Title: VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS
Author: e4jvikwp
Published: April 10, 2018
Last modified: February 11, 2026
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# VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS
By [e4jvikwp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/e4jvikwp/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/vikbooking.1.8.7.zip)
* [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/#description)
* [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/#installation)
* [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/)
## Description
#### Vik Booking for WordPress
The famous Booking Engine and PMS online software for accommodations is now available
also for WordPress as a native Plugin!
If you are looking for a reliable reservation system for a Hotel, B&B, Villa, Apartments,
Hostel or any similar accommodation, then you have found the right plugin. In fact,
Vik Booking is a **PCI-DSS** and **OpenTravel** compliant hotel & vacation rental
Booking Engine used by thousands of properties every day.
This is the **free** version of the plugin, but you can upgrade to the **Pro** version
at any time from your _wp-admin_ section. Experience the power of a true and internal
Booking Engine that competes with the best ones of the world!
The **Pro** version is compatible with _Vik Channel Manager_, the first and only
native Channel Manager for WordPress, listed as a Premier Partner of **Booking.com**
since 2018 among the top 20 systems worldwide. **Full API** connections available
with the most famous OTAs such as **Airbnb**, **Expedia** and **Google Hotel** for
their new Free Booking Links! Beware of “fake” Channel Manager plugins that only
offer unreliable iCal synchronizations with no private access to the OTA’s APIs.
Vik Booking was born in 2010 for a different web-software (CMS) than WordPress,
and that’s how it became famous. The same powerful framework is now (since 2018)
at the service of all webmasters, designers and web-agencies that work with WordPress.
It’s definitely the hotel reservation plugin that you, or your client, were looking
for.
Visit [VikWP.com](https://vikwp.com/) for more details. Interested in our full solution
comprehensive of the Channel Manager? Visit also [E4jConnect](https://e4jconnect.com/).
#### Some of the unique features
* Custom Rate Plans (Refundable, Flexible, Non Refundable rates)
* Rooms, Room Types and Sub-Units management functions
* Availability Calendars and Occupancy Overview
* Bookings Management made right
* Feature-rich Back-end section
* Front-end customizable booking process
* 8 different Views for the front-end (8 Types of Shortcode for your pages)
* Compliant with any Pricing Model: Occupancy, Nightly, LOS, OBP etc..
* Housekeeping features with Tableaux, festivities and room-day notes
* Permissions/ACL Management functions for the various WP Users Roles
* Multi-language support with built-in translation functions
* Channel Manager compatible. We are a certified Channel Manager provider (e4jConnect).
* Google Hotel Ads certified for Free Booking Links.
#### Some of Pro version features
* Seasonal Rates and Rates Calendar with 1-click modification
* Booking Restrictions: Min, Max LOS, CTA/CTD, Forced Arrival/Departure days
* Custom Payment Gateways (over 60 available on VikWP.com)
* SMS Gateways for automated notifications
* Custom Cron Jobs Scheduling for automated tasks (reminders, invoices)
* Customers Management functions, sales channels and commissions
* Graphs and Statistics
* Custom Options, Extra Services, Extra Fees
* Add, Remove or Switch rooms from existing bookings
* PMS Reports with extendable framework (built-in services for various countries)
* Electronic invoices extendable framework compliant with Italy (Agenzia delle
Entrate) and Greece (myDATA ΑΑΔΕ).
* Registration functions: check-in, check-out, no-show
* Our award winning solution of Booking Engine + PMS and Channel Manager is all
you need on your WordPress website.
#### Interested in, curious about the Pro version?
You should take a look with your own eyes at the demo website to see what you can
do with Vik Booking. Do not stop at the front-end though, make sure to visit the
wp-admin section too.
1. [Front-end Demo Website](https://vikwp.com/demo/vikbooking)
2. [Admin Demo Website](https://vikwp.com/demo/vikbooking/wp-admin)
## Screenshots
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* Bookings List: reservations from your website and any other channel.
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* Booking Details: a neat, complete and user-friendly interface.
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* The elegant Dashboard: custom admin widgets with sections and containers.
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* Availability Overview: calendars showing the rooms allocated.
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* Rates Overview Pricing Calendar: set or change rates with one click.
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* Direct Reservations from your website: online payments via credit card.
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* Booking Suggestions: in case of no availability, the system will suggest the
closest solutions.
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* PMS Reports: an extendable framework to export financial data.
