=== Restaurant Menu - Food Ordering System - Table Reservation ===
Contributors: gloriafood
Donate link: 
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Tags: food menu, restaurant menu, food ordering, food order, restaurant reservation, food delivery, takeaway, restaurant online ordering, online food ordering, restaurant booking system, restaurant reservation
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 5.8
Stable tag: 2.0.4
Requires PHP: 5.2.4

Create a restaurant menu and start taking food orders online, with no commissions or costs. Table reservations are also available for free.

== Description ==

This plugin is all you need to turn your restaurant website into an online business. Using a simple and friendly interface you get a restaurant menu, online food ordering and restaurant booking system. All free, no fees, no hidden costs, no commissions - for unlimited food orders and restaurant reservations.

It is super easy to set up and there’s no coding required. Just follow the wizard, insert the food menu and publish the ordering button. You’ll be ready for the first food order within minutes. 

### Restaurant menu

* Visual, drag & drop online menu editor
* Support for uploading own images, plus a generous collection of food images available to use
* Customizable food menu items: sizes, choices and add-ons with multiple select 
* Suitable for any type of cuisine, including complex pizza or burger menus
* With support for promotions
* Responsive design

### Online food ordering for takeaway / food delivery

* User friendly, single page checkout
* Data auto-fill for returning customers
* Restaurant app for receiving orders (Android / iOS)
* Real time confirmation of the order and fulfilment time
* Different opening hours for pick-up and delivery
* Multiple delivery zones with different minimum order value / delivery fee
* Order for later with scheduled fulfilment
* Cash, online payments (premium feature) and other payment options
* Support for tips (for online payments)

### Restaurant booking system

* Simple restaurant reservation form
* Receive and confirm table reservations from the restaurant app (Android / iOS)
* Order food ahead for dining in

### The online food ordering system also includes

* Alerts when the ordering app is not reachable and follow ups call when the restaurant staff is not taking the orders
* Restaurant ordering stats, website analytics, delivery heatmap, exports of clients and orders
* Promotions engine: 11 templates, coupons support, customers segmentation and targeting
* Multi-location support

#### See how our online ordering system works:
[youtube https://youtu.be/EJoBrAFjsa8]

### Further Reading

For more info, check out the following links:

* The [official plugin page](https://www.gloriafood.com/wordpress-restaurant-plugin)
* The [GloriaFood website](https://www.gloriafood.com/)
* [Reviews from restaurant owners](https://www.gloriafood.com/reviews)
* GloriaFood on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/gloriafood), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/gloriafood) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/gloriafood)

== Installation ==

=== How to install and activate the plugin ===

Please see our [step by step instructions guide](https://www.gloriafood.com/restaurant-ideas/add-online-ordering-button-wordpress) on how to install and use this plugin.

**From within WordPress**

1. Go to `Plugins > Add New`
1. Search by Author for GloriaFood
1. Activate the plugin from the Plugins page

**Manually**

1. Upload the `restaurant-system` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
1. Activate the plugin from your Plugins page

=== How to set up your restaurant account ===

1. Look for `Menu - Ordering - Reservations` in your WordPress menu
1. Create a restaurant account
1. Go to `Dashboard` and set up the restaurant profile
1. Insert the food menu
1. Use the shortcodes to publish the ordering and table reservation buttons on your website
1. Use the menu shortcode to publish your online menu on any page of your website
1. You can start taking online orders and table reservations!

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Why is your solution free? =

Our business model is relying on the idea of a freemium model as we provide a simplified do-it-yourself ordering platform for free, easy to use by anyone. There are no hidden fees, commissions or contracts.

However, we do have a set of premium features (which are more complex) that the customers can choose to pay for if they find them useful for their business (like online payments or branded mobile apps).

= Can I take orders without the restaurant app? =

We do not support, nor encourage, an email, fax or desktop solution for taking orders, and there are many good reasons why we chose to provide an app instead. Shortly put, your online sales will be low if you take orders without the app we provide.

One way to increase your business is to provide existing customers a truly great service so that they will order again and again. The online ordering experience is part of that service. If you can accept and confirm orders within seconds plus giving an individual delivery / pickup time, your customers will be delighted.

= How can I print the orders? =

Please see the complete guide [here](https://www.gloriafood.com/how-to-print-restaurant-receipts).

= Can I customize the look & feel of the widgets? =

You can fully customize the styles of the See MENU & Order and Table Reservation buttons.

The colors and fonts in the ordering widget cannot be changed, as we are trying to focus the attention of your customer on the food, the ordering and the checkout process. This is why we carefully designed the widget using neutral colours on purpose. Moreover, as the menu is your dynamic ever-changing sales content, we have crafted everything with web-friendly fonts that renders consistently over any browser or device thus avoiding misalignments or nasty overlapping of fresh edits.

