own booking calendar.
The plugin requires WordPress 6.6 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher. The WordPress REST API must be enabled, as the plugin uses it to communicate with your site. The plugin will show a notice if the REST API is disabled.
Your settings, bookings and client data are stored in your SimplyBook.me account through the SimplyBook.me API, not in your WordPress database. SimplyBook.me is ISO 27001 certified. See the External services section on this page for each service the plugin connects to and the data it sends.
Step-by-step instructions with screenshots are available in the SimplyBook.me help center. For questions about the plugin, you can post in the support forum on WordPress.org.
Changelog
3.5.0 – 2026-09-29
- Security: Hardened the booking widget on your site against script injection.
- Security: Blocked direct browser access to plugin files that could run code when opened directly.
- Security: All REST API routes now explicitly check user permissions.
- Security: The Plans & Prices page now loads the payment widget only from trusted SimplyBook.me sources.
- Fixed: Console errors in the block editor on WordPress 7.1.
- Fixed: Account creation now validates the exact email address you entered instead of a sanitized value.
- Fixed: The plugin now stores its version correctly after an update.
- Fixed: The provider limit message was shown twice in the Service Providers settings.
- Added: kellydekker is added as contributor.
- Added: “Remind me tomorrow” and “Don’t show again” buttons to the trial expiration notice.
- Added: Documentation of the external services the plugin uses in the readme.
- Added: A link to the public source code on GitHub in the readme.
- Added: A README.md with setup, installation and contribution instructions.
- Added: An error message with a retry button when the Plans & Prices page could not load.
- Changed: The Plans & Prices page is now only shown after your site is connected to SimplyBook.me.
- Changed: The block can now be added only once per page.
- Changed: The buttons in the review and onboarding notices no longer reload the page.
- Changed: The onboarding video now loads from youtube-nocookie.com.
- Changed: Improved the wording of texts in the plugin.
- Changed: Rewrote the plugin description and added more questions to the FAQ.
- Changed: The marketing consent checkbox in the account setup is now unchecked by default.
- Changed: The trial expiration notice is no longer shown on the plugin dashboard.
- Changed: Installing a plugin from the “Other plugins” section no longer affects other WordPress behavior.
- Changed: Made previously untranslated texts translatable.
- Changed: Updated third-party libraries to their latest versions.
- Removed: The seasonal promotions from the dashboard.
- Removed: The “Live Help” button and the third-party chat script.
- Removed: Font Awesome Pro icons; the plugin now uses free icons only.
3.4.0 – 2026-08-19
- Added: The plugin now uses the WordPress Abilities API
- Added: New submenu to manage your SimplyBook.me plans and prices.
- Added: The Metricool WordPress plugin is added to the “Other plugins” section.
- Added: Stricter theme setting validation.
- Changed: The title of the generated booking page now defaults to “Book now”.
- Changed: reCAPTCHA description no longer mentions the Google policies.
- Changed: The informative sign-up notice is triggered after installation.
- Changed: Tested up to version to WordPress 7.1.
- Fixed: Marketing opt-in choice is retained after a failed submission.
- Fixed: The “Add new provider”-button is now reacting reliably.
- Fixed: Added missing translations for theme settings.
- Fixed: New translatable texts are now reliably added to the .pot file.
3.3.1 – 2026-05-19
- Changed: Tested up to version to WordPress 7.0.
- Changed: PHP Mess Detector is now used in development, improving code style.
- Fixed: Admin notices can now trigger reliably after x-period has passed.
- Fixed: Background retries now correctly allow up to 3 attempts, improving onboarding.
- Fixed: Endpoint classes are now conditionally loaded in a reliable way.
- Fixed: Styled Gutenberg block dropdowns in proper dimensions.
3.3.0 – 2026-02-16
- Fixed: Message “form contains errors” briefly flashed in settings.
- Fixed: Direct SimplyBook.me links now work with plain permalinks.
- Fixed: REST API validation is now more reliable.
- Fixed: Issue preventing some users from creating Services or Service Providers.
- Fixed: Rendering issue when no name was provided for a Service (Provider).
- Added: Login now supports custom SimplyBook.me domains.
- Added: E-mail 2FA is now supported during log-in.
- Changed: Onboarding flow is shortened.
- Changed: Renamed button “Edit all properties” to “Advanced settings” for better clarity.
3.2.4 – 2025-12-17
- Fixed: API response codes now better reflect the actual error.
- Fixed: Color pickers no longer render behind the form footer.
- Fixed: Optimized tasks-endpoint.
