Stay Theme: Reservations widget on self hosted site

  • I am currently using the “Stay” theme on a self hosted wordpress site. This theme is supposed to include a reservations widget, but it is currently not available among my widget options. Any idea what i’m missing?

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  • Hi again,

    I checked with the developers on this. I’m afraid the reservations widget comes from code that is only available on WordPress.com. Sorry about that. Had I seen that earlier, I wouldn’t have sent you here just for that question.

    The widget on WordPress.com is essentially a contact form from Jetpack. It doesn’t integrate into backend systems like the HomeAway embed you’re using.

    I think the search bar you have in the header is nicely placed, but if you wanted to, you could always add a button there linking to a Reservations page instead.

    By the way, this is still the right place to ask any other questions about using Stay outside of WordPress.com. If you have questions about a different topic, just start a new thread and we’ll help you there too.

    Thread Starter autumngreenberg

    (@autumngreenberg)

    Ah that a shame. Im aware of the widget’s limitations, and that it does not integrate into a real booking system or other OTAs like HomeAway, but it does at least allow a simple pre-built contact form for guests to inquire about availability. I also liked the ability for it to sit up in the header, and then expand when the user wants to interact with the form.

    I hope the developers will consider building this into the self-hosted version in the future!

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