Explorates

WordPress Booking Plugin for Activities and Tours

Add online booking and payment to your WordPress site in minutes, with no coding required. The plugin is free.
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WordPress powers 4 in 10 websites worldwide

Nearly 60% of sites that use a content management system (CMS) are built with WordPress (W3Techs, September 2026). If yours is one of them and you want to sell your activities online, the Explorates plugin for WordPress is a complete solution that adds a booking module to your pages in just a few clicks!

Your customers book without leaving your site

Say you run a guided tour on a Saturday at 10 a.m.: your customer picks the time slot, enters the number of participants and pays online, without ever leaving your site. The booking then shows up in your Explorates dashboard, on the same calendar as your other sales channels.
If you've set up other details the activity requires (date of birth, ID number, food intolerances, etc.), the booking form will automatically ask for them at checkout.

Install the plugin in 3 steps

  • In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin, search for "Explorates Booking", then install and activate the plugin.
  • Open the Exploratesmenu, enter your organization ID (Settings > General information in your Explorates dashboard) and click "Test connection".
  • Insert the Explorates widget block into a page and choose your product. That's it.
The Explorates widget block in the WordPress editor, showing a calendar preview
The "Explorates widget" block: choose your product and the preview appears directly in the editor.

Two display modes: calendar only or full product page

  • The booking calendar : it displays availability and takes bookings. Ideal beneath your own description of the activity.
  • The product page : photos, description, pricing and booking, exactly as you entered them in Explorates. A single block is all you need for a complete page, with nothing to rewrite in WordPress.

A booking plugin built for activities

Most WordPress booking plugins are designed for appointments: hair salons, consultations, clinics… Explorates is built for guided tours, workshops, parks and ticketing. So you get what your business needs:
  • time slots with a capacity per departure
  • pricing by participant category (adult, child, senior, group…)
  • online payment and multi-currency sales
  • product pages translated into multiple languages
  • a single calendar that you can also connect to GetYourGuide, Viator and other resellers

Styled to match your site

You can customize how your calendars and product pages look so they blend in with your existing site: primary color, border, language, price shown on each day of the calendar. Changes are instant, with a live preview in WordPress.

Lightweight, with no extra extensions required

  • No WooCommerce needed: booking and payment are handled by Explorates.
  • Your products sync with WordPress: a change made in Explorates shows up within an hour, or immediately from the plugin settings.
  • Compatible with the WordPress Gutenberg block editor, the classic editor, widget areas and most page builders.
The plugin is free: download Explorates Booking on wordpress.org.

Frequently asked

Your questions, answered

  • Yes. The plugin is free and available on wordpress.org. It displays the products of your Explorates account.

  • No. Booking and payment are handled by Explorates: your WordPress site needs no e-commerce plugin.

  • Yes. The plugin works in the block editor as well as the classic editor, widget areas and most page builders, including Elementor and Divi.

  • In your Explorates dashboard, open the embed code of any product: the data-organization-id value is your organization ID.

  • French and English. Pick the language in the plugin settings, or leave it on "Automatic" to follow your site language.

  • Yes. The Explorates widget works on any site that accepts HTML: copy the embed code from your dashboard and paste it into your page.