BetterBook
by mdw2000 · Booking & Events
BetterBook is an online booking platform that enables you to take online bookings for events, classes and appointments from your WordPress website.
41 health vs 66 average across 761 Booking & Events plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2334 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 158
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Pinpoint Booking System – Version 2 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Bookingmood 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly 60K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Booking Calendar 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Simple Booking Calendar 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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