This article explains how to enable and manage Custom Price options in WPRentals.
Custom prices allow owners or site admins to set different prices for specific dates or date periods. These prices can override the default listing price, weekly/monthly discounts, weekend price, extra guest price, minimum booking days, and changeover rules for the selected period.
Enable the Custom Price Field
Before owners or site admins can add custom prices to listings, the Custom Price field must be enabled in the listing submission form.
Go to:
Theme Options > Add Listing Page & Payment Settings > Listing Submission Form > Select the Fields for Listing Submission
Make sure the Custom Price option is selected.
Theme Options only controls whether the Custom Price field is available in the submit/edit property form. The actual custom prices are added individually from each property.
Who Can Manage Custom Prices
Custom prices are managed from the front-end property editor.
This applies to:
- site admins managing listings from the front-end dashboard
- owners registered from the front end who manage their own listings
To manage custom prices, log in to the front-end dashboard and go to:
Owner Dashboard > My Properties > Edit Property > Price
If you want only specific users to submit and manage properties from the front end, use this help article:
How to allow only certain users to submit properties in front end
Price Section Options
Custom prices are managed from the property Price section.
Go to:
Owner Dashboard > My Properties > Edit Property > Price
From this section, you can manage:
- the default price
- weekly or long-stay price rules
- custom prices for specific dates or periods
- weekend price
- extra guest price
- minimum booking days
- changeover rules
The price fields shown below are available when daily booking is enabled. The same pricing logic applies to hourly booking when hourly booking is enabled.
What Custom Period Prices Can Override
When you add a custom price for a selected calendar period, that custom price can override the standard listing values for that period.
The custom period price can override:
- standard price per night/hour
- price per night/hour for 7+ days or 7+ hours
- price per night/hour for 30+ days or 30+ hours
- price per weekend
- extra price per guest
- minimum days of booking
- allow only bookings starting with the check-in on changeover days
- allow only bookings with the check-in/check-out on changeover days/nights
If you use a default weekend price and you also need a different weekend price for a custom period, make sure you add the custom weekend price for that period as well.
The 7+ and 30+ pricing labels can be managed from:
Theme Options > Booking Configuration > Form General Settings > Your Number of Nights fields
How to Set a Custom Price Period
Custom prices are added from the calendar inside the property editor.
To add a custom price period:
- Log in to the front-end dashboard as the site admin or registered owner.
- Go to My Properties.
- Edit the property you want to update.
- Go to the Price section.
- Find the calendar for custom prices.
- Select the start date and end date for the custom period.
- When the modal opens, add the custom values you need.
- Save the custom period.
Custom prices are added per listing and per selected period. If you need different prices for multiple periods, repeat the process for each period.
After selecting the dates, a modal will open. Use this modal to add different prices, minimum booking days, and turnover/changeover rules for that selected period.
How to Delete a Custom Price Period
Custom price periods can be deleted from the same property price settings area.
Go to:
Owner Dashboard > My Properties > Edit Property > Price
Find the custom price period and use the delete option to remove it.
How Custom Prices Show on the Property Page
The custom price table appears on the property page for future periods only.
Past custom price periods are removed automatically and will no longer show on the property page.
How to Show Fewer Custom Price Fields
If you want to simplify the custom price form and show fewer fields to owners, you can disable fields from the listing submission form settings.
Go to:
Theme Options > Add Listing Page & Payment Settings > Listing Submission Form > Select the Fields for Listing Submission
Unselect the fields you do not want to show.
Related Help Articles
How to manage the listing submit form fields
Listing Price Details Explained
Summary
- Enable the Custom Price field from the listing submission form settings.
- Custom prices are managed from Owner Dashboard > My Properties > Edit Property > Price.
- Both site admins and registered owners can manage custom prices from the front-end dashboard.
- Custom prices are added per listing and per selected calendar period.
- Custom period prices can override standard prices, weekend price, extra guest price, minimum booking days, and changeover rules.
- Past custom price periods are removed automatically from the property page.