SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 04/18/12 -- Appointment-Plus, the world's leading provider of online enterprise scheduling solutions, today announced the release of its Online Scheduling Software widget for WordPress, the leading global content management system (CMS) used to power over 72.5 million Web sites, platforms and applications worldwide.

The schedule widget embeds a scheduling capability into the WordPress CMS, enabling clients or customers to instantly schedule appointments or make reservations online with a business or organization. This creates an engaging and captivating customer interaction experience that results in more sales, increased conversions and better resource management.

"As the most relied-upon CRM in use today, WordPress is an invaluable application for businesses and organizations throughout the globe," explains Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. "Our new schedule widget lets businesses and organizations establish and maintain a dynamic experience with their customers."

The latest in a series of planned schedule widgets geared toward CMS platforms and the developers and architects that work on them, the Online Scheduling Software by Appointment-Plus widget is available to all current Appointment-Plus clients.

Future releases include a schedule widget for the Drupal and Joomla! platforms.

Since 2001, Appointment-Plus has been the premier enterprise scheduling system for automating and streamlining the booking process with 24-hour online scheduling, automated e-mail and text message reminders, and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Especially well-suited for Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level organizations, colleges and universities, government agencies and large and medium-sized businesses, the Appointment-Plus Scheduling Cloud™ engine provides unmatched services and functionality to meet the unique scheduling needs of these groups, including application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services that allow for seamless integration with existing software systems; a highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth; and 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.

To learn more about the new Appointment-Plus schedule widget, click here.

About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the worldwide leader in online scheduling solutions for growing businesses, enterprises, higher education, government and logistics. With over 15 million end-users and 80 million appointments booked since its inception in 2001, Appointment-Plus is one of the fastest growing cloud-based services in the world. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., organizations ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses use Appointment-Plus to book an average of 3 million appointments monthly.