UAU Ready
Description
Ciestra builds WordPress sites for property rentals, combining visual editing with Elementor, a real-time availability form, and an integrated booking system featuring accommodations, seasonal rates, stay rules, add-ons, and online payments. The theme serves hotels, resorts, villas, and individual properties that need to publish units, sync calendars via iCal with OTAs, and accept direct bookings without turning the site into a generic catalog.
Main Features
- Integrated bookings
Manages accommodations, rates, taxes, and calendars in the WordPress dashboard. - Availability search
Displays a real-time form to consult dates and free units. - iCal synchronization
Syncs bookings with compatible OTAs to reduce scheduling conflicts. - Online payments
Processes bookings with PayPal, 2Checkout, Stripe, Braintree, and Beanstream/Bambora. - Elementor editing
Allows adjusting pages, visual blocks, and content without editing code.
Benefits of Ciestra
- More direct bookings
The visitor checks availability and starts the booking directly on the site. - Less operational rework
Syncing calendars helps keep occupied dates always updated. - Clearer management
Rates, rules, and extras stay organized in their own workflows. - Faster publishing
Sample data speeds up the initial website setup.
Who is it recommended for?
- Hotels, inns, and resorts that need to sell stays via WordPress.
- Owners of villas, apartments, and vacation homes with direct booking.
- Agencies and property managers overseeing multiple rental accommodations.
Ciestra consolidates accommodation layout, property directory, and booking engine into a setup focused on hotel operations and vacation rentals. The combination of Elementor, availability calendars, stay rules, reservable extras, and online payments reduces reliance on external pages and helps keep the booking process within the site itself.
Frequently asked questions
Is Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website GPL-licensed?
Yes. Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website cost at Ultrapack?
Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website include updates?
Yes. The current version of Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website is 1.7.0, published at Ultrapack on Aug 21, 2024. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What are the requirements for the theme Motopress Ciestra – Professional WordPress Theme for Property Rental Website?
Requires WordPress 4.6 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 6.5.
What changed in this version
Version 1.7.0
- Hotel Booking plugin updated to version 4.11.2.
- Added the ability to link selected accommodations, enabling automatic blocking of linked accommodations when one is booked.
- Added hooks for overwriting prices in the core API.
- Improved calendar loading speed.
- Upgraded Stripe to the new API, added Klarna, and removed the retiring SOFORT payment method.
- Fixed time zone issues.
- Fixed an issue with serializeJSON at checkout.
- Fixed an issue where blocked dates for linked accommodations weren't displaying in the admin calendar.
- Fixed a cost calculation issue for properties with variable pricing during search and booking.
- Fixed an issue with adding a rate through REST API.
- Fixed an issue with setting priority for booking rules.
- Fixed an issue with retrieving booked services data in the REST API.
- Fixed an issue where higher-priority booking rules in the list were not overriding lower-priority ones.
- Fixed an issue where the Klarna payment method was still displayed as an option within Stripe even if it was disabled in the plugin settings.
- Fixed an issue with applying 'not stay-in' booking rules and loading availability calendar data.
- Removed whitespace characters from AJAX requests.
Version 1.6.0
- Hotel Booking plugin updated to version 4.8.8.
- Significant revamp of the Direct Bank Transfer method has been made. Bookings made using this method now have a default status of "Pending Payment". You can set a time frame for customers to pay their bookings, and if payment is not received within that timeframe, the booking will automatically become "Abandoned". You can create an email template with instructions for this payment method; please do so in the payment method settings.
- Restricted the possibility to cancel booking after the check-in date has passed.
- Changed 'adults' to 'guests' for services in email notifications when the children field is disabled in the plugin settings.
- Added the accommodation title tag to the reserved accommodation details email template in the email settings.
- Added "Pending Admin" and "Pending Payment" statuses to the iCal export.
- Added the possibility to set the booking status to 'Confirmed' or 'Pending admin' when creating a new booking in the admin area.
- Added the ability to change a default display range on the admin bookings calendar.
- Added year information to the check-in and check-out dates in the Bookings table.
- Added customer name information to the booking details in the admin bookings calendar.
- Fixed an issue with viewing booking information in the admin calendar.
- Fixed an issue where the check-out calendar would clear when the check-in calendar was opened in the booking form.
- Fixed an issue that prevented notes from being saved when creating a booking via REST API.
- Fixed an issue with displaying the availability calendar for 12 months.
- Fixed an issue where booking rules were being applied to reservations added via the backend.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect display of the 12 months' availability in calendar of individual accommodation.
- Fixed an issue with sending emails in languages that use RTL writing systems.
- Fixed an issue with PayPal in a sandbox mode.
- Fixed an issue with caching search availability calendar's data.
- Fixed an issue with custom checkout fields that were not exported to the CSV report.
- Fixed an error of incorrect calculation of accommodation subtotal price in the CSV report.
- Fixed an issue with changing capacity on the checkout page when the Stripe gateway encountered errors.
- Fixed an issue with deleting imported bookings with a past check-in date.
- Fixed an issue of applying the current rates to the old booking to ensure the accurate pricing in exported reports.
- Fixed an issue that could cause error messages to appear in the direct booking form on certain websites.
- Fixed an issue that could cause warning messages to appear in .ics files on certain websites.
- Fixed an error with displaying a user account when switched to a non-default website language.
- Bug fix: The plugin now takes the property capacity into account when guests choose the number of adults and children while making bookings directly from the accommodation page. This fix applies only if the property capacity is set in the settings.
- Improved calendar styles of the search and booking forms, and added booking note tooltips to the datepicker.
- Improved calendar compatibility with page caching plugins.
- Improved calendar loading speed.
- Improved date selection in the search form to display the checkout-out date month corresponding to the selected check-in date.
- Improved the process of handling downloads of the exported bookings.
- Improvement: The plugin now retains past bookings imported from external sources instead of deleting them.
- Booking calendar improvements: search and booking forms display blocked and booked dates for a better user experience.
- Enhanced code and WPML compatibility.
- Minor style improvements.
Version 1.5.4
- Custom Post Type Plus plugin updated to version 1.1.2.
Version 1.5.3
- Minor style improvements.
Version 1.5.2
- Hotel Booking plugin updated to version 4.6.0.
- Added the possibility for clients to select the check-in and check-out date directly in the availability calendar.
- Added an error message to the booking form to notify clients when an accommodation ID is not found.
- Added coupon settings for early bird and last minute discounts.
- Added the possibility to view the information about imported bookings in the admin calendar after clicking on a particular booking.
- Added the price display in the availability calendar for non check-in dates.
- Limited the number of adults and children selectable in the form to match an accommodation’s capacity for bookings directly from the accommodation page.
- Removed the maximum limit for the adults and children capacity in the variable pricing rate settings.
- Fixed a database bug related to customer and user data selection.
- Fixed an issue with assigning an accommodation type upon the accommodation creation.
- Fixed an issue with calculating prices in the availability calendars for overlapping seasons.
- Improved the plugin compatibility with PHP 8.2.
- Minor style improvements.
Release notes published by the developer.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is already the theme, ready to upload to WordPress.
- Download the file
ciestra.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select the file
ciestra.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
Requirements: Requires WordPress 4.6 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 6.5.
- If WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, the file is the developer’s full package and the theme is in a folder inside it. Extract the file on your computer, look for the folder that has
style.cssandscreenshot.png, zip that folder only and upload it again.
- This item is already activated. If any screen asks for a license, enter any code; any email works in the email field.
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