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* A smart Widget only for those who also use the complementary plugin Vik Channel
Manager.
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* Tableaux for housekeeping with festivities and room-day notes to highlight bookings
and hot dates.
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* Support for Dark Mode appearance preferences to delight your eyes at night (and
not only!).
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* Multitask panel: an incredibly fast way to query data for nerds.
* [[
* Browser (web push) notifications will turn your device into a real-time updated
system.
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* VikBooking Shortcode
## Installation
#### Installation through the WordPress Plugins Browser
* Search for “Vik Booking” in the Add Plugin section of your website back-end
* Install the Plugin by clicking on the apposite button
* Activate the Plugin by using the apposite activation button
* A link to access and configure Vik Booking will be visible in the left-menu
* Enjoy it
#### Alternative Installation Method
You can only install the **free** version of Vik Booking, not the Pro version. If
for some reasons the WordPress Repository installation won’t work, you can contact
us to receive the zip installer file and upload it via FTP onto your server.
* Download the installer zip file from [VikWP.com](https://vikwp.com/)
* Unzip the archive on your computer’s local drive
* Upload via FTP the unzipped folder _vikbooking_ onto your _/wp-content/plugins_
directory
* Log in to your _wp-admin_ section and activate the plugin
## FAQ
### Is upgrading to Pro mandatory?
No, not at all. However, it took our company 8 years to build the _Pro_ version
and we are willing to spend a lot more years of work on this software. We encourage
you to evaluate the free version first, and then upgrade to Pro to unlock its potential.
### Why some functions are not available in the free version?
We are a software development company listed as a certified Channel Manager Provider
by the major OTAs of the world. We work to deliver a full software solution for
CMS and Web Software like WordPress as a valid alternative to the same proprietary
and external systems. We make money by selling licenses of the Pro version.
### Is it worth upgrading to Pro?
Vik Booking is not a one-page plugin. You can build websites worth a lot of money
with this plugin. You don’t need anything else to deliver a complete website, if
not a Theme and some experience with WordPress.
### Can I build a portal of multiple properties/apartments?
No, you can’t! Vik Booking was designed specifically for single properties, or multiple
properties managed by the same company. Basically, you cannot build a portal with
multiple vendors where certain users should access and manage only their rooms and
reservations. Vik Booking is a true booking engine for Hotels, B&Bs, Apartments,
Villas and Hostels. It should be installed on the website of the accommodation.
Even though permissions for receptionists and managers can be set up, the logic
of the software remains single-vendor.
If you are looking for a solution for a
real-estate agency (for example) that manages multiple properties on its own, then
it’s still fine as long as you don’t need specific users/owners to see or manage
their own data because this is not supported.
### Can I use Vik Booking with my preferred Theme?
Yes, of course. You are free to install Vik Booking on your website with your own
Theme. The plugin will adjust to it thanks to its own CSS framework. It is also
possible to work on a custom CSS file to adjust some layouts.
### What about Vik Channel Manager or E4JConnect?
Vik Booking is the Booking Engine and PMS plugin, it can work alone on any existing
website. However, if you are looking to establish real-time API connections with
OTAs like Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Google Hotel Ads etc.. then you need to
use our full solution, which is composed of a one-time fee to purchase the Pro version
of Vik Booking as well as the plugin Vik Channel Manager. The only recurring cost,
just like any existing (and real) Channel Manager software, is the one to keep the
connection active with the various channels. This is the subscription for our certified
and award-winning Channel Manager service called “e4jConnect”. Please notice that
all these services are entirely provided by our company, it’s one single company
with no third party connections. We are the software developer company as well as
the Channel Manager provider. This makes a big difference.
## Reviews
### [Outstanding Performance and Unbeatable End-User Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/outstanding-performance-and-unbeatable-end-user-support/)
[bena1066](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bena1066/) October 17, 2025
This WP Booking Engine & PMS is an absolute game-changer for any hotel. The latest
enhancements have transformed it from a great tool into an essential one. Every
updates, especially in the PMS field, task management, channel synchronization,
or integration of automated booking processes, have drastically streamlined our
revenue strategy and made entire resource management faster and more intuitive in
our organization. Equally impressive is the outstanding end-user support over the
last 3 years. Their team is the gold standard, responding quickly to each request
professionally, and deep expertise on complex issues like two-way OTA sync, and
further. They don’t just fix problems; they provide invaluable best-practice solutions
and develop software not for themselves, but for end-customers like you and me.
