Plugin / Five Star Restaurant Reservations

Installation

1. Upload the ‘restaurant-reservations’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

or

1. Go to the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress and click ‘Add New’
2. Search for ‘Five Star Restaurant Reservations’ and select ‘Install Now’
3. Activate the plugin when prompted

Getting Started

1. To place your restaurant booking form on a page:

   • Option 1: Go to the ‘General’ tab in the plugin settings and use the Booking Page dropdown to select the page on which you want your reservation form to appear.
   • Option 2: Place the included reservations Gutenberg block on the page on which you want your reservation form to appear.
   • Option 3: Place the [booking-form] shortcode on the page on which you want your reservation form to appear.

2. To customize the form:

   • Go to the Settings area of the plugin admin and click the ‘General’ tab. There you’ll be able to set the min and max party size, the successful booking message, the date and time format and make use of our security and privacy features.
   • Also in the Settings area, go to the ‘Booking Schedule’ tab. There you’ll be able to set your restaurant’s schedule, the interval between booking slots, earliest and latest bookings and also create exceptions for the schedule.

3. To set up notifications.

   • Go to the ‘Notifications’ tab in the settings.
   • Use the Subject and Email fields there to craft your message for each different circumstance
   • There is also a list of template tags there that you can include in your messages to display reservation-specific messages about the table reserved.

4. To view and manage your bookings:

   • Go to the ‘Bookings’ area of the plugin admin.
   • There you’ll be able to view and modify any bookings that have been placed on your site.
   • You’ll also be able to manually create a new restaurant reservation (e.g. a reservation you took over the phone).

For a list of specific features, see the Restaurant Menu description page here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/restaurant-reservations/.

For help and support, please see:

• Our FAQ page, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/restaurant-reservations/faq/
• Our documentation and user guide, here: http://doc.fivestarplugins.com/plugins/restaurant-reservations/?utm_source=Plugin&utm_medium=Plugin%20Description&utm_campaign=Restaurant%20Reservations
• The Restaurant Menu support forum, here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restaurant-reservations/