Valcode Appoint Demo Data Generator

A WordPress plugin that automatically generates demo appointments for the Valcode Appoint plugin.

Description

This plugin automatically creates realistic demo appointment data on a daily basis for the Valcode Appoint booking system. It's designed to help demonstrate the appointment system's functionality with fresh, randomized data.

Features

• Automatic daily generation of 5-6 random demo appointments
• Scheduled cleanup runs at 2:00 AM daily
• Manual trigger option via admin interface
• Creates demo customers if they don't exist
• Assigns random services and staff members to appointments
• Generates appointments for dates 1-14 days in the future
• Random appointment times between 9 AM and 5 PM
• Statistics dashboard showing current appointment counts

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0 or higher
• Valcode Appoint plugin (must be installed and active)
• PHP 7.2 or higher

Installation

1. Upload the Appoint-Demo folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. The plugin will automatically run once upon activation
4. Access the admin page via the WordPress admin menu

Usage

Automatic Generation

Once activated, the plugin will:

• Run immediately upon activation
• Schedule daily generation at 2:00 AM
• Delete all existing appointments
• Create 5-6 new random appointments

Manual Generation

1. Navigate to the plugin's admin page in WordPress
2. Click the "Jetzt Demo-Termine generieren" button
3. Confirm the action (this will delete all existing appointments)
4. New demo appointments will be generated immediately

Admin Interface

The plugin adds a menu item to WordPress admin:

• If Valcode Appoint menu exists: Appears as a submenu under "Valcode Appoint"
• If Valcode Appoint menu doesn't exist: Creates a standalone "Appoint Demo" menu

The admin page displays:

• Next scheduled automatic generation time
• Manual trigger button
• Statistics (total appointments, active services, active staff)

Demo Data

Customers

The plugin uses 10 predefined demo customers:

• Anna Müller
• Thomas Schmidt
• Sarah Weber
• Michael Wagner
• Laura Fischer
• Daniel Becker
• Julia Hoffmann
• Christian Klein
• Nina Schulz
• Markus Meyer

Appointment Details

Each generated appointment includes:

• Random service from active services
• Random staff member (who can perform the selected service)
• Random customer from demo customer pool
• Date: 1-14 days in the future
• Time: Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM (on the hour or half-hour)
• Status: "pending" or "confirmed" (75% confirmed)
• Optional notes (random)

Technical Details

Hooks

• valcode_appoint_demo_daily_cleanup - Scheduled event for daily generation
• Activation hook - Schedules the daily event and runs initial generation
• Deactivation hook - Removes scheduled events

Database

The plugin interacts with Valcode Appoint's database tables:

• appointments - Stores appointment records
• services - Reads active services
• staff - Reads active staff members
• customers - Creates/reads customer records

Development

File Structure

Appoint-Demo/
├── valcode-appoint-demo.php    # Main plugin file
└── README.md                   # This file

Main Class

Valcode_Appoint_Demo_Data - Singleton pattern implementation with methods:

• activate() - Runs on plugin activation
• deactivate() - Runs on plugin deactivation
• daily_cleanup_and_generate() - Main generation logic
• manual_trigger() - Handles manual generation requests
• render_admin_page() - Displays admin interface

Uninstallation

When you deactivate the plugin:

• The scheduled daily event is removed
• Demo appointments remain in the database (manual deletion required)

Version History

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Daily automatic generation
• Manual trigger functionality
• Demo customer management
• Admin statistics dashboard

Author

Valcode

• Website: https://valcode.ch
• Plugin URI: https://appoint.valcode.ch

License

This plugin is proprietary software for use with the Valcode Appoint plugin.