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Easy Appointments

By Easy Appointments

Bookings & Scheduling / Booking & Reservations

Easy Appointments Review - In-Depth Analysis

Add a booking system to your WordPress site and manage appointments easily. Features flexible time management and custom email notifications.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

7.01/10

User Rating

4.3/5 (based on 131+ reviews)

Active Installations

10,000+

Update Frequency

Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

5.73 / 10 (Medium Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Add a booking appointments system to your WordPress site and manage appointments with ease. It offers extremely flexible time management and supports multiple locations, services, and workers.

This plugin is suitable for various professions including lawyers, salons, mechanics, cleaning services, doctors, spas, personal trainers, private lessons, and escape rooms.

Key features include email notifications for appointment creation and updates, a responsive appointment form, and the ability to create custom form fields. It also supports internationalization and offers reports with CSV export options.

For additional features like Google Calendar integration, WooCommerce support, and SMS notifications, extension plugins are available for purchase.

Comparing to Alternatives

Easy Appointments is a flexible booking plugin that offers essential scheduling features and integrates with Google Calendar. When compared to other popular booking plugins, it stands out for its customization options but has some limitations in user experience and support.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Highly customizable scheduling options
Integration with Google Calendar
Free version offers solid basic features
Responsive customer support for paid users

Weaknesses

User interface can be complicated and unintuitive
Google Calendar sync is one-way and sometimes unreliable
Support responsiveness varies, especially for free users
License activation and access to support forums can be confusing

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback on Easy Appointments is mixed, highlighting both satisfaction with core functionality and frustrations with support and usability.

Positive highlights

"The entire support was perfect" - irinelmita
"No issues so far with daily bookings" - karlf
"Easy to set up Google Calendar connection" - nanuy

Common complaints

Poor support responsiveness for some users
Complicated and unintuitive interface
Issues with Google Calendar synchronization
License activation and access to pro features confusing

Weaknesses

Plugin can be buggy and user-unfriendly according to some users
Support sometimes requires detailed troubleshooting videos
Overbooking issues reported with calendar prioritization

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users who need a customizable appointment booking system with Google Calendar integration and are comfortable navigating a somewhat complex interface.

Not ideal for

Those seeking a highly intuitive, bug-free plugin with seamless two-way calendar sync and immediate, consistent support may find this plugin frustrating.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version includes essential booking features, basic scheduling, and Google Calendar integration, providing good value for small to medium-sized businesses.

Pro version

The pro version offers advanced features such as enhanced support, additional customization options, and access to premium integrations.

Final Verdict

Easy Appointments is a capable booking plugin with strong customization and Google Calendar integration, suitable for users willing to invest time in setup and troubleshooting.

However, inconsistent support, a complicated interface, and some synchronization issues mean it may not be the best choice for users seeking a seamless, out-of-the-box solution.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Easy Appointments plugin.

Appointment

Booking

Calendar

Screenshots

FAQ

Create cron task on your host that have this link : wget -q -O - <STIE_URL>/?_ea-action=clear_reservations > /dev/null 2>&1 . This will delete all reservations older than 6min.

Place following shortcode into your Page/Post content:

[ea_bootstrap]

For bootstrap there are options :
width : default value 400px
scroll_off : default value off
layout_cols : default value 1

all available shortcode options

Example :
[ea_bootstrap width=”800px” scroll_off=”true” layout_cols=”2″]

You can set bootstrap form in two columns with layout_cols option. Example :

[ea_bootstrap width="800px" scroll_off="true" layout_cols="2"]

If you want to have separate calendars base on worker for example. You can do that by setting default worker inside short code.
[ea_bootstrap worker=”1″]
Value is worker #id number. Examples :

[ea_bootstrap worker="1"] [ea_bootstrap worker="1" location="1"] [ea_bootstrap worker="1" location="1" service="1"]

Note: you can have only one calendar on one page.

Contributors and developers

“Easy Appointments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Easy Appointments

Pro version Free Version Docs Live Demo

WPS

7.01

Very Good

Pro version

Ratings

4.3 out of 5 | 131

Version

4.0.1

Last updated

1 week ago

Active installations

10,000+

WordPress version

7.0.4 or higher

PHP version

5.3 or higher

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Easy Appointments Review - In-Depth Analysis

Performance Overview

What It Does

Comparing to Alternatives

User Sentiment Analysis

Who Should Use This?

Pricing & Value

Final Verdict

Other Notable Features

Screenshots

FAQ

Contributors and developers

Ratings

Reviews (131)

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Contributors & Developers

Interested in development?

Changelog

Security Status

Secure

No Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Known Vulnerabilities (12)

Previous Versions

WPS

7.01

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