Getting Started
Dog Walking Business is a full-featured WordPress plugin designed for dog walkers, pet sitters, and pet care professionals. It provides a complete business management solution right inside your WordPress dashboard.
Free Features
- Customer Management — Add and manage customer records with contact details, notes, and optional WordPress user account linking
- Pet Profiles — Create detailed pet profiles linked to customers, including breed, weight, temperament, and medical needs
- Service Configuration — Define services with custom durations, rates, and types (walking, sitting, grooming, etc.)
- Appointment Scheduling — Create, approve, and manage appointments with a daily schedule view
- Booking Form — A multi-step public booking form shortcode for your website
- Pricing Display — A shortcode to display your services and pricing in a styled layout
- Contact Form — A contact form shortcode with spam protection and rate limiting
- Email Notifications — Configurable email notifications for appointment approvals, rejections, and contact form submissions
Pro Features
Upgrading to Pro unlocks additional capabilities:
- Stripe Payment Processing — Accept online payments with full Stripe integration
- Invoice Generation — Create and send professional invoices with payment links
- Recurring Appointments — Schedule repeating appointment series (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly)
- Subscription Billing — Set up recurring payment subscriptions via Stripe
- Google Calendar Sync — Two-way sync between appointments and Google Calendar
- My Account Portal — A customer-facing dashboard for profile management, pet info, appointments, and invoices
- Reports & Analytics — Revenue tracking, appointment analytics, and customer statistics
- Custom Per-Customer Pricing — Override default service rates for individual customers
- Branding Customization — Add your logo to emails and customize the appearance
- WPBakery Integration — Native WPBakery Page Builder element for the pricing display
This section covers installation and a quick start guide to get your business up and running.
