Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ awmaeder

   1.0y ago

   .. and great support

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2. ★★★★★ Cees Rijken

   8.8y ago

   This plugin is very handy when you are using the Booking Calendar and want to insert bookings from other parties like airbnb. But there is a big mishap in the code: it automatically appoints “ics@<www.yourwebsite.com>” as the bookers e-mail. This is a non-existing email address! If you have the Booking Calendar set on automatical mailing when you change/update a booking, you can imagine was happens; the plugin starts mailing to non-existing e-mail addresses, resulting in hundreds of bounces a day!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.1.19 Fix Hardened Listing Template settings by restricting access to manage_options and sanitizing listing_template on save and render while preserving safe HTML/placeholders 2.1.19
2. — Version 2.1.18 Fix Fix XSS during listing of .ics feed content, if the .ics file was broken or intentionaly inject by malicious script. (2.1.18.1) 2.1.18
3. — Version 2.1.17 Fix If enabled “Use selected times for each booking date” option on the WP Booking Calendar > Settings > Calendar > Calendar Settings page, system imports time slots, instead of check in/out times for such bookings. (2.1 2.1.17
4. — Version 2.1.16 Fix Timed events where end you now get a minimal valid span of +1 hour. Previously this produced invalid ICS (“DTEND before DTSTART”). Fix All-day events where end ≤ start -> coerced to +1 day (exclusive end), which matc 2.1.16
5. — Version 2.1.15 Improvement Block import/delete shortcodes on non-published posts/pages to prevent unintended actions during review. (2.1.15.1) 2.1.15
6. — Version 2.1.14 Improvement Improved iCal/ICS export for full compatibility. Improvement Reworked recurring and multi-date export logic: now generates one VEVENT per date/range instead of RDATE rules, ensuring full compatibility with Go 2.1.14

5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar <= 2.1.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-05-29 CVE-2026-42751 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.1.18 Patched in 2.1.19
2. Medium · 6.4 Booking Manager <= 2.1.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-11-04 CVE-2025-64275 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.1.17 Patched in 2.1.18
3. Medium · 5.3 Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar <= 2.1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Booking Deletion ↗
   2025-09-19 CVE-2025-10124 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.1.14 Patched in 2.1.15
4. High · 8.8 Booking Manager <= 2.1.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode ↗
   2023-12-21 CVE-2023-50840 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects < 2.1.6 Patched in 2.1.6
5. Medium · 6.3 Booking Manager <= 2.0.28 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2023-04-26 CVE-2023-1977 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.0.28 Patched in 2.0.29

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-10 4K+ → 5K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Hydrogen Calendar Embeds 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Event – Add to Calendar 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Events Calendar for Google 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B

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Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar: 5K+ active installs, 4.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/booking-manager