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Run your first sync

After connecting credentials, pull your inventory into WordPress.

Open Booking Engine → Sync.

Sync units page

Schedule​

Interval (hours) controls how often WordPress tries to run a scheduled full sync (via WP-Cron).

  • Allowed range: 1–168 hours.
  • Low-traffic sites: Cron only runs when someone visits the site, so the next run may wait until traffic triggers it—this is normal WordPress behaviour.

Saving the form reschedules the background job.

Optional fields change how downloaded gallery files are named in the Media Library:

  • Filename prefix — Text before the unit name slug.
  • Filename suffix (before index) — Text after the slug and before the numeric index (e.g. -01).

Together the pattern is roughly: prefix + unit-slug + suffix + -NN + extension.
Existing files can be renamed in bulk later (see Gallery images).

Run sync now​

Click Run sync now to start an immediate full sync of all units from the active provider.

When it finishes you should see an admin notice with counts such as created, updated, and skipped, plus any error text if something failed.

If another sync is already running, you may see a message that a sync is in progress (a short lock prevents overlapping full syncs).

Sync completion notice

Last successful sync (if shown) comes from the plugin’s stored timestamp for the last completed run.

Find your units​

Open the Units menu in WordPress admin.

The list includes extra columns such as External ID, Provider, and Last sync so you can match WordPress rows to the booking system.

Units admin list

From here you can open a unit, use row actions like Sync now or Rename gallery files, or use bulk actions—see Syncing units.