I'm in the process of developing a WordPress plugin for Open Dental. If it sounds interesting reach out I'd love to get feedback on it as it is fleshed out.
Functions that it would have out of the gate:
allow new patients to fill out a form, and create them as a new patient
allow the admin to select specific blockout types available (example: only "new patient")
allow the patient to click on a date and see the open available appointments
Please see Open Dental's documentation on Plugins. Notably:
Plug-ins were phased out because third parties could cause serious issues by writing data to the Open Dental database tables and Open Dental had no way to make them safe.
SLeon wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:35 pm
Good afternoon,
Please see Open Dental's documentation on Plugins. Notably:
Plug-ins were phased out because third parties could cause serious issues by writing data to the Open Dental database tables and Open Dental had no way to make them safe.
Fully aware of those, but this is not a Open Dental Plugin. In this context I'm talking specifically a Wordpress Plugin within it's environment that integrates with the Open Dental API. My apologies for not being more specific. Wordpress is typically the #1 CMS used and many dental practices use it today.
drtech wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:59 pm
I would love to be a part of this. I use wordpress as well and could try to integrate this into my website and open dental.
How it is initially shaping up, all via API. I'm pulling existing OD open schedule blocks so there isn't a need to sync or keep anything updated on your external site. Just works.
Very interested in this plugin. Don't know how much help I can be, but I've been researching how to create this on my own (very discovery phase) but looks like you're on the right path. If I can assist, happy to do so.
Hi there, I am also very interested in a Wordpress plugiin! I would be happy to contribute if you are interested to open source it. Has been a while but I wrote Wordpress plugins before. Let me know.
