Getting Started

First steps to start booking with the Time Slot WordPress plugin by adding your timezone, currency and company information

Set Your Timezone

Set your site timezone to a city name on the WordPress general settings page.

Time zone on WordPress General settings page

Set Your Time Format

On the WordPress general settings page, set your time format string. This is how it will look on your booking form.

Time Slot accepts the following time format strings:

aLowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemam or pm
AUppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemAM or PM
g12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros1 through 12
G24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros0 through 23
h12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros01 through 12
H24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros00 through 23
iMinutes with leading zeros 00 to 5900 to 59

Set Your Currency

Select your site currency in the Time Slot general settings on the payment methods tab. To get started accepting payments online with Time Slot Pro, view the guides on first steps for PayPal, Stripe, Square and Mollie.

Currency code setting on the Time Slot plugin Payment Methods page

Add Your Company Info

This information will be used in the .ics calendar event file that will be attached to your customer approved emails and can be added into your staff and customer email message body text. With Time Slot Pro, it will be included in your Google Calendar event details.


Add Your Contact Info

On the company tab of the Time Slot business settings page, add your logo, company name, phone number, email address, and website URL.

Company contact settings in Time Slot WordPress admin area

Add Your Business Address

Still on the company tab of the Time Slot business settings page, add your business street address, city, state and zip code.

Company address settings in Time Slot WordPress admin area

Set Your Business Hours

These settings will block out dates and times on the Time Slot booking form to ensure that appointments can only be booked during your working hours.

Enter the start and end times for your business for each weekday. If not set, the default business hours are 9am to 5pm. Check the Closed checkbox for the days that you will not be open. Click the Save Changes button when finished.

Optionally, check the Break checkbox to add a period of the day when you will not be accepting appointments. Enter the start and end times for each break and click the Save Changes button when finished.


Add Holiday Days Off

Select the dates of any days your business will be closed or dates when you don’t want to accept appointments. Check the Annual checkbox for dates that you will be closed every year. To add additional holidays, click the +Add Holiday button. To remove a holiday, click the remove ( X ) button next to the date. Click the Save Changes button when finished.

Business holiday settings in Time Slot booking plugin WordPress admin area

More Information

View the guides for Services, Staff, or Email for more information on how to get started, or check out the docs for additional guides.