StudioBooking built for beauty, not for everybody.
StudioSlot is a free WordPress plugin that puts a clean, mobile-first booking form on your salon, spa, barbershop, or studio website. Your clients book in four taps. You confirm from your dashboard. That's it.
Free forever · No account required · Works with any WordPress theme
Everything a studio needs. Nothing a corporation does.
Most booking plugins are built for "any business" — then charge you yearly to unlock the parts that matter. StudioSlot is built only for beauty and wellness pros, so the essentials are free.
Four-tap booking
Service → stylist → time → done. A booking form your least techy client finishes in under a minute, on any phone.
No double-booking, ever
Slots vanish the moment they're taken — checked twice, on screen and at save. Your chair is never promised to two people.
Solo or full team
Booth renters, a full salon floor, or just you. Each pro gets their own bookable services and their own email notices.
Emails handled
Client requests it, you get notified, they get confirmed. Every status change sends the right email automatically.
Your hours, your rules
Set business hours per day, minimum notice so no 2 a.m. surprise bookings, and how far ahead clients can book.
Light & theme-friendly
No page builder lock-in, no jQuery bloat, no branding stamped on your form. One shortcode and it inherits your site's style.
Live in three steps, not three tutorials.
Add your services
"Full Set + Gel", "60-Minute Massage", "Cut & Color" — name, minutes, price. Done.
Add yourself (and your team)
Check off who does what. Working solo? You're a team of one and it works exactly the same.
Drop in the shortcode
Put [studioslot] on your Book Now page. Requests land in your WordPress dashboard.
What "free" actually gets you elsewhere.
The big booking plugins are excellent — at charging yearly for the features a salon actually needs.
| StudioSlot | Amelia | Simply Schedule | Bookly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited staff free | ✓ | Paid | Paid | Paid add-on |
| Unlimited services free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Limited |
| Email notifications free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built for beauty industry | ✓ | Generic | Generic | Generic |
| Typical paid plan | Pro planned $79/yr — waitlist, not for sale. | See their current pricing | See their current pricing | See their current pricing |
Confirm current prices on each vendor’s site.
Read the full comparison: StudioSlot vs. Simply Schedule Appointments →StudioSlot vs Amelia — unlimited staff is free.
Moving later, not tonight.
A guided path away from another booking tool—built to protect client, staff, service, appointment, and notification data before any cutover.
Free migration audit
- Aggregate inventory before anything moves
- SSA, Amelia, Bookly, and Booking Calendar targets
- No customer records changed, messaged, disabled, or deleted
Guided migration
- Field mapping and notification conversion
- Exact reconciliation and rollback history
- Explicit approval before source cutover
Your old booking system stays in place. The shared SlotWorks migration framework will come to StudioSlot after ShopSlot is production-validated; additional beauty-platform connectors will be added only where data can be moved safely.
Free where it counts. Fair when you grow.
The free version is not a demo — it's a complete booking system. Pro adds the growth tools, priced for a working stylist, not an enterprise.
Free
- Unlimited bookings, services & staff
- Mobile-first booking form
- Double-booking prevention
- Email notifications
- Business hours & booking limits
- Confirm / decline workflow
Pro
- SMS + email appointment reminders
- Deposits & prepayment (Stripe, Square)
- Google & Apple calendar sync
- Per-staff schedules & logins
- Client notes & color-formula history
- Rebooking nudges, intake forms & more
Get StudioSlot free
StudioSlot is live on WordPress.org — install it in one click from your dashboard or the plugin directory. Leave your email too, and we'll tell you the moment Pro launches. No spam — a working stylist's inbox is sacred.
In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New, search "StudioSlot," and click Install.
Fair questions.
Is the free version actually usable, or is it bait?
It's a complete booking system: unlimited services, staff, and appointments, with email notices and double-booking protection. Pro adds growth extras like SMS reminders and deposits — it never takes away what's free.
I work alone. Is this overkill?
No — add yourself as the only team member and the form simply routes every booking to you. Most StudioSlot users are solo pros.
Does it work with my theme?
Yes. The form is a shortcode that inherits your theme's fonts and works with block themes, classic themes, and page builders alike.
Do my clients need an account to book?
Never. Name, email, phone, done. Forcing clients to register is where bookings go to die.
What happens when Pro launches?
Free stays free. Pro is planned at $79/year for one site—priced for independent professionals, with SMS and advanced workflows in the paid tier.