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Plan Your Catering

Dynamic WordPress catering estimate engine with menu logic, add-ons, and enquiry system.

by Devang Jani · github.com/devangjani63/plan-your-catering

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/devangjani63/plan-your-catering/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme

Plan Your Catering – WordPress Estimate Engine

A modular, logic-driven WordPress plugin designed for catering businesses to generate dynamic event estimates based on guest count, menu selection, weight scale, and configurable add-ons.

This plugin operates as a fully independent estimation system — not theme dependent and not an e-commerce solution.

🚀 Core Capabilities

🔢 Dynamic Estimate Engine

  • Guest-based pricing
  • Item weight scale (Simple / Medium / Heavy)
  • Add-ons (Per Guest / Flat pricing)
  • Real-time total calculation
  • Structured estimate breakdown

📂 Menu Architecture

  • Custom Menu Sections (Veg, Jain, Beverages, etc.)
  • Menu Items linked to sections
  • Weight-based pricing logic
  • Scalable for 800+ items

➕ Add-on Management

  • Custom Add-ons CPT
  • Pricing type:
    • Per Guest
    • Flat Rate
  • Enable / Disable toggle
  • Fully admin-controlled (no hardcoding)

📩 Enquiry System

  • Stores enquiries as CPT
  • Status tracking
  • Admin email notifications
  • Structured submission records

🧠 Architecture Overview

Menu Section
→ Menu Items (with weight)
→ Add-ons (price type)
→ Estimate Calculation
→ Enquiry Storage

🧾 Shortcode Usage

[plan_your_catering]

Renders:

  • Multi-step estimation form
  • Menu selection
  • Add-on selection
  • Estimate calculation
  • Enquiry submission

⚙️ Technical Highlights

  • Modular class-based architecture
  • Shortcode-driven frontend rendering
  • Custom Post Types
  • Meta fields management
  • Business logic separated from theme
  • CSV-ready data structure
  • Scalable structure

📦 Folder Structure

plan-your-catering/ │ ├── plan-your-catering.php ├── includes/ ├── assets/ │ ├── css/ │ └── js/

🚫 Not an E-Commerce Plugin

This plugin:

  • Does NOT process payments
  • Does NOT include cart functionality
  • Does NOT expose pricing publicly

It is an estimate and enquiry generation engine only.

🛠 Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • PHP 7.4+
  • No external dependencies

📌 Roadmap

  • Drag & drop admin ordering
  • CSV import UI
  • AJAX estimate preview
  • PDF estimate export
  • CRM integration

📸 Screenshots

Admin Menu Sections Estimate Form Menu Selection Enquiry CPT

👨‍💻 Author

Devang Jani
WordPress Developer | Performance Marketing Specialist

Read the full README on GitHub →