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.

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