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Customers request an available\ntime, and authorized staff approve or reject each request manually.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Customer booking<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Let customers choose one service or combine several, according to the\nstandard-profile setting.<\/li>\n<li>Show a practitioner choice or \"first available\" when several practitioners\nqualify. The choice is hidden automatically when only one qualifies.<\/li>\n<li>Present available dates and start times in accessible calendar and list views.<\/li>\n<li>Collect name, email address, phone number, and an optional practical comment.<\/li>\n<li>Reserve a requested time while the booking is pending, preventing another\ncustomer from taking it.<\/li>\n<li>Send customer and staff notifications for booking events and reminders.<\/li>\n<li>Give confirmed customers a private link to view the booking, request another\ntime, or cancel within the configured deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Administration<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Choose appointments or a validated add-on workflow without changing stored\nservices, resources, hours, or bookings. Returning from an add-on to the Core\ndefault is kept behind a deliberate, confirmed control.<\/li>\n<li>Configure services, durations, buffers, prices, deadlines, displayed\nduration, drag-and-drop order, and whether buffers must fit opening hours.<\/li>\n<li>Configure practitioners and assignments; inactive, unused catalog items can\nbe permanently deleted while booking-linked history remains protected.<\/li>\n<li>Add date exceptions below the weekly schedule, with one checkbox to close or\nadd extra opening hours for either the selected practitioner or every\npractitioner across an inclusive date period; manual blocks remain available.<\/li>\n<li>Review bookings across all services in a day\/week time grid with resource\ntracks, continuous publicly bookable periods and visibly distinct Pro-held\nonline capacity; month view remains a compact booking overview.<\/li>\n<li>Optionally let linked practitioners decide only requests assigned to them.<\/li>\n<li>Configure and preview email identity and templates.<\/li>\n<li>Use WordPress privacy tools, retention, diagnostics, configuration transfer,\nand the selected privacy policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Add the booking form anywhere<\/h4>\n\n<p>Circumflex Booking does not create or reserve a booking URL. Create or edit a\nWordPress page and insert the Circumflex Booking block, the\n    [circumflex_booking] shortcode, or optional Elementor widget. Publish it and\nshare that page's URL with customers. Elementor, WooCommerce, and customer\naccounts are not required.<\/p>\n\n<p>All shipped functionality is available without payment or a license key.\nPayments, recurring bookings, and multiple locations are outside scope. Email\nuses <code>wp_mail()<\/code>; a separate SMTP plugin is recommended.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Optional Pro add-on<\/h4>\n\n<p>Circumflex Booking Pro separately adds automation, capacity controls,\nnotification channels, follow-up, and anonymous statistics. Free remains fully\nusable; its license controls only Pro updates and support.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/circumflex.no\/en\/circumflex-booking\/pro\/#cfx-pro-compare-title\">Compare Free and Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Booking and diagnostics stay on the site. 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Nothing is sent\nto Circumflex AS.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile<\/h4>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.cloudflare.com\/turnstile\/\">Cloudflare Turnstile<\/a> is an\noptional anti-spam service. It is disabled by default and requires Cloudflare\nkeys plus explicit administrator activation.<\/p>\n\n<p>When enabled, the browser loads <code>https:\/\/challenges.cloudflare.com<\/code>. Cloudflare\nprocesses signals including IP address, TLS fingerprint, User-Agent, site key,\nand origin. WordPress sends the secret and response token to Siteverify but\ndoes not explicitly add the visitor IP. Bookings fail closed if verification\ncannot finish.<\/p>\n\n<p>Review Cloudflare's\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/turnstile-privacy-policy\/\">Turnstile Privacy Addendum<\/a>,\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/privacypolicy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, and\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/policies\/terms\/\">Terms<\/a> before enabling the service.\nThe site owner must reflect this processing in the site's privacy information.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Source Code<\/h3>\n\n<p>Source and build instructions are in the\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.slettene.com\/gvar\/circumflex-booking\">public GitLab repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Support<\/h3>\n\n<p>Use the Support tab for help. Product information is at\n<a href=\"https:\/\/circumflex.no\/circumflex-booking\/\">circumflex.no\/circumflex-booking<\/a>.\nNever post customer data, private links, credentials, or health information.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate Circumflex Booking.<\/li>\n<li>Add at least one service under Booking &gt; Services.<\/li>\n<li>Add a practitioner, assign services, and configure recurring hours under\nBooking &gt; Practitioners and Booking &gt; Availability.<\/li>\n<li>Review deadlines, notices, retention, recipients, and email templates under\nBooking &gt; Settings.<\/li>\n<li>Select the site's privacy policy under Settings &gt; Privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Create or edit a normal WordPress page, add the block, shortcode, or Elementor\nwidget, publish it, and share its URL.<\/li>\n<li>Check Tools &gt; Booking status, then make and process a test booking before\nopening the page to customers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>The tested and supported database baseline is MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 and\nnewer. Older versions may work, but they are not tested or supported. Use HTTPS\nand configure the site's mail or SMTP setup before accepting real bookings. The\ndatabase version alone does not deactivate the plugin.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20circumflex%20booking%20create%20a%20booking%20url%3F\"><h3>Does Circumflex Booking create a booking URL?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Add the block, <code>[circumflex_booking]<\/code> shortcode, or Elementor widget to a\nnormal page you create. Publish it and use that page's URL. All three use the\nsame booking flow and settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20analytics%20measure%20a%20successfully%20submitted%20booking%3F\"><h3>Can analytics measure a successfully submitted booking?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The receipt stays visible and the URL gains <code>booking-received=1<\/code>. For\nexact GA4 measurement, trigger Google Tag Manager on the Custom Event\n    circumflex_booking_received and send <code>generate_lead<\/code>. It fires once per\naccepted response and contains no booking or customer data. The plugin does\nnot load analytics; site owners configure analytics and consent.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"are%20notification%20emails%20sent%20immediately%3F\"><h3>Are notification emails sent immediately?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>An asynchronous worker starts as soon as a message is queued. WordPress cron\nremains as fallback and for retries. Inbox delivery depends on the site's\n    wp_mail() or SMTP setup.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20customers%20change%20or%20cancel%20an%20appointment%3F\"><h3>Can customers change or cancel an appointment?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Confirmed customers can receive a private link to request a new time or cancel\nbefore the deadline. New times require manual approval. Treat the link as a\nsecret access key.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20practitioners%20approve%20assigned%20requests%3F\"><h3>Can practitioners approve assigned requests?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, when enabled. 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