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.
- Guest-based pricing
- Item weight scale (Simple / Medium / Heavy)
- Add-ons (Per Guest / Flat pricing)
- Real-time total calculation
- Structured estimate breakdown
- Custom Menu Sections (Veg, Jain, Beverages, etc.)
- Menu Items linked to sections
- Weight-based pricing logic
- Scalable for 800+ items
- Custom Add-ons CPT
- Pricing type:
- Per Guest
- Flat Rate
- Enable / Disable toggle
- Fully admin-controlled (no hardcoding)
- Stores enquiries as CPT
- Status tracking
- Admin email notifications
- Structured submission records
Menu Section
→ Menu Items (with weight)
→ Add-ons (price type)
→ Estimate Calculation
→ Enquiry Storage
[plan_your_catering]
Renders:
- Multi-step estimation form
- Menu selection
- Add-on selection
- Estimate calculation
- Enquiry submission
- 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
plan-your-catering/ │ ├── plan-your-catering.php ├── includes/ ├── assets/ │ ├── css/ │ └── js/
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.
- WordPress 6.0+
- PHP 7.4+
- No external dependencies
- Drag & drop admin ordering
- CSV import UI
- AJAX estimate preview
- PDF estimate export
- CRM integration
Devang Jani
WordPress Developer | Performance Marketing Specialist