Installation
Automatic
- Backup your site completely before proceeding.
- Downloaded your copy of the Booking Packages add-on.
- Log in to your WordPress installation.
- Click on the Plugins menu item
- then “Add New” button on the top left next to the “Plugins” title
- Followed by the “Upload Plugin” button on the top left next to the “Add New” title.
- Select the Booking Packages zip file and click the “Install Now” button.
- Once installed click the activate button.
Manual
- Backup your site completely before proceeding.
- Downloaded your copy of the Booking Packages add-on.
- Extract the Booking Packages zip file.
- Open your favourite FTP client (ours is Filezilla).
- Connect to your WordPress server.
- Copy the Booking Packages folder to the wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress directory. This installs the add-on to your WordPress site.
- Log in to your WordPress installation.
- Click on the “Installed Plugins” menu item.
- Click the Booking Packages “Activate” link.
Booking X Settings
If you wish to change the “Packages” label through out your WordPress web site, click on the Booking X Settings menu item. Then under the “General” tab, “Alias” section, find the Packages label and fill the adjacent textbox field.

Creating a New Booking Package
NB: To create a new bookings package, you will need to have already add your resources and services.
- Click on the “Packages” menu item under the Booking section of your WordPress dashboard menu.
- Then click the the “Add New Packages” button next to the “Packages” title.
- Using either the WordPress Block or Classic Editor add the Booking Packages title and description.
- To configure the Booking Package you will need to set;
- The resources that offer the Booking Package.
- The services available.
- Any extras (this is not a required field)
- Add Booking Packages Price

- Like when you create a new resource, you can set Booking packages to require pre payment.
- You can select between deposit or full payment.
- If you select “Deposit” you have the option between a fixed amount or a percentage of the Booking Package price.
- You then enter the fixed amount or percentage value.



- To add a Booking Packages Gallery thick the plus icon to open the WordPress media box.
- Click the Create Gallery menu item
- Then select the images you wish to use for your gallery, you can drop new images in to you Media Library if you wish.
- Click the “Create a new gallery” button in the bottom right.
- Then the “Insert gallery” button, also in the bottom right. (If you wish to reorder the image, you can do that on this page.)
- The images you selected will now be displayed in the Packages gallery section


- Set the Booking Packages “Feature Image”, like you would a regular WordPress page or post.
- Once complete either click the “Save draft” or “Publish” button.
NB: Below the Feature image section the WordPress page settings you can see the “Package Overview” This highlights;
- Number of services selected
- Number of extras selected
- Total duration
- Total combined price
- Package Price

Package Listing Block
If you want to cerate a customised Booking Packages listing page, the simplest way is to is the Package Listing block.
Once selected you will be able to set;
- The number rows and columns.
- All packages or particular selection.
- Show/hide the description and image.
- Set the order



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