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Fix MotoPress Availability Calendar for Accommodations Not Showing Problem for Wordpress AirBnB Reservations Tutorial

While working on a recent customer project, I hit a roadblock using the Motopress WordPress plugin. I couldn’t get the widget, Getwid block, or shortcode to dump anything into the content section of my page. The solution was simple, though not obvious without reading their docs.

I tried a few different things, including posting a ticket to Motopress support.

In the end, the solution was simple and two-fold.

A little bit of a suggestion first: use the Gutenberg/Getwid block, as it has a sidebar interface and is simple to use. Otherwise, use the shortcode [mphb_availability_calendar] – though the shortcode requires a few additional parameters to do anything!

See the example below for an example that outputs a 2 month calendar, of availability for the Accommodation Type ID 123:

[mphb_availability_calendar id="123" monthstoshow="2"].

Step 1:

You must include an Accommodation Type ID for the Block to display results.

First: Ensure you are referencing the Accommodation Type ID in the options panel, found in the sidebar. The ID corresponds to one of the accomodation types that you have set up in the Motopress Accomodations settings. You can find the ID by opening the specific Accomodation Type and looking in the URL bar to find the ID.

In my case, the ID is 457 as seen in the URL when I open the Accomodation Type to edit it

You can find the ID of your specific Accommodation Type in the URL found in the address bar of your browser while editing that Accommodation Type i.e. 457 as seen in the URL below:

https://your-website-url.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=457&action=edit

Step 2:

This step may or may not be necessary for you. Due to the simplicity of my customers booking arrangements, we needed to check another setting in the backend in order to show availability on the calendar.

Tick this box to enable availability results without a search

Test

If you have added the Accommodation Type ID, and in some cases ticked the Skip Search Results option on, you should see the calendar of availability output on your page.

Further Troubleshooting

If for some reason, it’s still not working – or your calendar is empty, you may need to generate accommodations or complete other steps of Motopress Setup.

By Zachary Melo

I'm a web and graphic designer with a special interest in Wordpress development. I'm splitting my time between Toronto firm work, and Niagara freelance - the best of both worlds.

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