RentEngine: Rental & Booking Engine for WooCommerce

Description

Transform Your Store with the Ultimate WooCommerce Rental Booking Plugin

RentEngine is a full-featured, enterprise-grade woocommerce rental booking plugin designed to handle every facet of modern equipment hire, party rentals, vehicle leasing, and venue scheduling. Say goodbye to fragmented third-party booking extensions, offline deposit tracking, and booking schedule overlaps.

Key Features & Capabilities

1. Interactive Frontend Availability Calendar & Time Slots

• Live Monthly Calendar Grid: Real-time visual availability indicators highlighting Available (green badge), Selected Range (purple pill), Unavailable / Fully Booked (red badge), and Past Dates.
• Single-Day & Multi-Day Modes: Configure products for flexible multi-day spans or dedicated single-day rentals with automated validation notices.
• Slot Surge & Discount Pricing: Set custom price adjustments for specific time slots—such as a 10% discount for off-peak morning hours (09:00–11:00) or a +$50 flat surge on peak afternoon slots (13:00–15:00).
• Live Price Breakdown Box: Real-time client-side calculation summarizing base rental, duration discounts, slot adjustments, weekend surcharges, refundable security deposits, and total charge.

2. Real-Time Operations Dashboard & Responsive Date Filter

• 5 Animated KPI Metric Cards: Live tracking of Active Rentals (In Field), Pickups Scheduled, Returns Due, Overdue Rentals (Needs Attention), and Total Rental Revenue, styled with modern 110px smooth-animated wave backgrounds.
• Responsive Date Range Filter Popup: Clickable header date pill opening a clean modal with instant presets (Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month, Last Quarter, Last Year, and Custom Date Range).
• WordPress Screen Options Integration: Customize and persist your default dashboard date filter directly in WordPress Screen Options.
• Instant Search & Status Pagination: Real-time search across customer names, booking IDs, and product titles with smart table pagination.

3. Security Deposit Lifecycle & Damage Deductions

• Fixed or Percentage Deposits: Automatically collect refundable security deposits during WooCommerce checkout.
• 1-Click Full Deposit Release: Release held security deposits with a single click inside the WooCommerce Order Edit metabox.
• Damage Deductions: Easily deduct repair fees with audit trail notes and refund remaining funds to the customer.

4. Automated Overdue Protection & Customer Extensions

• Automated Overdue Cron: Real-time evaluation of active rentals exceeding scheduled deadlines plus grace buffer times.
• Customer 1-Click Extensions: Customers can request and pay for rental extensions directly from their WooCommerce My-Account portal with instant availability verification.

5. Performance, HPOS & Store API Certification

• 100% High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) Certified: Powered by dedicated custom database tables (wp_cg_re_bookings, wp_cg_re_inventory_locks) for maximum speed and scalability.
• Checkout Hold Inventory Locks: Prevents concurrent double-booking with temporary checkout reservation holds.

Product Highlights

• ⚡ All-in-One Rental Architecture: Covers frontend booking, pricing rules, deposit lifecycle, and warehouse dispatch.
• 📅 Interactive Visual Calendar: Modern mobile-first monthly availability grid with real-time status badges.
• ⏰ Granular Slot Pricing Rules: Apply percentage or fixed discounts and surge rates per time slot.
• 🛡️ Built-in Deposit Management: 1-click release and damage deductions directly in WooCommerce order screens.
• 📊 Operations Dashboard: 5 dynamic KPI cards with animated waves and responsive date filter presets.
• 🔄 1-Click Customer Extensions: Seamless self-service rental duration extensions via My Account.
• 🚀 HPOS & Blocks Compatible: Engineered for high-volume stores with zero database bloat.