Generate a veterinary clinic appointment plugin
Vet clinics have appointment needs that do not map cleanly to generic booking plugins. Each visit belongs to a pet (not a human), vaccination schedules need reminders, and the clinic typically wants an SMS reminder because clients read SMS more reliably than email.
A generated plugin centers the pet. Clients register, add pets with species/breed/DOB/weight, and book appointments tied to a specific pet. The plugin tracks vaccination history and schedules reminders based on species-specific intervals.
Why generate it instead of installing an existing plugin?
Veterinary-specific SaaS (ezyVet, IDEXX Neo) start at several hundred euros per month. For a small clinic, that is steep, and they also keep data in their cloud.
A generated plugin runs in your existing WordPress. Client accounts, pet profiles, appointments, vaccination records, and reminders all live in your DB. Twilio sends SMS reminders 24h before appointments (optional, €0.05/SMS at Twilio's rates).
Narrow scope means narrow UI. Staff have a dashboard showing today's appointments with the pet name and vaccination status badge. No LIM-style 40-tab interface.
Example prompt
This is the kind of description that generates this plugin. You can start from it and tweak whatever you need before hitting generate.
Plugin name: Acme Vet
CPTs:
- acme_pet: name, species (dog/cat/rabbit/other), breed, dob, weight_kg, owner (WP user).
- acme_appointment: pet_id, date, time, type (checkup/vaccine/surgery/grooming), notes, status.
- acme_vaccination: pet_id, vaccine_name, date_given, next_due.
Client flow:
- Register account, add pets.
- Book appointment: pick pet, pick date/time from available, pick type, confirm.
- Email confirmation immediately.
- 24h before: SMS reminder via Twilio API (client phone from profile) + email.
Staff flow:
- Today page: list of appointments with pet profile link and vaccination status (green/yellow/red).
- Mark attended, add notes, add new vaccination records.
Vaccination reminders:
- On creating a vaccination record, compute next_due based on vaccine defaults (Rabies +12mo, DHPP +12mo, etc.).
- Monthly cron: email+SMS clients whose pets have vaccines due in the next 30 days.
Server-side Twilio client (API key in settings). SMS optional: if no key, skip the SMS and just email.What the generated plugin typically includes
- Pet profiles with species-specific fields
- Appointments tied to pets, not just clients
- Vaccination history with auto-computed next-due dates
- Twilio SMS reminders (optional, falls back to email)
- Staff today-dashboard with status badges
- GDPR export per client (owner + pets)
Vaccine schedules, species supported, and which channels (SMS/email/both) for reminders are defined in the prompt. For multi-vet clinics, describe per-vet schedules.
Frequently asked questions
Does it integrate with existing PMS software?
Not out of the box. If your PMS has an API, describe it in the prompt and we can add a sync layer.
What about medical records?
The default keeps notes per appointment. Full medical history (blood work, imaging) is a larger scope; describe it and we add a documents tab per pet.