- Fixed: Redirect to dashboard after onboarding now works reliably.
- Fixed: An error during sign-in for specific SimplyBook.me domains is resolved.
- Fixed: Invalid object cache value types no longer accepted to prevent errors.
- Fixed: We now properly invalidate object cache regarding javascript files.
- Changed: Improved RTL-styling for languages that require it.
3.2.3.1 – 2025-12-03
- Fixed: JavaScript error on the dashboard when having WordPress 6.9 installed.
- Added: Tested up to 6.9 in readme.txt.
3.2.3 – 2025-11-20
- Fixed: The “confirm email” step can no longer be skipped, preventing users from getting stuck.
- Fixed: Theme settings can now be fetched regardless of strict server settings.
- Fixed: Translations are no longer escaped multiple times, preventing display issues.
- Fixed: The custom block is now compatible with the Full Site Editor.
- Changed: The tips-and-tricks block has a new design for better readability.
- Changed: Code optimization to reduce load times.
3.2.2.1 – 2025-10-27
- Fixed: Error on uninstall.
3.2.2 – 2025-10-21
- Added: Admin notice for stale plugin users.
- Changed: Plugin now uses new code architecture.
- Removed: Deprecated constants: SIMPLYBOOK_VERSION, SIMPLYBOOK_PATH, SIMPLYBOOK_URL & SIMPLYBOOK_PLUGIN.
3.2.1 – 2025-10-13
- Added: Admin notice for (soon) expired trial subscription.
- Changed: Onboarding endpoints are now limited to admin area only.
- Fixed: ReCaptcha now resets after invalid email code preventing persistent failure.
- Fixed: Installing plugin during Gutenberg block insert no longer errors.
3.2.0 – 2025-08-21
- Added: Widget can now be implemented using a SimplyBook.me Elementor block.
- Added: Theme styling is used as a default style for the widget during onboarding.
- Added: Tasks on the dashboard can now open a popup for more information.
- Changed: Services and Service Providers can now be managed in the plugin.
- Changed: Reduced load of the plugin on the WordPress admin.
- Changed: Improved connection stability with the SimplyBook.me system.
- Changed: Improved Swedish translations.
- Fixed: Leave-page warning now only appears when there are unsaved changes.
- Fixed: Added missing button spacing in the dashboard.
3.1.1 – 2025-07-17
- Added: bookingsystem.nu and simplybooking.io domains now supported at login.
- Added: Notice shown when WordPress REST API is disabled.
- Added: Improved error messages during sign-in.
- Fixed: Redirects now work on subfolder installs.
- Fixed: Account creation errors now handled correctly.
- Fixed: Progress bar now loads properly in settings.
- Fixed: Plugin styling no longer affects image alignment in WP menu.
- Fixed: Predefined provider now saved correctly in Gutenberg block.
- Fixed: Redirect to settings only happens when installed via plugins view.
- Fixed: Upgrade error from 2.x to 3.x no longer occurs.
- Fixed: Logout now works with object caching enabled.
- Fixed: Dashboard load issues resolved by preventing stale browser cache.
3.1.0 – 2025-06-17
- Added: markwolters and rvvelthuijsen are added as contributors.
- Added: Setting help texts are now shown in tooltips.
- Changed: Prompts to publish the widget now responds to user actions in posts.
- Changed: Removed unnecessary files to make the plugin package smaller.
- Removed: Duplicate domain option from sign-in dropdown.
- Fixed: Non-email usernames now accepted at login.
- Fixed: Console error in onboarding-start resolved.
- Fixed: Miscellaneous 2FA login console errors resolved.
- Fixed: Gutenberg block now registers correctly with API V2, resolving a console notice.
- Fixed: Error message now correctly shown when an invalid 2FA code is entered.
- Fixed: Demo widget notice now only appears when the loaded widget is actually a demo.
- Fixed: Unexpectedly losing connection with SimplyBook.me is now resolved.
3.0.0 – 2025-05-20
- Major refactor of the plugin by Really Simple Plugins.
- Added: reallysimpleplugins, wimbraam and jeroenvdk are added as contributors.
2.3
- Fixed some bugs
- Added new dashboard banner
2.2
- Fixed some not critical bugs
- Added demo widget page
2.1
- Fixed some not critical bugs
- Added check system requirements page
2.0
- Added registration
- Design changes
- Additional functionality
1.3
- Added support for Any Employee selector custom feature
- Added support for passing predefined parameters in shortcode
1.2
- Fixed errors with authorization
1.1
- Fixed errors with authorization
1.0
- First version of plugin
