Running a restaurant means juggling a lot of moving parts — reservations, table management, staff schedules, menu changes, and the occasional “Oops, we’re fully booked!” moment. One thing you shouldn’t have to worry about is whether your guests know what’s happening with their bookings. That’s why the SMS notification features in the Five Star Restaurant…
We’re excited to roll out version 2.7.0 of the Five Star Restaurant Reservations WordPress plugin—now live and ready to transform the way you take bookings and manage your business! Testing confirms it’s fully compatible with WordPress 6.8.2. Minimal Booking Form, Maximum Impact First off, if you’re using the Minimal booking form layout, prepare to be… READ POST
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Five Star Plugins Affiliate Program — a brand new way for you to earn money by sharing the WordPress tools you already know and love. If you have a blog, website, YouTube channel, social media following, or even just friends and colleagues who use WordPress, this is… READ POST
The restaurant business is incredibly challenging, especially in today’s digital world. In order to attract customers and remain relevant, many restaurants are creating their own websites. This isn’t a new trend – the first ever restaurant website launched in 1995, and since then, the number of restaurants with their own websites has only grown. But… READ POST
As the digital world continues to grow, we’re finding new ways to use technology and tools. The world of restaurants has changed quite a bit over the last few years, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. Now, more than ever, there are new and creative ways people are getting information about restaurants. Technology plays… READ POST
So, you’ve opened your new restaurant! And it’s going well. The word-of-mouth is so good that you find yourself fully booked weeks in advance. That’s great news and suggests that your food is fantastic. But there are ways that you could optimize your business even more. A website is a great way to increase awareness… READ POST
Creating an effective marketing budget for your restaurant is essential to its success. A good marketing strategy will help you get new customers and keep existing ones returning. However, knowing where to start and how much you need to spend on each area is not easy. This guide will help you create an effective marketing… READ POST
The massive impact of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry is well known. Nonetheless, restaurants continue to be one of our favorite ways to socialize. Many of the most important moments for people happen in a restaurant. Everyone loves to go out to eat and spend quality time with friends and family. However, restaurant marketing is getting… READ POST
If you’re looking to boost the SEO for you site, structured data, or schema, is a great way to do it. According to Google, “Structured data is a standardized format for providing information about a page and classifying the page content.” For example, you can use it to tell Google that a page contains FAQs,… READ POST
With the Five Star Business Profile and Schema WordPress plugin, you can quickly and easily create your business profile and add it to your site with a simple-to-use shortcode or Gutenberg block. This automatically includes all the relevant structured data, so Google knows exactly what type of organization/business it is and can include the correct… READ POST
