Note: This functionality does not work in WordPress 5.0+. To add a calendar to the post/page please use the shortcode as described lower on this page.
You can add an existing calendar to any post or page by using the Add Calendar button from your WordPress WYSIWYG editor. The button is located next to the Add Media button.
Clicking the Add Calendar button will open a pop-up with all customizable settings for the calendar. Make sure the selected tab at the top of the pop-up is Insert Calendar.
You can customize the following settings:
Calendar – select the calendar you wish to be displayed in the page
Display Calendar Title – select whether to display the calendar’s title or not
Display Legend – select whether to display the calendar’s color legend or not
Legend Position – select the position where the legend should be displayed in relation to the calendar
Months To Display – select how many months you wish to appear
Start Year – select the year from which you wish the calendar to start
Start Month – select the month from which you wish the calendar to start
Week Starts Day – select the name of the day you wish your calendar to start from
Display Selection Dropdown – select whether to display the calendar’s monthly selection dropdown
Display Tooltips – select whether to show the data you have added for each individual day as a tooltip when a user hovers over the calendar days in the page
Highlight Today – whether to show the current day with a different color
Show Week Numbers – select whether to display the numbers of each week in the calendar
By clicking the Insert Calendar button a shortcode will be added to the editor for you with all the information you have selected in the pop-up.
By Shortcode
When this shortcode is inserted into your page or post (in the admin panel) it will generate the calendar with ID ‘1’ on the front-end, with all the above settings applied.
Here’s the meaning of every setting from the shortcode:
id – (number) – the ID of the calendar, which can be found under WP Simple Booking Calendar > Calendars
title – (yes/no) – show the calendar title (yes) or hide it (no)
legend – (yes/no) – show the legend of the calendar (yes) or hide it (no)
legend_position – (top/side/bottom) – the position of the legend in correlation with the calendar
dropdown – (yes/no) – show the months dropdown (yes) or hide it (no)
start – (1/2/3/4/5/6/7) – the start day of the week, monday (1), tuesday (2) …and so on… sunday (7)
display – (1/2/3/…) – the number of months to show
language – (auto/en/fr/etc.) – the language of the calendar, ‘auto’ will detect the language automatically
month – (0/1/2/…/12) – the start month of the calendar, 0 means the current month, 1 means January, and so on
year (0/2017/2018/…) – the start year of the calendar, 0 means the current year, 2017 means 2017, and so on
jump – (yes/no) – switch all months to new ones (yes) or switch 1 month at a time (no) when clicking on the [>] button
history – (1/2/3) – show all booking history (1), replace history with the default legend item (2) or grey-out (3) history
tooltip – (1/2/3) – don’t show tooltips (1), show tooltips (2) or show tooltips with a red indicator (3)
weeknumbers – (yes/no) – show week numbers (yes) or hide them (no)
highlighttoday – (yes/no) – highlight the current day (yes) or not (no)
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WP Simple Booking Calendar helps you edit your calendars with just a few clicks, so you can spend more time on promoting your business and less time on managing it.