Table Booking: Manage Advance Bookings for Your Restaurants & Cafes

A complete table reservation system for restaurants, cafes, lounges & multi-branch dining operations.

Overview

Table Booking is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to help restaurants, cafes, and lounges manage reservations effortlessly. It includes multi-branch management, floor layouts, table mapping, booking workflows, holiday controls, and automation tools for a smooth reservation process.

Core Features

• Multiple Branch Management
• Floor Layout Master
• Table Creation With Seating & Shape Details
• Advanced Booking Calendar
• Reservation Status Management
• Frontend Booking Form
• Holidays & Weekly Off Controls
• Auto-Free Booking After Threshold Time
• Booking Time Slot Management
• Custom Title & UI Settings
• Table Status (Free, Busy, Cleaning)

Admin Panel Sections

1. All Bookings

• Booking Date & Time
• Booking Code
• Customer Name
• Status (Confirmed, Cancelled, Pending)
• Branch
• No. of Persons
• Table Allocation

2. Add New Booking

• Auto-generated Booking Code
• Booking Date & Time
• Time Slot Selection
• Total Persons
• Branch Selection
• Customer Details (Name, Email, Phone)
• Status Control

3. Branches

• Create and manage multiple restaurant branches
• Branch-specific settings
• Location & address details

4. Layout Master

• Create visual layouts for each restaurant branch
• Drag & drop structure compatibility

5. Tables

• Table Number
• Capacity
• Seating Type (Indoor, Lounge, Outdoor)
• Shape (Square, Rectangle)
• Status (Free, Busy, Cleaning)

Settings

• Layout Type
• Custom Frontend Title
• Holiday Selection
• Weekly Off Days
• Start Time Configuration
• Auto-Free Table After Threshold
• Threshold Duration

Frontend Booking Process

• Select Branch
• Select Date
• Select Time Slot
• Enter Guest Count
• Add Additional Notes
• Submit & Confirm Booking

Frontend Shortcode

When you install the plugin for the first time, a page titled “Booking” is automatically created with the booking form.

To add the booking form to any other page, use the shortcode below:

[book_table_form] 

Workflow Example

• Customer submits a booking
• Admin reviews booking in All Bookings
• Admin confirms booking
• Admin assigns a table
• Table status becomes Busy
• Table becomes Free after threshold or manual release

Booking Code Format

The system generates booking codes like:

BK122025249 

Includes:

• Prefix (BK)
• Date Stamp
• Unique ID

Cron Logs

• Auto-free expired tables
• Status updates
• System maintenance cleanup

Installation

• Upload plugin
• Activate plugin
• Configure branches, layouts & tables
• Set rules in settings
• Add shortcode to display booking form

[book_table_form] 

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0 or higher
• PHP 7.2 or higher

What’s New

• Floor layout–wise booking
• Branch–wise booking
• Email templates (confirmation, cancellation & table assignment)
• Advanced table management
• Set threshold period to auto-free tables
• Time Slot Management — once a booking is confirmed, the same time slot is blocked and cannot be booked again.