Meet Stripe & More Payment Gateways for the Appointment Booking Plugin

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The long-awaited update has finally arrived! We’re pleased to tell you more about the recent MotoPress WordPress Appointment Booking plugin update 1.5.0 that makes it possible to accept payments online for your appointments.

Updating the plugin to the latest version, you can set up a range of payment methods for online via Stripe and its associated local gateways, as well as choose to allow clients to select the wire transfer or pay on arrival methods.

To support these new methods, we’ve also updated default email templates that you’ll also be able to customize your way.

In addition to the online payment processing options, we’ll also tell you more about the new booking widget customization options that will assist you in tailoring your online booking form design even further.

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Meet the MotoPress Hotel Booking REST API!

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We have great news for developers who want to use the hotel booking system WordPress plugin in environments other than WordPress easily.

With the plugin version 4.1.0 or greater, you can employ the REST API resources we developed for Hotel Booking to exchange plugin’s data across different external applications and interfaces, thus taking the Hotel Booking plugin further and creating more diverse and flexible user experiences.

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Three Ways to Add an Online Booking Calendar to WordPress

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In this post, we’re reviewing three ways to add an online booking calendar to your WordPress website.

We’ll use different WordPress calendar plugins depending on the purpose of your business, whether you sell appointments, events or rent out accommodations. There is a difference in how they function and what client needs meet.

Of course, there are many alternatives to these online booking calendar plugins we’ll use; the point of this post is to show you a few examples of how some popular WordPress scheduling plugins work and what level of automation you can expect from them.

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Restrict or Grant Access to Your Hotel Site since Hotel Booking 4.0.0

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The latest MotoPress Hotel Booking version 4.0.0. (or greater) allows you to give someone permission to manage your hotel site or view bookings without a need to grant people admin privileges.

That means you can now easily grant rights or restrict access to specific Hotel Booking menus and features as well as Hotel Booking addons menus for your rental property staff, thus improving an overall workflow and communication in your team.

WordPress by default offers six pre-defined user roles: Super Admin, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, and Subscriber. Each of them is assigned permissions called Capabilities.

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In addition to the default WP capabilities, Hotel Booking 4.0.0 or greater adds two custom user roles (Hotel Manager and Hotel Worker) and a few more custom capabilities for these roles.

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Best WordPress Plugins for SEO

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Have you ever wondered why the results that land on the first page of Google do so? Why not the second-page results come first or the third-page results? The reason that stands behind this is Search Engine Optimization.

Google SEO policies have been strengthened significantly lately so that the users get the exact results they are looking for.

So, it is safe to say that it is not easy to be in the top SERPs of Google. You need to focus on various elements of your content to rank on the top. And as there are many like you who are competing for that top spot, you need to have tools that can help you achieve the best SEO.

If you have a WordPress website, here are some great SEO plugins for WordPress. Check them out!

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Best Appointment Scheduler for Small Businesses? Top Software and Online Tools

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Modern service-based businesses and entrepreneurs like you search for the best appointment scheduler software to automate daily routines and find more clients on the internet.

Such business scheduling software became a must-have primarily because of the client’s needs. Sad to say, you’re going to be left behind if you don’t adapt to the requirements of modern customers.

To be fair, there are tons of online appointment scheduler solutions for small businesses, such as clinics, solo practitioners, tutors, schools, sports and fitness institutions, coaches, consultants, law firms, and more.

We can’t cover all of them and tell you which online appointment scheduling software can be the best for particular niches but we hope to at least narrow down your choice by listing some of the popular tools and highlighting their pros and cons.

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Create a Life Coach WordPress Site with Online Appointments

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Businesses are in the full swing developing websites, as their major sales platform. Coaching service is not the exception. One website can fulfill a hand pack of functions, from marketing promo to a portfolio showcase. But most importantly, it can become a full-fledged life coach booking system. With software like the Appointment Booking plugin, accepting & managing online reservations becomes an easy task.

In this post, we’ll dive into the process of creating a website for business & life coaches, psychologists, mentors, and specialists of adjacent niches (teachers, tutors).

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10+ WordPress Themes To Keep Up With Google Core Web Vitals Update

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Google stands by the high quality of search engine results. In May 2021, the company released the so-called Google Core Web Vitals update. The site ranking algorithms were reconsidered, and now, they are deeply influenced by the UX (user experience) indicators.

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Meet The WordPress Currency Switcher Addon for Hotel Booking

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If your rental property website is targeted at international audiences then the new extension to Hotel Booking can become your next great utility!

We’ve just released the WordPress Currency Switcher addon that allows you to put a currency switcher to visible areas of your website and enable travelers to recalculate accommodations prices in a few clicks.

The currency addon allows you to add unlimited currencies and set their exchange rates, specify where the switcher must be displayed on your site and voila, it’s ready to serve your potential customers!

Let’s take you through the main settings of the Multi Currency Switcher addon for the Hotel Booking plugin so that you can see it’s really simple in use and setup.

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How to Add Testimonials to Website with WordPress Plugins?

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Owning a business website helps attract potential clients and lets them choose you over competitors. The section with testimonials is one of the most effective instruments to reach this goal. When users read real feedback from current consumers, they feel more confident doing the purchase.

Read further and you’ll learn how to add testimonials to a website using free & premium WordPress solutions.

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