Instinctor is a free WordPress plugin that takes food orders on your own site: a live menu, a cart, pickup and delivery, with no marketplace taking a cut of every plate.
YOUR SITE, NOT AN APP
Most restaurants rent ordering from a delivery app that takes 15 to 30 percent of every order and owns the customer. The WordPress alternative is usually a menu plugin, an ordering plugin and a payments bridge stitched together.
Instinctor runs the menu, the cart and checkout in one plugin, so orders come straight to you with no commission and no middleman.
Online ordering
A cart and checkout on your own site, for pickup or delivery.
Orders, and you keep the profit
Customers order straight from your site. No app skims a third off the top, and the money is yours.
A live menu
Your full menu online, with photos, prices and out-of-stock control.
A menu that sells
Update an item or a price in seconds, mark things sold out, and let a hungry visitor order in a tap.
Pickup and delivery
Set pickup times, delivery zones and fees that fit your kitchen.
Pickup and delivery, your rules
Offer pickup windows and delivery areas you control, with lead times that match how your kitchen runs.
Order-ahead and scheduling
Let customers order for later, not just now.
Orders timed to your line
Take scheduled orders so the kitchen is not slammed, and every ticket lands timed and routed.
Smart chat, 24/7
A chat assistant that answers and takes orders after close.
Answers and orders around the clock
The chat answers questions and takes an order even after the last table leaves, so you never lose a late customer.
You own it
Your menu, orders and customers all live on your WordPress site.
Your customers stay yours
No marketplace rents your own diners back to you. Orders, the list and the reputation are yours.
HOW IT WORKS
Taking orders in a few clicks
1
Install free
Add Instinctor from the WordPress.org repository and activate it.
2
Add your menu
Upload items, photos and prices, and group them into sections.
3
Set pickup and delivery
Choose pickup times, delivery zones, fees and payment.
4
It takes orders
Customers order and pay on your site, and each ticket lands ready for the kitchen.
BUILT TO KEEP THE ORDER
Get found, keep the order
Search your restaurant right now and a delivery app is probably sitting at the top. Instinctor is built to send that order to you instead.
Built to be found
Fast, search-ready pages tied to your Google profile, so your site competes for your own name.
No commission
Every order comes straight to you, with no 15 to 30 percent cut on the way.
One place for it all
Menu, orders and customers share one login, right in WordPress.
WHY SWITCH
Your site instead of an app's cut
The delivery apps take 15 to 30 percent of every order and own the customer. The usual WordPress route is a menu plugin plus an ordering add-on plus a payments bridge.
InstinctorDelivery apps / plugin stack
- Online orderingBuilt inYes, with a cut or add-ons
- Per-order commissionNone15 to 30 percent
- Live menu controlBuilt inAdd-on or the app
- Plugins to keep in syncOneThree or four
- Cost to take ordersFree pluginFees or per-extension cost
- Who owns your customersYou doThe app
YOUR SIDE OF THE PASS
The kitchen runs on rhythm
Every order hits the line timed and routed, and scheduled orders arrive when the kitchen is ready for them.
The kitchen board: every order, timed and routed to the line.
Scheduled orders land when you are ready to make them.
Part of the free Instinctor plugin for WordPress.
ALL IN ONE PLUGIN
Everything a restaurant needs to take orders
Every piece here ships in the free plugin.
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
Online orderingNo delivery-app cut
Live menuChange it in seconds
PickupFill every table
Delivery zonesCut the no-shows
Order-aheadSell and deliver instantly
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
SchedulingTakes orders 24/7
ModifiersEvery order, timed and routed
Smart chatReady before they are due
ReviewsFill tables with trust
Customer accountsYour list, for good
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
No commissionIncluded
You own the dataBuilt to be found
Online orderingStripe checkout
Live menuMobile-first
QUESTIONS
Good to know
Is the plugin really free?01
Yes. Install it from the WordPress.org repository and take orders with no fee to us and no cut of your sales.
Do you take a cut of my orders?02
Never. Orders come straight to you, with no per-order commission, unlike the delivery apps.
Can I offer pickup and delivery?03
Yes. Set pickup windows, delivery zones and fees that fit how your kitchen runs.
Can customers order for later?04
Yes. Take scheduled orders so the kitchen is not slammed, and each ticket lands timed.
Can I update my menu easily?05
Yes. Change an item, a price or mark something sold out in seconds.
Do I need WooCommerce?06
No. Instinctor brings its own menu, cart and checkout in one plugin.
Do I own my customer list?07
Always. Orders, menu and customers live on your WordPress site and export any time.
Which payment methods work?08
Card payments through the major gateways, set up once inside the plugin.
Start taking orders this week
Install the free plugin, add your menu, and take commission-free orders on your own site.
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