== Screenshots ==

1. Example of website using this plugin
2. Example of the ordering widget on a live website
3. Example of the table reservation widget on a live website
4. The restaurant setup - adding delivery areas
5. The restaurant setup - selecting the cuisines
6. The restaurant setup - table reservations
7. Easy installation of the restaurant app
8. The restaurant menu editor
9. Shortcodes for publishing the buttons and food menu

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.2 =
* Release Date: February 23rd, 2018
* Initial release

= 1.0.3 =
* Release Date: March 26th, 2018
* Localization improvements

= 1.0.4 =
* Release Date: April 26th, 2018
* Allow passsing the "class" attribute in shortcodes in order to use custom CSS

= 1.1.0 =
* Release Date: May 11th, 2018
* Added support for using the See Menu & Order and Table Reservations buttons as wp widgets
* Showing the GloriaFood Admin in the same language as the WP Admin
* Added contextual help in the publishing section

= 1.1.1 =
* Release Date: May 29th, 2018
* Bug fixing

= 1.2.0 =
* Release Date: Nov 13th, 2018
* Checked Wordpress 5.0 compatibility
* Bug fixing

= 1.2.1 =
* Release Date: Dec 10th, 2018
* Updated the ordering widget external js file url

= 1.3.0 =
* Release Date: Feb 19th, 2019
* Added shortcode for the restaurant menu so you can easily publish it on any page you want.

= 1.3.1 =
* Release Date: March 8th, 2019
* Added support for WordPress Multisite networks

= 1.3.2 =
* Release Date: April 5th, 2019
* Check for backend login token only if one of the plugin page is displayed in admin

= 1.3.3 =
* Release Date: May 6th, 2019
* Checked the compatibility with Wordpress 5.2

= 1.3.4 =
* Release Date: Sept 17th, 2019
* Better connectivity with GloriaFood Restaurant wordpress theme

= 1.3.5 =
* Release Date: Oct 30th, 2019
* Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.3

= 1.4.0 =
* Release Date: Dec 30th, 2019
* Added support for images in the menu widget
* Added forgot password functionality directly in the plugin

= 1.4.1 =
* Release Date: Jul 28th, 2020
* Added custom blocks for Gutenberg
* Fixed various small bugs

= 1.4.2 =
* Release Date: Oct 15th, 2020
* Fixed restaurant_data_obj bug

= 1.4.3 =
* Release date: Nov 16th, 2020
* Allow the customization of ordering and reservation widget by location
* Automatically refresh the menu page every 1 hour

= 1.4.4 =
* Release date: Nov 17th, 2020
* Bug fix for customization of ordering and reservation widget by location
* Bug fix for the refresh menu alert showing everytime on the same page while customizing ordering and reservations buttons.

= 1.4.5 =
* Release date: Nov 17th, 2020
* Fixed regression bug on 1.4.4

= 1.4.6 =
* Release date: Nov 27th, 2020
* Fix button bugs on 1.4.5

= 1.4.7 =
* Release date: Jan 19th, 2021
* Code refactoring, separated current features in modules, structure modification for easier readability and access.
* Checked compatibility with Wordpress 5.6

= 1.4.8 =
* Release date: Jan 20th, 2021
* Gutenberg trailing comma - Trailing comma in function calls is only available since PHP 7.3

= 1.5.0 =
* Release date: Feb 25th, 2021
* New Feature - Elementor Widgets
* New Feature - Publishing page - Dropdown multiple locations support and chains, made easier to identify the corresponding chain of the set location
* New Feature - Dashboard page - Dropdown multiple locations and chains, user can select which restaurant to manage
* Bug fix - undefined 'localize'
* Bug fix - filemtime

= 1.5.1 =
* Release date: Feb 26th, 2021
* Bug fix single restaurant bad request 'acid'
* Bug fix elementor icons color on light/dark browser mode

= 2.0.0 =
* New Feature - Redesigned the whole user experience. Offers better guidance when setting up a new website.
* New Feature - Static menu now shows "From" if the menu item has multiple sizes.
* Bug fix static menu widget now uses the same currency format from the menu ordering dialog

= 2.0.1 =
* Bug fix - Elementor widget labels translate method

= 2.0.2 =
* Bug fix / Improvement - Page recreated automatically after it was deleted / Page now is created only when option is clicked
* Bug fix  - Classic editor buttons not showing with their style per location when they are customized
* Regression fix - buttons no longer functional and without styling
* Improvement - Checking for plugin update/upgrade

= 2.0.3 =
* Bug fixes - PHP8 compatibility

= 2.0.4 =
* Bug fix - All in ONE SEO not showing content due to css similarity