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WooCommerce Booking & Appointment Plugin 4.0 – Revamped & More Powerful
Even though it has been scheduled for 5th June, Tyche Software postponed the major update of their popular WooCommerce booking extension for a few more days. Good news, the issues found while testing have been fixed. Say hello to WooCommerce Booking & Appointment Plugin 4.0.
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WooCommerce Booking & Appointment Plugin 4.0
Tyche Softwares revamped their Booking & Appointment Plugin for WooCommerce addressing UI and UX improvements for both frontend and backend. Check out the changes and new features below.
Revamped Booking Settings UI
![Booking Meta Box](https://ahoi.dev/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/new-booking-meta-box.png)
Up to now the booking meta box on product pages has been quite cluttered. In v4.0 they reduced the number of tabs from 8 to just 3.
- General:
- New Booking Type field: Only Day, Date & Time
- Only Day with 2 options: Single Day & Multiple Nights (previously “Allow Multiple days”)
- Availability:
- Select bookable weekdays
- Set a maximum booking length & special price for each day
- Set Availability by Dates/Months: Add Specific Dates, Holidays & Date Ranges
- Appointment bookings: Add time slots
- Google Calendar Sync: No changes made
Please note that the “Fixed Block Booking & Price by range of days” tabs are only visible for multiple day bookings. They are now hidden by default.
New Frontend Booking UI
![Booking Frontend](https://ahoi.dev/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/booking-frontend.png)
The Tyche Softwares team also did a really good job in making the front end UI more beautiful for a smoother UX. For appointment bookings, customers now will see the time only after having chosen the date first. The booking time label has previously not been there.
New Features
- Option to add multiple fixed ranges
- Option to create ranges using only months
- Option to set a maximum day value for multiple day bookable products
- Option to enable/disable weekdays for multiple day bookings
- Option to remove the calendar icon for booking fields
Global Booking Settings Page
![Booking Global Settings UI](https://ahoi.dev/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/booking-global-settings-ui-1024x567.png)
The Global Booking Settings page comes with a shiny new look and feel.
Other Changes
Also they implemented several under the hood changes including the way booking data is saved. Also bookings are now saved as a post in wp_posts
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This update will serve as a launch pad for some of the major features that are lined up for the later this year. Stay tuned!
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