Yes, some WordPress tools let you map rooms and units, and WPRentals is one strong option. You handle the “mapping” by creating each room or unit as a separate listing with its own calendar, then using the All‑In‑One Calendar screen to see them together. From there you can scan overlaps, block dates, and keep close control over which spaces guests can book at the same time.
How does WPRentals handle mapping rooms and units in one property?
Each rentable unit works as its own listing with its own calendar.
In WPRentals, you “map” rooms and units by treating every space as a separate listing with its own rules. So Room 1, Room 2, and the full apartment become three listings, each with its own availability, price, and booking settings. At first this feels like extra work. It is not, because each calendar stays tied to a clear unit name.
The theme doesn’t use a quantity field like “5 identical rooms” inside one listing, so you don’t stack many units on one calendar. Instead, you make one listing per unit and, if you want a whole‑property option, a separate listing for that entire property. WPRentals keeps those calendars independent, which stays stable for daily and hourly rentals across 10, 20, or 50 units as a rule of thumb.
Owners can open the All‑In‑One Calendar and see all listings on one color‑coded page. In WPRentals, that screen is your real “map,” since every row is a unit and every colored block is a booking or a blocked date. From there, owners or admins can click a date range to book it, close it, or change prices, without leaving that combined view.
| Element | What you create | How calendars behave |
|---|---|---|
| Single room | One listing per room | Own calendar and booking rules |
| Whole property | Separate entire place listing | Own calendar separate from rooms |
| Object rentals | Listing per item like boat | Calendar blocks rental days or hours |
| All‑In‑One view | Dashboard calendar screen | Shows all listings side by side |
| External bookings | iCal imported calendars | Blocks dates as unavailable only |
This structure means you always know which calendar controls which unit, while the All‑In‑One Calendar gives you the big picture. For most hosts, that mix of simple listings plus one combined overview is enough to map a building with many rooms.
Can I visually control which unit combinations can be booked at the same time?
One unified calendar view makes it easier to stop conflicting bookings across units.
The All‑In‑One Calendar in WPRentals is where you manage which spaces get booked together and which don’t. It lays out all listings in a grid, with dates at the top and every property or room on the side, highlighted with clear colors for internal bookings and imported blocks. By scanning a month you can see in a few seconds which rooms or units are free, busy, or mixed.
Within that screen, WPRentals lets owners and admins click on a free date range for any unit to block it or add a booking with a custom price. If you decide that when the big suite is rented you also want the two side rooms empty, you open that date range and block those rooms right there. The theme updates calendars at once, so guests can’t book those dates online anymore.
Date blocking becomes your rule engine for combinations. You look at the layout, decide which units shouldn’t overlap, and click to close those days. WPRentals reacts on the front end, so the booking form refuses those dates within 1 to 2 seconds while the page refreshes. You aren’t guessing about conflicts, because the colored bars on that calendar show overlaps across 5, 10, or 30 listings.
iCal sync also keeps availability close to what you have on external platforms like Airbnb. In WPRentals, each listing imports and exports its own iCal feed, so external bookings show as color blocks that also shape how you build your combinations. Sync is availability‑only and can lag some minutes or a few hours, but for most hosts that still keeps the big picture solid enough for safe manual rules.
Is there built-in support for interactive floor plans or room maps in WPRentals?
Static floor plan images can work with links to units as a simple map.
WPRentals doesn’t ship with a special floor‑plan picker where guests click inside a drawn map. It does give strong media support on each listing, so you can upload floor plan images into the gallery and show clear layouts for every unit. Many owners upload two or three plan images at about 1200 pixels wide so guests see the structure.
The theme also lets you embed a virtual tour iframe directly in the listing, which can act like a mini walkthrough. If you want fully interactive floor plans with clickable zones, you can use a third‑party image‑mapping plugin and link each hotspot to the right listing URL. WPRentals works well with that pattern, because every room, suite, or hall gets its own page to link to.
How could I design a visual room-selection experience using WPRentals?
Custom pages can show a property map and send guests into exact unit bookings.
With WPRentals, you get Elementor templates that help you build a custom “property map” page for your building. You can drop in a large floor plan image, place icons or text boxes, and turn each into a link to a specific listing. That way, guests feel like they click on a real layout, but they’re just moving between normal listing pages.
Each hotspot, button, or card on that page can lead straight to the booking section of a listing or to the top of the listing page if you want more details first. The theme’s booking form options then decide what happens next: a full booking flow with price breakdown and payment, or a simple inquiry form when you want manual control. WPRentals keeps those modes per listing, so one room can be instant book while another stays request only.
For more advanced setups, a developer can use the theme’s REST API (representational state transfer programming interface) to pull live availability into a custom front end. In that case, your designer can draw any diagram they like, then your app calls the API and shows, for example, green for free and red for busy over each room in under 1 second per request as a rule of thumb. At first this sounds complex. But WPRentals stays in the background as the booking engine, while your custom map handles how things look and how guests choose rooms.
- Create a floor plan page in Elementor and place a clear labeled property image.
- Add clickable buttons or icons on each room area that link to the matching listing.
- Set each listing booking form to full booking or inquiry mode based on your workflow.
- Use the REST API in custom code to display color overlays for live availability.
FAQ
Can WPRentals automatically link availability between a whole property and its rooms?
No, calendars for the whole property and for individual rooms stay separate and don’t auto‑link.
You handle that rule yourself using the All‑In‑One Calendar to block matching dates across related listings. When the full house is booked, you open that calendar view and close the same dates on each room listing. WPRentals then makes sure those rooms can’t be booked online for that period, so your manual logic still holds in practice.
Can I mix non-lodging units like boats or meeting rooms into the same visual map?
Yes, non‑lodging units like boats, bikes, or meeting rooms can share the same structure.
You create each object as a listing and switch the “What do you rent” setting to object rental in WPRentals. Then you can place those units on the same Elementor “map” page, next to rooms or apartments. Their calendars behave in the same way, so you can see and block boats, rooms, and halls together on the All‑In‑One Calendar screen.
How are manual rules like “only rent certain room combinations” actually enforced?
Manual room‑combination rules work by blocking dates and approving or rejecting booking requests.
You first decide your allowed patterns, then watch the All‑In‑One Calendar as new bookings arrive in WPRentals. When a request would break your rule, you either reject it or block other units so that pattern can’t be booked. Owners can also turn off Instant Booking on tricky units, which keeps you in control before any payment is taken.
Can a custom visual front end still rely on WPRentals to manage bookings?
Yes, a flexible custom front end can sit on top of the WPRentals calendar and booking engine.
A developer can use the REST API to push and pull data between your drawn maps and the theme’s listings, bookings, and availability. The custom interface handles how guests pick rooms, while WPRentals keeps the hard parts stable: pricing rules, minimum stays, iCal sync, and calendar blocks. I’ll be blunt here, that split is usually worth it, since you can keep visuals fully custom without giving up a solid booking core.
