Turn Modules On and Off
A one-person practice and a studio with ten instructors need very different booking screens. Core Bookings ships nineteen optional modules inside the plugin, and every one starts switched off. You turn on only what your business uses, so your menus stay short and nothing runs that you don’t need.
Every module is included with your license. There’s no add-on to buy or download.
Turn a Module On
- Go to Bookings → Settings → Modules.
- Tick the modules you want. They’re grouped by area, each with a one-line description.
- Click Save modules. You’ll see “Modules saved.”
- Click Configure beside a module that’s now on to open its settings.
Once a module is on, the Modules screen shows its setup status underneath, such as how many locations are open or whether a provider is connected. A line that isn’t ready tells you what’s missing.
To switch a module off, untick it and click Save modules. Its screens, booking form fields and background work disappear. Its data stays in your database, so switching it back on later picks up where you left off.
Start From a Business Type
Not sure where to begin? Start from a business type at the top of the Modules screen has three buttons. Each one turns on a suggested set. It never turns anything off, and you can change any switch afterwards.
| Button | Turns on |
|---|---|
| One-to-one sessions | Booking questions, Calendar feeds and iCloud, Insights, Automations, Coupons and gift cards, Reviews |
| A team of staff | Everything in One-to-one sessions, plus Teams and routing, Staff portal, Locations, Shared resources, SMS and WhatsApp |
| Classes and workshops | Everything in One-to-one sessions, plus Classes and events, Memberships, SMS and WhatsApp, Staff portal |
All Nineteen Modules
| Module | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 | Outlook and Microsoft 365 calendar sync with conflict checks, plus Microsoft Teams meeting links. Guide |
| Calendar feeds and iCloud | A private subscription feed per staff member, plus Apple iCloud and CalDAV busy-time checks. Guide |
| Booking questions | Your own questions per service, including choices, checkboxes and file uploads, with simple show-if rules. Guide |
| Teams and routing | Round robin by rotation, priority or weight, collective meetings with several hosts, routing questions and public staff pages. Guide |
| Locations | Several branches with their own address, timezone, hours, staff and services. Guide |
| Shared resources | Rooms and equipment that several staff share, so no two bookings use the same resource at once. Guide |
| Staff portal | A front-end agenda where staff manage appointments, notes, hours and check-ins without wp-admin. Guide |
| SMS and WhatsApp | Confirmation, reminder and change messages by SMS or WhatsApp through Twilio or the WhatsApp Cloud API. Guide |
| Automations | Follow-ups, rebooking nudges, review requests and unpaid-hold recovery on your own timing and conditions. Guide |
| Insights | Revenue, cancellations, no-shows, staff utilization, sources and popular times for any date range. Guide |
| Coupons and gift cards | Discount codes, gift cards with a balance, and referral rewards. Guide |
| Payment rules | No-show protection with a saved card, cancellation fees by notice, tips and peak pricing. Guide |
| PayPal, Polar and Paddle | Take booking payments through PayPal Checkout, Polar or Paddle as well as Stripe. Guide |
| Taxes and invoices | VAT or GST rates, customer tax IDs, and numbered invoices, receipts and credit notes. Guide |
| Classes and events | A class timetable, ticketed events and workshops, multi-session courses and attendee check-in. Guide |
| Memberships | Monthly plans that include sessions, credits or member pricing. Guide |
| Reviews | Ask for a rating after each completed appointment and publish approved reviews. Guide |
| Integrations | FluentCRM, MailerPress, Core Quotes, Core Portals, Core Support and page builder elements. Guide |
| AI agent abilities | Let authorized AI agents find times, manage bookings and run the appointment workspace through the WordPress Abilities API. Guide |
On the Modules screen they’re grouped as Calendars and meetings, Booking form, Teams and places, Running the business, Payments and pricing, Classes and memberships and Integrations.
What’s Always On
The Always included list at the bottom of the Modules screen links to the features that have no switch:
- Google Calendar, Google Meet and Zoom
- Stripe and FluentCart payments, deposits and balances
- Session packs, waitlists, recurring bookings and approvals
- Durations, categories, service directory, popup button, guests and invitation links
- Customer dashboard and WordPress accounts
- Core Forms intake, outgoing webhooks, and import and export
Good to Know
- Only booking managers can change modules. Administrators are booking managers by default.
- Turning a module on never runs a database migration. Its tables are created when the plugin is installed or updated.
- Modules added in a future update arrive switched off, so an update never changes what your customers see.
- A module that’s off still handles privacy erasure requests for data it already holds.
- The Reports menu entry only appears while Insights is on.
- Developers can switch modules from the command line too. See WP-CLI Commands.