Title: Prenoteca – Booking Requests Author: Luca Borghese Published: Gwynngala 22, 2026 Last modified: Hedra 8, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/prenoteca-booking/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3707468) ![](https://ps.w.org/prenoteca-booking/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3707484) # Prenoteca – Booking Requests By [Luca Borghese](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucaborghy/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/prenoteca-booking.2.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/#description) * [Reviews](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/#reviews) * [Installation](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/#installation) * [Development](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prenoteca-booking/) ## Description Prenoteca adds a booking request form to any page through a shortcode, and a simple list in your dashboard to manage what comes in. No account, no external service, no calendar sync you did not ask for. It is built for the case most sites actually have: let people ask for an appointment, get notified, keep a record. Good for: * professional practices * beauty salons and barbers * consultants and freelancers * small businesses taking appointments What it does: * Responsive booking form, added with a shortcode * Booking list in the dashboard, filterable by date * CSV export of the bookings you filtered * Email notification to the site administrator * Optional confirmation email to the customer * Notifications page to customise every email subject and text, with placeholders * Available times added one at a time from the settings page * Optional booking statuses (new, confirmed, completed, cancelled), managed from the booking list; cancelled bookings free their time slot * Optional cancellation link in the customer email: a personal, token-protected link to cancel the booking * Optional reminder email to the customer the day before a confirmed appointment * Optional minimum notice: set how far in advance (minutes, hours or days) a booking must be made * Optional maximum booking window: set how far ahead (minutes, hours or days) customers can book * Closing days: single dates, weekly closing days (for example every Sunday) and closing periods such as holidays * No double bookings: times already taken are disabled in the form, accounting for service duration and breaks * Daily booking limit * Works with the WordPress privacy tools: personal data export and erasure, and suggested privacy policy text * Optional “Book Services”: let customers pick a service (duration, break, short description, optional price), managed from the dashboard No external dependencies and no bloat. Only what you really need. ## Installation 1. Upload the `prenoteca-booking` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the plugin through the Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress. 3. Go to **Bookings Settings** to configure available times and limits. 4. Add the form to a published page with the shortcode: `[prenoteca_booking_form]` ## FAQ ### Where should I place the form? In a published page, using the `[prenoteca_booking_form]` shortcode. The cancellation link in the customer email leads back to that page, which shows the cancellation request in place of the form. Do not place the form in widgets, archives or theme templates: there the link falls back to the home page, where customers cannot cancel unless the home page also shows the form. Keep the page published while bookings are active, otherwise links already sent will stop working. ### Can I customise the form? You can change its look with CSS from your theme: the form and its main elements have classes and IDs starting with `prenoteca` (for example `.prenoteca-form`, `. prenoteca-btn` and `#prenoteca_name`). Email texts can be edited from **Bookings Notifications**. Editing the plugin files is not recommended, because changes are lost when the plugin is updated. ### Can I add custom fields? Not from the settings. Custom fields require editing the form template and the code that validates and saves the booking (`includes/class-prenoteca-frontend.php`), and changes to the plugin files are lost when the plugin is updated. ### Are the emails customisable? Yes. Go to **Bookings Notifications** to edit the subject and text of every email. Placeholders such as `{nome}`, `{data}` and `{ora}` are replaced with the booking details, and a button restores the default text. ### When is the reminder email sent? Enable **Reminder** and **Booking statuses** in **Bookings Settings**. Between 09:00 and 20:00 (site time) the plugin emails customers whose booking for the next day is confirmed, once per booking. The reminder does not depend on the “Send a confirmation to the customer” option. The check runs every hour, so bookings confirmed later in the day still get their reminder, and a failed email is retried up to 3 times. If it still cannot be sent (or no attempts are left before 20:00), a notice in the admin area and a label in the booking list tell you to contact the customer directly. The text can be edited from **Bookings Notifications**. The reminder uses WP-Cron, which runs when someone visits the site: on low-traffic sites, disable WP-Cron in `wp-config.php` (`define( 'DISABLE_WP_CRON', true );`) and have your server call `wp-cron.php` every 15 minutes, so reminders are sent on time. ### How do I offer bookable services? Enable **Book Services** in **Bookings Settings**. A **Services** menu appears where you manage the list; the form then asks the customer to pick one. Each booking keeps a copy of the service name and duration, so your history stays accurate even if you later edit or delete the service. Disabling the option hides the field from the form. ### Can I change the services created on first activation? Yes, with the `prenoteca_default_services` filter, before you enable the option for the first