In a nutshell: A powerful, reliable, and continuously improving Booking & PMS system
backed by best-in-class support is a definite five-star investment. Thanks a lot
for this amazing contribution to this community, great product & service!
### [The best booking plugin and integration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-booking-plugin-and-integration/)
[dm1302](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dm1302/) October 15, 2025
The best booking plugin and integration. Thanks for support
### [Very good potential](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-potential/)
[koiyiaras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koiyiaras/) August 15, 2025 1 reply
The plugin is one step away from 5 stars and being the best hotel booking plugin.
However, it lacks one vital feature that makes it hard to choose. The feature is
not available in the paid version either — the iCal sync for calendars. Without
this feature, I cannot use the plugin and had to choose another one with much less
quality in the interface. For hotel management, where nowadays we use many booking
channels, we definitely need calendar sync. I would gladly buy this plugin if iCal
sync appears and, of course, rate it 5 stars, as it has the potential to be the
best WP hotel booking plugin (note: the Channels Management option is not something
that I consider an alternative to iCal sync).
### [Best quality price ratio](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-quality-price-ratio/)
[julijadus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/julijadus/) August 11, 2025
I compared ALL the plugins and channel managers there are on the market for booking
accommodation and my main criteria was functionality and price as well as the channel
manager with API connection. Yes, It took me weeks and I finally chose VikBooking.
I used it for 2 months now during our busiest summer season and it didn’t disappoint.
The tech support is great, functionality is great and it works great, translations
work great and you can translate your own thing. I’m happy with all the extras set-
up, invoices, complex children pricing, coupons, cron jobs, task manager and many
other things. The price is unbeatable(only one competitor comes close to it), and
it pays off within a year or less compared to other competitors that have big monthly
fees. The only things to improve on are (for us personally as we are not a hotel
but premium cabins): design – it’s very hotel oriented, so we had to tweak the design/
colours with CSS codes so it’s more applicable for us. Shortcodes – there is still
no sleek shortcode for availability calendar – the one they have is again very hotel-
like and unusable. Their payment gateway selection didn’t have any options for the
Baltic region so we had to pay the developer to integrate it for us which cost quite
a bit, but VikBooking recommended a good developer for integration so it worked
out well. Overall highly recommended!
### [VikBooking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vikbooking-2/)
[marzomax](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marzomax/) June 7, 2025 1 reply
E’
un buon plugin ma non esente da lacune anche gravi. Una delle cose principali per
chi fa il mio mestiere sono i pagamenti ( senza di questi non esistere neanche wordpress
ei plugin associati ). Ho acquistato stripe per associarlo a vikbooking. Stripe
è completo solo se ha a disposizione un metodo di pagamento dell’ospite. Purtroppo
vikbooking al momento della prenotazione anche se il pagamento va a buon fine e
la prenotazione è confermata non permette la memorizzazione dei dati all’interno
dell’account di stripe ( anche se lo stesso plugin prevede la memorizzazione attraverso
varie spunte ) e questo è grave dal mio punto di vista. Penso che il plugin sia
ancora abbasta giovane e deve crescere e sono sicuro che si migliorerà sempre. Ho
fatto un abbonamento per un anno e spero di rinnovare ancora. Spero che venga
migliorato gli aspetti che sono GLI ADDEBITI SU CARTA E LE PRE-AUTORIZZAZIONI
### [TOP!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-1721/)
[Daniel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielschwarz/) March 20, 2025
The support for the plugin is very, very good! All my questions about the migration
were answered promptly. The functionality is also satisfactory. In German: Die HIlfe
zum Plugin ist sehr sehr gut! Alle meine Fragen zur Migration wurden umgehend beantwortet.
Auch die Funktionen sind zufriedenstellend.
[ Read all 60 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ e4jvikwp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/e4jvikwp/)
“VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank
you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/vikbooking/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/vikbooking)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vikbooking/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/vikbooking/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/vikbooking/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/vikbooking/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.8.7
_Release date – 11 February 2026_
* Door Access Control: framework improvements (device data mapping).
* Door Access Control: automatic removal of expired passcodes.
* Door Access Control: hotel inventory room-types mapping (subunits).
* Door Access Control: new integration for U-tec Smart Home.
* Resolve room assignments through intelligent combinations matrix.
* Hotel inventory room-types with multiple subunits reassignment options.
