WooCommerce Bookings is a paid extension that lets stores sell appointments, reservations, rentals and classes as bookable time or date slots. It is used by service businesses that need resources such as staff, rooms or equipment with their own availability. If you only need part of it, you can get a focused plugin built for your own site and pay once.
WooCommerce Bookings: $249 a year for one site (Single-site subscription, 1 year).
Your own plugin on Pluginora: from $9 once, with 5 free changes. Try it first for $1.
What WooCommerce Bookings does
- Fixed time slots or flexible booking ranges
- Individual and group pricing with time-based rates
- Resources with their own availability to prevent double-booking
- Buffers and blocked-off times
- Booking confirmation and cancellation settings
- Email reminders
- Calendar view, manual bookings and Google Calendar sync
Free version: No (paid WooCommerce.com extension only).
What you can build instead
A Pluginora plugin does one job for your site. For WooCommerce Bookings, that could be:
- Add a delivery or pickup date picker to a product page that blocks chosen dates
- Limit how many orders can be placed for a single date
- Show a list of upcoming dated orders in the admin
- Email the customer a reminder the day before their chosen date
A small custom plugin would not replace a full booking system with resources, availability calendars, time-based pricing and calendar sync.
Related plugins you can build:
- WooCommerce Bookings Plugin
- WooCommerce Recurring Bookings and Reschedule Plugin
- WooCommerce Booking Date Dropdown Plugin
Cost over 3 years
| WooCommerce Bookings | Your own plugin | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $249 | From $9 |
| Year 2 | $249 | $0 |
| Year 3 | $249 | $0 |
| 3-year total | $747 | From $9 |
When WooCommerce Bookings is the better choice
- You need resources, staff or rooms with separate availability and protection against double-booking
- You need Google Calendar sync, buffers, reminders and confirmation flows
- You want complex pricing rules by time, date or group size
When your own plugin makes more sense
- You use one or two of its features, not the whole package.
- You would rather pay once than renew every year.
- You want it to work exactly the way your site needs, and to change it on request.
How to get your own
- Describe it. For example: “Add a date picker to my workshop product so customers pick a Saturday, and stop sales for a date once 10 places are sold.”
- See the plan and price. Ora replies with what it will build and a fixed price. Nothing is built until you approve.
- Try it for $1. Test it on a practice site for 7 days, then keep it and pay the rest once.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to WooCommerce Bookings?
There is no free version of WooCommerce Bookings. Free plugins from other makers may cover part of it. A Pluginora plugin costs from $9 once and does exactly the job you describe.
How much does WooCommerce Bookings cost?
It costs $249 a year for one site (Single-site subscription, 1 year), as listed on woocommerce.com on 20 October 2026. 1-year plan, no discount shown; 2-year plan is $398.40 (20% off $498). 30-day money-back guarantee. Prices change, so check their pricing page.
Will my own plugin do everything WooCommerce Bookings does?
No. A small custom plugin would not replace a full booking system with resources, availability calendars, time-based pricing and calendar sync. It does the focused job you describe, built for your site.
Does Pluginora copy WooCommerce Bookings?
No. Ora builds a new plugin from your description. It does not copy any code, text or design from WooCommerce Bookings or any other product.
Can I try it before I pay the full price?
Yes. For $1, Ora builds your plugin and you test it on a private practice site for 7 days, with 2 changes. If you keep it, the $1 comes off the price.
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