WordPress plugin for your association website: how it works
What does a WordPress plugin for associations do?
A WordPress plugin for associations adds an interactive booking form or widget to your existing website. Visitors to your site can immediately see the availability of spaces or workshops and can book on the spot, without being redirected to another website.
Visitors don’t have to leave your site to book. That greatly lowers the barrier. A seamless experience—from interest to confirmation, all in one place—boosts the conversion rate (the percentage of visitors who actually book).
The booking widget from De Verenigingsplanner
The WordPress plugin from De Verenigingsplanner offers a ready-made booking widget that you can easily place on any page of your website. Visitors see live availability of spaces or activities and can book directly. All bookings automatically flow into your Verenigingsplanner-dashboard, no duplicate entry, no separate emails.
- Real-time availability calendar visible to visitors
- Online booking with automatic confirmation email
- Fully customisable to your own branding
- Manage from a single central dashboard in De Verenigingsplanner
The ticket widget from De Verenigingsplanner
Are you organising an event, workshop or activity for which tickets are sold? The ticket widget from De Verenigingsplanner can be embedded directly on your WordPress site. Visitors buy their tickets without leaving the site, including payment, confirmation and a QR code by email.
- Online ticket sales directly on your website via the De Verenigingsplanner widget
- Set up multiple ticket types (standard, VIP, early-bird)
- Automatic payment processing and confirmation
- Overview of sold tickets in the Verenigingsplanner-dashboard
The community and help widget from De Verenigingsplanner
In addition to bookings and tickets, De Verenigingsplanner also offers a community and help widget. This lets visitors and members directly offer tasks, request help, or sign up for volunteer roles, directly linked to your Verenigingsplanner environment.
- Members can post and take on help tasks via the De Verenigingsplanner widget
- Volunteer tasks are directly visible and open for sign-up on your website
- Overview of open tasks in the Verenigingsplanner-dashboard
- Strengthens your community's engagement
Not on WordPress? It can still be integrated
No website? At De Verenigingsplanner you also get your own page where you can offer the same features.
Benefits for visitors of a WordPress plugin
An integrated widget on your own website offers significant benefits to your visitors:
- They don’t have to leave the site to book, buy tickets or request help
- The experience feels familiar: everything in your own branding
- Immediate feedback: availability, pricing and confirmation in a single flow
- Lower barriers = more bookings, more sign-ups, and more engagement
Security and privacy
Make sure the plugin communicates via HTTPS and that the API key is not visible to visitors. The widgets from De Verenigingsplanner hide the key on the server side. Also check whether the plugin complies with the AVG: which data are transmitted and how they are stored?
Maintenance and updates
Keep your WordPress installation, themes, and plugins up to date. Outdated plugins pose a security risk. Regularly back up your website; if something goes wrong after an update, you can quickly restore. The Verenigingsplanner widget is automatically updated from the cloud, so you always have the latest version without manual updates.