Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More

Playard is a complete sports facility booking and reservation system for WordPress. Turn any WordPress site into a self-hosted booking platform for football pitches, badminton courts, cricket grounds, tennis courts, futsal turfs, basketball courts, and any bookable field or venue — with real-time slot availability, online Stripe payments, and instant confirmation.

No SaaS fees. No monthly subscription. No platform lock-in. You own the plugin, the data, and the customer relationship.

Facility owners install it once, add their fields, and customers pick a field, choose a slot and sport, enter their details, pay online or on arrival, and get instant confirmation — all without leaving your website. It’s a modern, mobile-first alternative to spreadsheets, phone bookings, and expensive booking SaaS platforms.

👉 Support & questions
👉 Feature requests & bug reports
👉 Contact the developer

Best for

Playard fits any time-slot based sports venue or facility rental business:

• Football / soccer turf and 5-a-side pitch booking
• Badminton court booking
• Cricket ground and net booking
• Tennis court reservation
• Futsal, basketball, and volleyball court booking
• Padel and squash court booking
• Swimming pool lane booking
• Community sports centres and indoor arenas
• Gym, fitness studio, and training ground hire
• Any hourly, slot-based venue or facility rental

Booking Widget

• 5-step booking flow: Field → Date → Slot+Sport → Customer Details → Confirmation
• Real-time slot availability — refreshes every 30 seconds
• 5-minute slot hold during checkout prevents double-booking
• Multi-slot selection — book 1h, 2h, 3h etc. by clicking consecutive slots
• Stripe card payment (embedded, 3DS support)
• Cash / pay on arrival option
• Add to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or iCal on confirmation
• Embed anywhere with [playard] shortcode or Gutenberg block
• Any button can open the booking modal with data-playard-modal-trigger="1"

Customer Portal

• Phone OTP login — silent account creation on first booking
• Email + password login with forgot-password flow
• One-time code (OTP) login via email
• Profile management: name, email, phone, avatar photo
• Booking history with upcoming and past tabs
• Booking detail modal — view full details for any booking
• Download Receipt as PDF or Print directly from the booking detail modal
• Cancel bookings from the portal (configurable cancellation policy)
• “● Live” badge during active slots — cancel button hidden while playing
• Responsive design: desktop sidebar layout, mobile stacked layout

Admin Dashboard

• Today’s stats: bookings, revenue, pending count, new customers
• Bookings list with filters (field, status, payment, sport) and per-page selector
• Calendar view: Day / Week / Month
• Walk-in booking: slide-over panel with slot grid, customer search, payment options
• Booking status: pending → confirmed → running → completed; no-show; cancelled
• Auto-complete: WP-Cron marks past bookings completed every 5 minutes
• No-show marking after slot end time passes
• Reschedule: change date, time, or field
• Customer list with search, avatar, booking count, total spend
• Reports: Revenue, Booking Trends, Sport Breakdown, Occupancy Rate per Field
• Occupancy report: see how much of each field’s available capacity is being used
• Export data: select any combination of Bookings, Customers, Revenue, Trends, Sport, Occupancy and download as individual CSVs or a single ZIP archive
• Email log: view all outgoing notification emails
• Onboarding wizard: 5-step first-run setup (facility → field → payment)

Fields & Facilities

• Unlimited fields — no artificial limit on free plan
• Unlimited sports per field
• Per-field slot duration, buffer time, min/max advance booking
• Photo gallery per field
• Manual date/time blocking
• Grid or list view toggle in admin

Payments

• Stripe: embedded card form, test + live mode, webhook auto-confirmation
• Stripe walk-in payment link: admin creates booking → Stripe Checkout link emailed to customer
• Auto Stripe refund on admin cancel (based on cancellation policy) — free feature
• Cash / Pay on Arrival: instant booking, mark paid later

Email Notifications

• Booking confirmation (customer)
• Payment receipt (customer)
• Day-before reminder (customer)
• Same-day reminder (customer)
• Cancellation notification (customer)
• New booking alert (owner)
• Owner cancellation alert (owner)
• Set password invitation (new customer)
• Welcome email (on registration)
• Walk-in Stripe payment link email

Gutenberg Blocks

• Playard Field List — card or list layout; color pickers; shadow, radius, spacing controls; modal or link button
• Playard Booking Calendar — inline booking widget embed; field filter, compact mode

External Services

This plugin connects to external services in specific, optional situations. No data is sent unless the relevant feature is configured and used.

