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Accessing the shortcode generator for the WordPress plugin

Learn how to access the shortcode generator from either WordPress or Checkfront to place the booking portal on your website.

Are you new to WordPress? Please read the first article in this series for an introduction to our WordPress integration.

 

Which plan do you need to use this feature?

✓ Soho | ✓ Pro | ✓ Plus | ✓ Enterprise  | ✓ Flex |

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Manage > Integrations > Website Integration > WordPress

What prerequisites are there?

  • Admin permissions to manage integrations.
  • WordPress.com account with a Business plan or a hosted website with the free WordPress.org software.
  • Ability to copy and paste into your website code or have some helpful person do this for you!

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new, or both?

  • The WordPress feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.

 

Products

New to Checkfront - Products ✨

Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront.

Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please get in touch with our Technical Support team for more information.

Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New).

 

Launching the shortcode generator

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The next step is to generate the shortcode to embed the Checkfront booking portal into a page within your website.

 

WordPress Generator Button

If you are still on the Setup screen, look for the next white box labelled Use. Click on the Launch Shortcode Generator button.

 

WordPress TileAlternatively, you can access the same Shortcode Generator through your Checkfront backend.

Go to Website Integration (Manage > Integrations > Website Integration) and click on the WordPress tile to access the code generator.

 WordPress Setup

You notice at the bottom of the page, just above the Generate Code button, there’s a link to Show more options. These are slightly more advanced features, and we look at those in a subsequent article in this series.

For now, though, let’s look at the basic set of available configurable options.

 

 

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