GVW Appointment Scheduler gives your clients a fast, mobile-friendly booking wizard and gives your team a proper salon calendar.

For clients

Four-step wizard: service add-ons & specialist date & time details
Search and category tabs for long treatment menus
“No preference” option that books the least-busy available specialist
Live availability calendar that only shows days and times that are really free
Running summary with total price and duration
Confirmation screen with Google Calendar and Apple/Outlook (.ics) buttons
Self-service page to reschedule or cancel up to your cut-off time

For the salon

Day view with a column per stylist, and a week view
Drag and drop to reschedule; click an empty slot to book a walk-in or phone booking
Booking drawer: change status, reschedule, add private notes
Admin override to book outside availability (with confirmation)
Dashboard: today’s schedule, upcoming count, revenue, no-shows, top services, staff performance
Bookings list with filters, search, bulk status changes and CSV export
Customer records with visit history, lifetime value and private notes (allergies, colour formulas…)

Scheduling engine

Services with duration, price, colour, image, buffer time before/after
Add-ons that add time and price (e.g. “Deep conditioning +15 min”)
Staff-specific price and duration per service (e.g. senior stylist charges more)
Weekly working hours per staff member with multiple periods per day (breaks)
Staff time off and salon-wide closures / public holidays
Minimum notice, maximum days ahead, slot step (5–60 min)
Double-booking protection with a final conflict check at save time

Notifications

Branded HTML emails: confirmed, pending, rescheduled, cancelled, reminder, new-booking alert to salon and stylist
Editable subject and body with placeholders
.ics calendar invite attached to confirmations
Automatic reminders (configurable hours before) and auto-completion of past appointments

Roles

Salon Manager – full access to bookings and settings
Salon Staff – link a WordPress user to a staff member so they see only their own appointments

Shortcodes & block

[glowbook] – the booking wizard
[glowbook service="3"] – skip straight to a service
[glowbook staff="2"] – preselect a specialist
[glowbook category="1"] – open on a category tab
[glowbook_manage] – the customer manage-booking page

There is also a “Salon Booking Form” block in the editor.

Developers

REST namespace: glowbook/v1.

Actions: glowbook_booking_created, glowbook_booking_status_changed, glowbook_booking_rescheduled, glowbook_customer_cancelled, glowbook_reminder_sent, glowbook_email_sent.

Filters: glowbook_available_slots, glowbook_pre_insert_booking (return WP_Error to block), glowbook_pick_staff, glowbook_email_vars, glowbook_email_html, glowbook_rate_limit.