Booking.com Official Search Box
by SPBooking.com · Booking & Events
Also makes 1 other plugin · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →
The official Booking.com search box is a user-friendly, customisable plugin to add the Booking.com search box to your own website in two easy steps.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 69/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “hotels” for “official”. “hotels” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “official” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
69 health vs 69 average across 1,840 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 124.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 941 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 234 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
2.4★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 3.87★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| accommodation searchbox your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| searchbox | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| search hotels your tag | #9 | #16 | down 2 |
| official | #14 | #20 | up 1 |
| accommodation your tag | #23 | #23 | down 7 |
| booking.com official searchbox your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| hotels your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “hotels” for “official”. “hotels” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “official” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “accommodation”. Down 7 places since 2026-09-21, now #23. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v3.0.6 · 12 Mar 2026
33
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 29 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jislaaik4.7y ago
Waste of time!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ermanno Devitofrancesco5.9y ago
Once installed the plugin causes errors in the pages and posts are repeated with errors. Support does not exist, no one has answered in the forum for months … This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Ermanno Devitofrancesco.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pttolev7.0y ago
It is useless if you need to select dates for the next year. It shows past months but not next year’s. I got one more, bigger problem. If you type a destination with more than two words, it sends it to Booking with strange numbers in between (New Zeland => New 20Zeland) and that makes the search completely useless. This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by pttolev. This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by pttolev.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JoeMcCabin7.2y ago
The experience with this company is terrible. 1. Their plugin doesn’t work and is very limited. 2. They don’t honor their affiliates with money. They will arbitrarily say you don’t “pass” their “quality test”. So don’t waste your time. This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by JoeMcCabin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cesarnascimento8.5y ago
x)
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ nasadel111.6y ago
- ★★★★★ johnravrasta12.3y ago
Unfortunately, although easy to configure, when i save i redirect to my homepage without keeping the changes to the booking search box. This problem occurs only with this plugin on my website!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ huaxing034512.4y ago
the widget only display on all page when i login. otherwise,for the people not logged in, it only display on the home page.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.0.6 Release March 2026 Fix: esc_html__ had too many underscores. 3.0.6
- — Version 3.0.5 Release November 2025 Fixing a persistent date issue in Block Editor. 3.0.5
- — Version 3.0.4 Release November 2025 Fix date format in Block Editor. 3.0.4
- — Version 3.0.3 Release November 2025 Fix: German Language format. 3.0.3
- — Version 3.0.2 Release October 2025 Fix: Language formats. Fix: Missing translation for destination placeholder. 3.0.2
- — Version 3.0.1 Fix : Calendar language not being picked up correctly. 3.0.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 17 languages, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The official Booking.com search box is a user-friendly, customisable plugin to add the Booking.com search b..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,638 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("accommodation", "accommodation searchbox", "Booking.com Official Searchbox", "hotels", "search hotels" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 433 days in tier
- 2024-12-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 439 days in tier
- 2023-10-09 5K+ → 4K+ down after 568 days in tier
- 2022-03-20 6K+ → 5K+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2022-01-31 7K+ → 6K+ down after 424 days in tier
- 2020-12-03 10K+ → 7K+ down after 441 days in tier
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).
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Agoda Affiliate Partners Text Link Generator 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Hotels & Airbnbs Map 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Widgets for Hotels.com Reviews 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Old-to-New Agoda Link Converter 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Hotel Booking 7K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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