Settings reference

Business info

Setting	What it does
What you take bookings for	Appointments, events & seats, or both. It tailors the admin menu and the booking form: the events screens only appear when events are included, and the plain [schedopia_booking] shortcode shows whichever flow fits. Set in the setup wizard; change it here any time.
Business name	Shown on the booking form and at the top of every customer email.
Business email	Where new-booking alerts for your team are sent.
Phone / Address	Your contact details, for customer-facing content.
Timezone	The zone every booking time is interpreted and displayed in. Set this before taking bookings.
Currency	Used for all prices, totals and payments.

Booking rules

Setting	What it does	Default
Require approval for new bookings	Off means a booking taken on your form is confirmed straight away and the customer gets the confirmation email. On means it waits as Pending for you, and the customer gets a request-received email instead. Bookings you create yourself are unaffected — you pick the status.	Off
Allow customer cancellations	Whether emails carry a self-service cancellation link.	On
Cancellation cut-off	Hours before the start when that link stops working (0–720).	24
reCAPTCHA v3	Optional extra spam screening. Needs your own site and secret keys.	Off

Notifications

Setting	What it does	Default
Sender name / Sender email	Who customer emails appear to come from.	Your business name
Booking pending	Email the customer when a booking still needs approval.	On
Booking confirmed	Email the customer when a booking is confirmed.	On
Booking cancelled	Email the customer when a booking is cancelled.	On
New booking alert	Email your team when a booking arrives.	On
Reminders	Email the customer before their appointment.	On
Reminder lead time	Hours ahead the reminder is sent (1–168).	24

See Email notifications for what each email contains.

Payments

Setting	What it does	Default
Payment tracking	Turn off to hide payments entirely, if you invoice elsewhere.	On
Auto-record on completion	Marking a priced booking completed records a full payment for it.	On

Calendar

Setting	What it does	Default
Calendar feed	Publish a private read-only feed of your bookings, with copy and rotate controls.	Off
Add-to-calendar buttons	Include Google/Outlook/Apple buttons in customer emails.	On

See Calendar feed and add-to-calendar.

Booking form

Opens the appearance customizer — colours, fonts, shapes and per-step wording, with a live preview.

Shortcode

The [schedopia_booking] shortcode, ready to copy, with notes on where it can go. See Adding the booking form.

Team access

A read-only summary of what managers and staff can each reach. Roles are set per person on the Staff screen, not here.

Advanced

Setting	What it does	Default
Delete data on uninstall	Whether deleting the plugin also drops your bookings, customers and catalog. Off means your data survives an uninstall.	Off