Bookinda Booking Widget

Description

The Bookinda Booking Widget plugin embeds the Bookinda online booking experience natively into any WordPress site. It supports four embed methods (Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Classic editor toolbar button, shortcode) and two display modes (inline, or a button that opens the booking fullscreen).

The plugin is a thin client for the Bookinda SaaS booking platform (https://bookinda.hu). Since 1.2.0 it loads the Bookinda booking widget script from bookinda.hu, the same booking flow as on the Bookinda site, so every new Bookinda booking feature appears on your site without a plugin update. The older iframe embed is still available with engine="iframe". Booking lifecycle events are bridged to the host page as native DOM CustomEvents.

You need an active Bookinda account to use this plugin. The plugin itself is free.

Features

• Gutenberg block in the Widgets category with sidebar InspectorControls for every parameter.
• Elementor widget with three tabs (Content, Preselection, Style) in the sidebar.
• Classic editor (TinyMCE) toolbar button with a dialog that inserts the appropriate shortcode.
• Shortcode [bookinda] / [bookinda mode="lightbox"] for any template, widget area, or content block.
• Inline mode: the booking flow is embedded directly in the content and grows with it.
• Lightbox mode: a button opens a fullscreen modal with the booking flow (mobile-optimized with sticky continue button, ESC and backdrop click to close).
• Preselection and deep links: services, staff, category, promo, location, plus view (skip the “what would you like to book” step: services, packages, memberships, groupClasses, giftVouchers), package and membership (open a specific package or membership purchase).
• Slug from any URL: paste bioskin, bioskin.bookinda.hu or https://bioskin.bookinda.hu, the plugin reads the slug from it.
• Host DOM events: bookinda:complete, bookinda:error, bookinda:step, bookinda:resize CustomEvents dispatched on document for custom integrations.
• Optional GA4 and Meta Pixel tracking: if the host page already loads gtag or fbq, the plugin can fire a purchase event on booking completion. Configured via plugin settings (off by default).

Where to find your tenant slug

Your tenant slug is the prefix of your Bookinda URL: https://YOUR-SLUG.bookinda.hu/manager/calendar. The slug is the part before .bookinda.hu.

External Services

This plugin connects to Bookinda (https://bookinda.hu), a third-party SaaS booking platform operated by Bookinda Kft. The connection is required for the plugin to function: the booking widget script is loaded from https://bookinda.hu/embed/v2/bookinda-widget.js and talks to the Bookinda API (https://api.bookinda.hu). With engine="iframe" the booking flow is loaded in an iframe from your tenant subdomain instead.

What is sent to Bookinda:

• When a visitor opens a page containing the booking widget, their browser loads https://{your-tenant-slug}.bookinda.hu/embed/{your-tenant-slug} in an iframe. The URL includes the embed configuration parameters you set (mode, color, preselected service IDs, etc.) and an analytics-only source=wp-plugin parameter so Bookinda can distinguish WordPress plugin traffic from other embed sources.
• When the visitor proceeds with a booking, they interact directly with the Bookinda iframe. Any data they enter (name, email, phone, payment details) is sent to Bookinda’s servers, not to your WordPress site. The plugin does not collect or store visitor data on the WordPress site.

What is received from Bookinda:

• The booking widget HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, served from the Bookinda CDN.
• postMessage events containing booking lifecycle data (completion confirmation, step changes, iframe height). The plugin re-broadcasts these as DOM CustomEvents on the host page.

Service documentation:

• Bookinda website: https://bookinda.hu
• Privacy Policy: https://bookinda.hu/adatkezeles
• Cookie Policy: https://bookinda.hu/cookie-szabalyzat
• Terms of Service: https://bookinda.hu/aszf
• Data deletion request: https://bookinda.hu/adatok-torlese

By installing and activating this plugin you acknowledge that visitor interactions with the embedded widget are subject to Bookinda’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Please review them and ensure your site’s privacy notice reflects the data flow described above.