time: ``` add_filter( 'prenoteca_default_services', function () { return array( array( 'nome' => 'Taglio', 'durata_min' => 30, 'pausa_tra_appuntamenti' => 10, 'attivo' => 'si', 'descrizione_breve' => 'Lavaggio incluso', 'prezzo' => '25' ), ); } ); ``` ### Can I change the anti-spam limit? By default the form accepts at most 3 booking requests per hour from the same IP address; administrators are not limited. You can change the number, or set it to 0 to turn the limit off: ``` add_filter( 'prenoteca_rate_limit', function () { return 5; } ); ``` The time window is set with the `prenoteca_rate_limit_period` filter, in seconds. ### Where are the bookings stored? In a dedicated database table, `wp_prenoteca_bookings`. Uninstalling the plugin drops that table and removes its options. ### Does it send data anywhere? No. Everything stays on your site. ### Does the plugin use cookies? Only one technical cookie, and only when a customer opens the cancellation link from their email. The cookie (`prenoteca_cancel_` followed by the booking ID) temporarily stores the cancellation token, so the token can be removed from the page address. It expires after 30 minutes, is deleted once the booking is cancelled, and is not used for tracking. Visitors who only use the booking form receive no cookies from the plugin. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Prenoteca – Booking Requests” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Luca Borghese ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucaborghy/) [Translate “Prenoteca – Booking Requests” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/prenoteca-booking) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prenoteca-booking/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prenoteca-booking/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/prenoteca-booking/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/prenoteca-booking/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1.0 * Reminder: optional email to the customer the day before a confirmed appointment, sent once per booking by an hourly WP-Cron event between 09:00 and 20:00, with up to 3 attempts if sending fails (requires Booking statuses) * Admin notice and “Reminder not sent” label in the booking list when a reminder still fails after 3 attempts * Reminder email subject and text editable from Notifications * Reminders are sent between 09:00 and 20:00 (site time), never at night; disabling the option, or deactivating the plugin, removes the scheduled event * Weekly closing days: pick the days of the week when you are always closed, with a warning if every day is closed * Closing periods: add holidays and other closures with a start and an end date, both included * Requires WordPress 5.3 or later (previously 5.0) * Weekly closing days and closing periods cannot be picked in the form calendar and are also checked when the booking is submitted * Settings warns when active bookings fall on closing days added later, so you can cancel them and notify the customers * Database: a new column records when the reminder was sent; the table is updated automatically #### 2.0.1 * Customer email when the administrator cancels a booking (if “Send a confirmation to the customer” is enabled), editable from Notifications * Phone field accepts only numbers, spaces and the characters + – / ( ) * Minimum notice or maximum booking window set to 0: the option is now turned off with a notice, instead of showing the default value * The default subject of the “booking received” email to the customer is now “Prenotazione ricevuta”, so it is not mistaken for the confirmation email * Anti-spam: at most 3 booking requests per hour from the same IP address (adjustable with the `prenoteca_rate_limit` and `prenoteca_rate_limit_period` filters; administrators are not limited) #### 2.0.0 * Book Services: customers pick a service with duration, break, short description and optional price * Booking statuses: new, confirmed, completed, cancelled, with an email to the customer on confirmation * Cancellation link in the customer email, protected by a personal token * Notifications page to customise every email subject and text, with placeholders * Minimum notice and maximum booking window * Closing days * No double bookings: taken times are disabled in the form, accounting for service duration and breaks * “Upcoming” and “Today” views in the booking list, sorted by date and time * Paginated booking list, with the total number of bookings * CSV export follows the active filters (dates, status, “Upcoming” and “Today” views), with no row limit * Dates shown as dd-mm-yyyy with a date picker * Clear error messages in the form, with the entered data kept so customers can correct it * Works with page caching: the form security token is refreshed automatically * A booking is confirmed and emailed only after it has been saved * Personal data export and erasure through the WordPress privacy tools; erased bookings are anonymised, upcoming active bookings are kept until cancelled * Suggested privacy policy text under Settings Privacy #### 1.0.0 * First stable release * Front-end booking form * Booking management in the dashboard * CSV export * Administrator and customer emails * Plugin settings * Daily limit * Configurable available times ## Meta * Version **2.1.0** * Last updated **7 dydh ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/) * Tags * [appointments](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/appointments/)[booking](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking/) [form](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/form/)[reservation](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reservation/) [schedule](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schedule/) * [Advanced View](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/prenoteca-booking/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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