If you use WordPress and you want to allow visitors to book appointments directly from your site, you need the right plugin. This can be helpful for a number of businesses, such as hotels, hair salons, dentists, consultants and others. Here's a quick look at a few of the top WordPress plugins for appointment setting.
<h2>Booking Calendar</h2>
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One of the oldest WordPress plugins for appointment setting, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking/">Booking Calendar</a> provides an easy to use choice. It's very simple and easy for both you and your visitors. You can add an appointment form to any post or page in WordPress and this powerful plugin will allow you to easily configure the form. Add a CAPTCHA, jQuery effects and much more to the form.
<h2>WP Simple Booking Calendar</h2>
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The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-booking-calendar/">WP Simple Booking Calendar</a> plugin has bene around for a quite some time. It's an easy plugin to use for booking and provides shortcode for your pages and posts. However, it will only allow visitors to book an entire day instead of by the hour or customized time slots. This is a great plugin for hotels or other businesses booking by the day.
<h2>Gravity Forms</h2>
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<a href="http://www.gravityforms.com/">Gravity Forms</a> is not free, but it's known as one of the best choices for forms in WordPress. You can use the plugin for a contact form, but it will also support notifications and appointment setting. You can even set it up to send out appointment reminder emails automatically.
<h2>BirchPress Scheduler</h2>
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Known as one of the most comprehensive choices for appointment setting, <a href="https://www.birchpress.com">BirchPress Scheduler</a> is the best premium choice in WordPress. When it comes to a full booking management system, this is the top choice. You can let clients pay with PayPal or a Credit Card as they book a time slot for an appointment with you. The plugin will even synch your calendar with Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal, Android and many others.

These are some of the top choices for your appointment scheduling needs in WordPress. Whether you choose a premium plugin with plenty of features or one of the free choices, you will be able to provide an appointment setting or booking option on your WordPress website.