1. Stripe — Used only when the facility owner enters their own Stripe API keys and a customer chooses to pay by card. Card details are sent directly to Stripe to create a payment intent, confirm payment, create a Checkout session, or issue a refund. The plugin never stores card numbers. Data is sent to Stripe only at the moment of payment or refund.

   • Service: Stripe, Inc. — https://stripe.com
   • Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal
   • Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

2. OpenStreetMap Nominatim — Used only when the facility owner saves their facility address, to convert that address into map coordinates (geocoding). Only the owner-entered address is sent. This happens at the moment the address is saved.

   • Service: OpenStreetMap Foundation — https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
   • Usage Policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
   • Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

3. Google Maps (embed) — Used only by the optional “Facility Map” block, which embeds a public Google Maps iframe showing the owner-entered facility address. No API key is used and no personal data is sent beyond the public address shown on the map.

   • Service: Google LLC — https://maps.google.com
   • Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
   • Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

The plugin is fully functional without any external service. Cash / Pay-on-Arrival booking works with no third-party connection.

1. Upload the playard folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate via Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Complete the onboarding wizard (opens automatically on first activation)
4. Add at least one field to enable the booking widget
5. Add [playard] shortcode to any page, or use the Playard Booking Calendar block

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or higher
• PHP 8.0 or higher
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.4+
• An SMTP plugin is recommended for reliable email delivery

Stripe Setup

1. Go to Playard → Settings → Payment Settings → Stripe → Manage
2. Select Test or Live mode
3. Enter your Publishable Key and Secret Key
4. Copy the Webhook URL shown and add it in your Stripe Dashboard (Developers → Webhooks)
5. Enable these webhook events: payment_intent.succeeded, payment_intent.payment_failed, charge.refunded

1. 

   Booking widget — 5-step flow on the frontend

2. 

   Admin dashboard — today's stats and bookings

3. 

   Booking calendar — day/week/month view

4. 

   Walk-in booking slide-over panel

5. 

   Customer portal — My Bookings

6. 

   Settings — Payment Settings with Stripe

7. 

   Customers — full customer list with bookings and lifetime spend

8. 

   Customer profile — booking history, stats and status breakdown

9. 

   Fields — manage all courts, pitches and fields

10. 

    Edit field — name, description, sports, capacity and slot duration

11. 

    Facility Setup — branding, opening hours, timezone and date format

12. 

    Team — add staff members with scoped access

13. 

    Reports — booking trends chart with completed and cancelled breakdown

14. 

    Payment Settings — gateways, currency and cancellation rules

15. 

    Booking widget — Step 1: select a field

16. 

    Booking widget — Step 2: pick a date on the availability calendar

17. 

    Booking widget — Step 3: pick a time slot

18. 

    Booking widget — Step 4: enter details and confirm

19. 

    Customer portal — book a new slot from the account area

1.0.3

• Notification UI/UX improvement — third-party plugin notices no longer appear on Playard admin screens.
• Added feature request, bug report, and developer contact links.

1.0.2

• Housekeeping: readme and plugin listing refinements.

1.0.1

• Updated plugin title and listing metadata.
• Added plugin icon, banner and screenshots.
• Minor admin UI and onboarding refinements.

1.0.0

• Initial release.
• 5-step booking widget (Field, Date, Slot+Sport, Details, Confirmation)
• Stripe payment with embedded Elements and webhook auto-confirmation
• Cash / Pay on Arrival option
• Auto Stripe refund on admin cancel (free)
• Walk-in booking with Stripe payment link
• Customer portal with phone OTP, email+password, forgot-password
• Customer profile stats, booking detail modal, download receipt PDF, print receipt
• OTP countdown timer with resend
• Admin dashboard, calendar (day/week/month), bookings list
• Walk-in booking slide-over panel (slot grid, customer search)
• Auto-complete cron (past bookings marked completed every 5 min)
• No-show marking
• Customer management with notes
• Revenue, Booking Trends, Sport Breakdown, and Occupancy Rate reports
• Export data: select Bookings, Customers, or any report — single CSV or ZIP archive
• Email log (searchable, filterable)
• Report settings (timezone, default range, week start)
• Settings: Cancellation, Payments (Stripe/Cash), Currency, Auth, Reports
• Facility setup: name, logo, timezone, date/time format
• Staff role (playard_staff)
• Gutenberg blocks: Field List, Booking Calendar
• Full REST API
• Onboarding wizard (5 steps)