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Availability Calendar

Description

The Availability Plugin displays booking availability on a year by year basis.

A full calendar year is displayed, with booked dates highlighted.

It is possible for mulitiple calendars to be created using a single install of this plugin.

Screenshots

  • The availability calendar management page.
  • Availability calendar with default styles.
  • Example showing the addition of shortcodes to a page.
  • Multi-calendar management and plugin settings.

Installation

Here we go:

  1. Upload the availability folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‹Plugins› menu in WordPress.
  3. Use the shortcode [availability] to display the calendar.

FAQ

How do I manage the availability?

Once logged in to wp-admin, browse to Pages > Availability, here you can select all the booked dates and click save once you are done.

Can I display the current year shown?

Yes, use the shortcode [availability display="year"] within your post or page.

How can I display calendars other than the default one?

Using the shortcode [availability calendar="calendar-id"] will display the calendar created with ID calendar-id.

The ID of any additionally created calendars is the value shown in brackets on the settings page.

When using multiple calendars, how do I show the current calendar name?

The shortcode [availability display="name"] can be used.

How do you select a year to view?

The shortcode [availability display="dropdown"] can be used, this will generate a form with a list of available years.

Alternatively you can use the function call <?php availability_dropdown(); ?> in your template files.

How can I style certain elements?

As of version 0.2.2 you can make use of the class names assigned to certain elements of the calendar.

  • wp-availability
  • year-[1234] – e.g. year-2012
  • year-current
  • year-previous
  • year-next
  • wp-availability-month
  • month-[1-12] – e.g. month-3 for March
  • month-[jan-dec] – e.g. month-mar for March
  • month-current
  • month-previous
  • month-next

For further information please refer to the generated source code of the availability calendar itself.

Reviews

13. Dezember 2023
Hi Steve,thanks for your absolutely perfect availability calendar!I’ve used it since quite a while for my families holiday home and it’s really supereasy and design is so clean… and probably the best lightweight plugin… I noticed, that it only works up to PHP 7.2 (getting no security updates anymore) with WP 6.4.2… Is there any chance, you adjust it to newer PHP versions?Thanks in advance!
6. November 2017
Simple and handy plugin to generate a calendar table with days marked as available/not available. I’m using it from years and it still works with WP 4.8.3
7. Februar 2017
I couldn’t find the url’s to embed the calendar on my site. Emailed support and had the links sent to me within minutes. Thanks Lucian. **update** now they automatically email the embed code when you create a new calendar Perfect free solution (and to update in the backend) for your availability calendar needs. Take a look at http://balsamlakecottages.com/property/kingsview-cottage-2-for-rent/ (under availability tab) to see the plugin in action
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Contributors & Developers

“Availability Calendar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

0.2.4

  • Updated missing updates intended for version 0.2.3.

0.2.3

  • Fixed issue preventing additional calendars from being displayed.
  • Fixed database issue affecting multiple calendars where the unique key was not updating during upgrade.
  • Modified the way month lengths are calculated on the manage page.

0.2.2

  • Addition of extra classes to allow targetting of years and months.

0.2.1

  • Important update to modify the upgrade process required for version 0.2 (reliance on register_activation_hook).
  • Fixes issues relating to previously booked dates not appearing and new dates not saving.

0.2

  • Bug fix for changing calendars when using the default permalink structure.
  • Changed permissions to allow users with page edit permission to manage calendars.
  • Calendar output now conforms to the «Week Starts On» setting found in «Settings > General».
  • Month and day names now make use of localisation.
  • Introduction of multiple calendars.
  • Added ability to exclude the default stylesheet.
  • The number of years shown can now be modified.
  • Fixed unexpected output during activation.
  • Moved uninstall process to uninstall.php.
  • Updated donate link.

0.1.3

  • Fixed manage page bug introdruced since addition of custom post types in WP 3.0
  • Default style for booked dates is now red with strike through.

0.1.2

  • Removal of link to none existent settings page.

0.1.1

  • Settings bug fix during installation.

0.1

  • This is the very first version.