Availability Datepicker – Booking Calendar for Contact Form 7 – Input WP

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.

Credits

• xdsoft.net datetimepicker jQuery plugin