Plugin audit
Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System
Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
3K+
Rating
4.6★
wp.org · 115 reviews
Downloads / 30d
886
Momentum
-13% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1859 tracked Booking & Events plugins: health 69 vs 69 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.6★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Not yet in the top 24 results for any search we track. The fixes below are what move it in.
Tags still to break into the top 24: appointment booking, booking, booking calendar.
What to fix first
- 1
Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
- 2
“appointment booking”, “booking” and “booking calendar” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- 3
Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Last updated 8 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
Ranking signals
Listing score 92/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 228 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.5; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
4.6★ over 115 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 8 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Small download base. 886 downloads in 30 days, so a -13% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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