WP Simple Booking Calendar vs Bookingmood

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

WP Simple Booking Calendar is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 79 for Bookingmood, led by stronger rating quality.

WP Simple Booking Calendar

by Roland Murg

Health A89

Bookingmood

by Wouter Raateland

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

WP Simple Booking CalendarBookingmood

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	WP Simple Booking Calendar	Bookingmood
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	60–70
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	+20% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	95/100 ✓	89/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.8★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	227 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	86/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	3K ✓	133
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+17%	+73%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0% ✓	1.3%
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

WP Simple Booking CalendarBookingmood

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.