* New notification of type “OTA Bank Transfer Update” (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* Improved notification of type “OTA Payout Update” (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* Rates Overview OTA Rates improvements (net rates) and automatic loading.
* Availability Overview preference for automatically loading rates and restrictions(
Multi-calendar).
* Longer and alphanumeric customer pin codes enforcements.
* Template file customization improvements (DOMDocument HTML strings loading).
* Various RMS report metric calculations improved.
* PMS Reports automatic execution improvements with all-profiles processing.
* Improved Virtual Credit Cards fetching operations from OTAs (E4jConnect channel
manager required).
* Various internal libraries updates.
#### 1.8.6
_Release date – 22 January 2026_
* Availability Overview new “inline-scroll” layout.
* Increase/Decrease Rates in Rates Overview and Multi-Calendar.
* Rates Overview new option to display OTA rates (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Newly created derived rate plans can populate the base rates for all listings.
* Identity document AI-powered details extraction through MRZ (E4jConnect channel
manager required).
* Various pre-check-in improvements, including MRZ detection support.
* Introducing Revenue Manager (RMS) framework and libraries.
* New RMS Reports: Occupancy Pace and Booking Pace (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* New Door Access Control integration for Nuki – Smart Locks (E4jConnect channel
manager required).
* Door Access Control passcode generation failures support re-try actions through
the Notifications Center.
* OAuth2 support for custom third-party applications and Door Access Control framework.
* Webhook endpoint support for custom third-party applications and Door Access
Control framework.
* Booking.com Virtual Card Update notifications (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Automatic payment scheduling and collection for Virtual Credit Cards.
* Various improvements to OTA payout notifications (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* Various improvements to the electronic invoicing framework.
* Batch update for “unsafe” customer PIN codes detected.
* New admin-widget AI Training Drafts (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Guest messaging: AI self-training functionalities for approval or rejection (
E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Guest messaging: added support to suspicious messages (phishing) delivered by
OTA notifications.
* Guest messaging: manually generated AI replies can rely on the model’s pre-trained
knowledge.
* New backup export type “Reservations – Pricing” to include only time-sensitive
operational data.
#### 1.8.5
_Release date – 26 November 2025_
* OTA onboarding improvements for new listings (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* OTA guest messages indexing and faster processing (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* Split stay bookings calculation improvements.
* New payment transaction hooks for custom metadata.
* Database optimization scheduling.
* Additional caching support to rates calculation.
* Minor framework improvements.
#### 1.8.4
_Release date – 13 November 2025_
* Introducing the new Door Access Control framework (E4jConnect channel manager
required).
* Native support for TTLock – Smart Locks added to Door Access Control framework.
* Task Manager: AI maintenance tasks from guest requests.
* OTA bookings expected payout amounts.
* Airbnb Hosting Quality metrics and dashboard (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Minor framework improvements.
#### 1.8.3
_Release date – 13 October 2025_
* Search results filtering options (categories, amenities, price range).
* Search results new interactive map with grid layout and advanced map markers.
* Custom check-in/out times can be defined and overwritten at listing-level.
* Minimum advance booking notice can be defined and overwritten at listing-level.
* Custom currency position (before or after price).
* Silent notifications within the Notification Center.
* Added support to new OTA payout notifications (E4jConnect channel manager required).
* Several new hooks added for the creation and modification of bookings.
* Various performance improvements with large data-sets.
* New PMS report “Guest Registration Data”.
* Different format for customers PIN code (8 alphanumeric random characters).
* Various improvements to the Electronic Invoicing framework and interface.
#### Earlier versions
For further details about older versions, please refer to the [changelog.md](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/vikbooking/trunk/changelog.md)
file of the plugin.
## Commercial plugin
This plugin is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support. [View support](https://vikwp.com/support/board/vik-booking)
## Meta
* Version **1.8.7**
* Last updated **2 months ago**
* Active installations **9,000+**
* WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* PHP version ** 7.4.0 or higher **
* Languages
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/), [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/),
[Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/), [Korean](https://ko.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/),
[Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/vikbooking)
* Tags
* [Booking Engine](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking-engine/)[channel manager](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/channel-manager/)
[Hotel](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hotel/)[Hotel Booking](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hotel-booking/)
[reservations](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reservations/)
* [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/vikbooking/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.8 out of 5 stars.
* [ 55 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/reviews/?filter=3)
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* [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ e4jvikwp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/e4jvikwp/)
## Support
Issues resolved in last two months:
2 out of 4
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vikbooking/)