Availability Datepicker by InputWP is a booking calendar and date time picker plugin that turns any text field into a smart availability datepicker. Define your business hours, booking type, and availability rules — the calendar enforces them automatically on the frontend. Works with Contact Form 7 via a simple CSS selector, with no code required on your end.
Perfect For
- Doctor / Medical clinic — Fixed 30-minute appointment slots, Monday–Friday, 24-hour minimum notice, 60-day booking window.
- Salon & Beauty — Fixed 60-minute sessions, Monday–Saturday, 2-hour advance notice, 30-day booking window.
- Hotel / Vacation Rental — Day Based mode, check-in and check-out date selection, minimum 2-night / maximum 30-night stay, 365-day booking window.
- Car Rental — Flexible Range, pickup and return with date and time, 4-hour minimum / 7-day maximum, every day, 90-day booking window.
- Equipment Rental — Flexible Range, overnight to multi-day rentals, 12–72-hour duration, 60-day booking window.
- Meeting Room — Flexible 1–8-hour bookings, Monday–Friday, 15-minute buffers between slots, 30-day booking window.
- And anyone who runs appointments, reservations, or rentals and needs to show live availability on their booking form.
Works with Contact Form 7
Availability Datepicker integrates with Contact Form 7 (and any other form plugin) through a CSS selector. Add a text field to your form, copy the CSS class from the Integration panel, and paste it into the field’s class setting. No shortcodes or custom code needed.
Follow the step-by-step guide for Contact Form 7 or Divi to connect your date picker field in minutes.
Three Booking Types
Choose the booking type that matches how your business operates:
- Fixed Time Slots — Guests pick a specific time slot (e.g. 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM). Ideal for appointments, consultations, and classes. Uses a single date and time field.
- Day Based — Guests pick a check-in date and a check-out date. Ideal for hotels, B&Bs, and vacation rentals. Uses two separate date fields.
- Flexible Range — Guests pick a start date+time and an end date+time. Ideal for car and equipment rentals, meeting rooms, and multi-hour bookings. Uses two separate date+time fields.
Six Quick Setup Presets let you pre-fill all availability settings for the most common scenarios in one click.
Advanced Availability Settings
The availability calendar is driven by a comprehensive set of rules you configure in the admin panel:
- Business Hours — Enable or disable each weekday independently. Add multiple open time ranges per day to model morning and afternoon shifts.
- Availability Window — Control how far ahead booking is open: dynamically (X days from today) or within a fixed predefined date range.
- Slot Interval — Set the gap between available time slots: 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
- Minimum Notice — Require a minimum lead time before a slot can be booked (e.g. 24 hours in advance).
- Buffers — Add preparation or cleanup time before and after each slot to prevent back-to-back bookings.
- Min/Max Bookable Days — Set the shortest and longest allowed stay lengths (Day Based mode).
- Min/Max Duration — Set the shortest and longest allowed rental or booking period (Flexible Range mode).
- Blocked Dates — Mark specific dates as unavailable: holidays, closures, one-off exceptions.
- Allowed Date Exceptions — Open a normally-closed date with custom hours (e.g. a special Saturday opening).
- Live Admin Preview — See how the calendar looks with your current settings before saving.
Features
- Date picker — Allow users to pick a date on the availability calendar.
- Time picker — Let users choose an available time alongside the date.
- Three built-in themes — Light, and Dark.
- Multiple language support — Display the datepicker interface in 40+ languages.
- Date formats — Choose from 15+ date format options (d/m/Y, Y-m-d, M j Y, and more).
- Time format — 12-hour (AM/PM) or 24-hour display.
- Timezone — Configure the timezone your availability rules are based on.
- Inline display — Keep the calendar always visible on the page instead of opening as a dropdown.
- Quick Setup Presets — Six pre-configured templates (Doctor, Salon, Hotel, Car Rental, Equipment Rental, Meeting Room) to get started in seconds.
Upgrade to PRO
PRO unlocks (as shown on the Support page in the admin):
- Bookings — Capture, manage, and block slots automatically so dates are disabled once booked.
- Multiple Resources — Custom availability rules per resource or form field.
- Branding & dynamic styling — Full control over calendar colors, fonts, and labels.
- Import from .ics — Sync Google Calendar, Outlook, and other calendar services to block busy dates.
- Divi & WooCommerce integration — Native integration with Divi and WooCommerce.
Try the PRO version today. Have a feature request? Let us know.
