7 Best WordPress Plugins for Restaurants
Are you looking for a way to spice up the WordPress website for your restaurant? There are plenty of great plugins out there that can add extra functionalities to your WordPress site, making things easier for you and your potential customers, such as menus, maps and reservations. To narrow down your search for the plugins to use on your site, we at WP Carers have put together this list of the 7 Best WordPress Plugins for Restaurants.
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1. Yelp Bar – WordPress Plugins for Restaurants
Yelp Bar allows you to display your Yelp ratings and reviews on your WordPress site. It’s great if your restaurant has received a lot of love from reviewers on Yelp! This is an intuitive plugin to use and it can provide your restaurant with instant credibility online. Additional features include compatibility with all themes, lightweight and conforms to all Yelp display requirements.
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2. easyReservations – WordPress Restaurant Plugin
This plugin streamlines your online booking process to make things more intuitive for you or whoever handles your bookings. As a customer books a table, you receive an instant notification, allowing you to stay up to date with your table availability and avoid double bookings when dealing with walk-in customers. This plugin is ideal for restaurants but can also be used for hotels, car rentals and appointments. The plugin is available in 7 languages and is fully mobile responsive.
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3. Bookings – WordPress Restaurant Menu Plugin
Bookings is another online booking plugin but it’s unique in the way it gives you control over the start and end times of bookings. The plugin is easy to use for you and your customers and allows you to specify payment verification before securing a reservation, avoiding no-shows and empty tables. This plugin supports over 20 languages and if you require any assistance in using it there’s a community forum as well as helpdesk and phone support if you decide to upgrade to the Pro version of Bookings.
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4. Easy Restaurant Menu Manager – Restaurant Menu Plugin
This plugin allows you to easily post and update your online menus on your restaurant WordPress site. Instead of having to deal with the hassle of PDFs, Easy Restaurant Menu Manager lets you quickly add photographs, descriptions and prices. Additional features include shortcodes, print view, RSS feeds for each menu, multiple layouts and easy HTML/PHP customisation. If all this is not enough, there’s also a Pro version available which features a media uploader and menu icons.
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5. Google Maps Placemarks – Restaurant Menu Plugin WordPress
It’s imperative that your customers can easily find your restaurant, so providing a map on your site is a must. Basic Google Maps Placemarks allows you to embed a Google map anywhere on your WordPress site. These maps can include markers to describe landmarks and directions. Additional features include shortcodes, HTML and the option to select map type, size and zoom level.
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6. Customisable WordPress Menu – WordPress Restaurant Plugin
Customisable WordPress Restaurant Menu allows you to update menu items, add special dishes and provide descriptions and prices. The plugin has an easy-to-use backend which allows multiple menus and unlimited sub-menus. There are shortcodes provided for you to insert your menus quickly anywhere on your WordPress site. Additional features include full mobile responsiveness, AJAX front-end and compatibility with all Internet browsers.
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7. OpenMenu – WordPress Plugins for Restaurants
This is another WordPress menu plugin that has the unique feature of allowing you share your menu on social media, mobile apps and other websites, making it great for publicity. Additional features include shortcodes, custom post types, QR codes, menu tags (based on type of cuisine) and sidebar widgets.