How-to
How to Add Simply Schedule Appointments Bookings to Apple Wallet & Google Wallet
AddToWallet now lets you connect Simply Schedule Appointments (SSA) with WordPress and give customers easy access to their bookings through Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.
With AddToWallet for Simply Schedule Appointments, every booking can go straight into the customer’s wallet: date, time and a scannable barcode on their lock screen, with a reminder before the appointment. The plugin is free on WordPress.org, and this guide takes you from install to the first pass in a few minutes.
What You Need
- A WordPress site with Simply Schedule Appointments (the free or a paid edition).
- An AddToWallet account. Each pass uses one credit from your account.
1. Install the Plugin from WordPress.org
In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin and search for AddToWallet Simply Schedule Appointments. Click Install Now, then Activate.
An AddToWallet item appears in your WordPress sidebar. Everything lives on that one screen, in four tabs: Pass design, Bookings & passes, Settings and Help.
2. Connect Your AddToWallet Account
Copy your API key from the top of the sidebar in your AddToWallet dashboard, paste it into API key and click Connect. The plugin checks the key with AddToWallet before saving it.
The key stays on your server. Your visitors’ browsers never see it.
3. Design the Pass
The Pass design tab is a visual editor. Everything you change shows up straight away in the live preview on the right, filled in with your latest real booking.
- Brand (1): your business name, logo and background colour. Text on the pass switches between black and white, whichever reads best on your colour.
- Front (2): a header line, the pass title and up to three short fields.
- Preview (3): switch between Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, front and back.
Use + Data Field next to any line to put the booking’s own details on the pass: the customer’s name, the appointment type, date, start and end time, duration, booking number, web meeting link, your contact details and more. Each pass is filled in with that customer’s booking.
The Back of the pass is for the things people look up later: how to reach you, where to go, what to bring. Add text, links, phone numbers, email addresses and addresses. Phone numbers and emails become tap-to-call and tap-to-email on the phone.
Switch the preview to Google Wallet to check how the same pass looks on Android.
Further down are a hero image (with a different image per appointment type, if you like), the barcode format, and the Wallet reminder before the appointment. Click Save pass design when you are happy.
4. Choose Which Bookings Get a Pass
On the Settings tab you decide when a pass is issued (1) and when it is expired (2). By default, booked appointments get a pass and cancelled ones expire theirs. The same tab shows how many pass credits you have left.
5. What Your Customer Sees
Your customer books exactly as before. On SSA’s confirmation screen, right below Save to calendar, they now get Add to Apple Wallet and Add to Google Wallet buttons. The button for the device they are on comes first, but both are always offered: plenty of people book on a laptop and carry the pass on their phone.
Reloading the confirmation screen never creates a second pass, so a customer who taps twice does not cost you two credits.
6. Cancellations and Reschedules Are Handled for You
When an appointment is cancelled, whether by you or through the customer’s own cancel link, the pass in their wallet is marked expired straight away. When an appointment is rescheduled, the pass already in their wallet is updated to the new date and time, without using another credit. This all happens on your server, so nobody needs to have the booking page open.
7. Keep Track of Every Pass
The Bookings & passes tab lists every booking with its status and its pass: issued, updated, expired, or why one was not issued (for example, a booking status you do not issue passes for, or no credits left). Search by name, email, appointment type or booking number.
Frequently Asked Questions
No buttons appear after booking. What should I check?
Usually one of three things: you are out of credits, the booking has a status you do not issue passes for, or the customer is sent to another page after booking (a payment page, for example), so SSA never shows its confirmation screen. The Bookings & passes tab shows which one it is.
Does it work with the SSA block and page builders?
Yes. The buttons appear wherever SSA’s booking form does: the [ssa_booking] shortcode, the SSA block, or a page builder that embeds the form.
Does expiring a pass refund the credit?
No. Each pass uses one credit when it is created; updates and expiry are free.
That’s it. Install the plugin, connect your account, and every Simply Schedule Appointments booking can live in your customers’ wallets.
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