Create your hostel, small hotel or BnB site with WordPress. Manage rooms, booking, unavailable dates, and more.
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Health
B 72/100
Open vulnerability
Active installs
20+
≈24 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “booking”, “hotel” and “reservations” 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.
72 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 24.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 940 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 3 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 233 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hostel your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bnb your tag | #18 | #10 | 0 |
| booking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hotel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reservations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “booking”, “hotel” and “reservations” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v1.1.8 · 12 Mar 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 43% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jeanedwa3.5y ago
Well I’ve spent hours on the big booking plugins out there. And each of them have proved SO complicated when trying to simply allow people to book a bed or bunk in a hostel – NOT book the whole room. FINALLY- here’s a sweet and simply plugin that does it all- AND it works with Elementor. They also keep updating it so it has all the bells and whistles you’d want for a hostel. 10 out of 10 to the developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thezookeeper9767.4y ago
It is nice, compact and functional but I don’t know if I would be ready to pay 77 USD for a plugin that doesn’t support rates, I mean do you know that most of the places are working seasonally and they need to change the price of a bed based on the season? So when you will add this feature I’ll think about give you a better review. EDIT: After the nice reply from the support team to my review I decided to give 5 star. This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by thezookeeper976. Reason: nice reply from support
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ carmzylim079.1y ago
What I like is how the admin controls of this plugin is not overwhelming, but that’s it! It gets very basic, organizing content and images can be like meh… okay. The short code didn’t work for me to top it off. I’m giving it a generous 2 stars, needs way more improvement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sam Fullalove9.8y ago
The Hostel Pro plug-in allows our hostel to sell and manage our rooms on-line. By linking it up with PayPal, we can take a partial booking fee straight away and the plugin emails our guests how much to pay when they get here. (you can also take full payment via PayPal if you want, this is just our method of booking rooms) Any problems/ issues I have had were quickly solved by emailing them and I hope more wordpress users realize how helpful this plug-in is for small hotels or hostels all over the world.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ weremoose11.5y ago
The plugin seems to be working, but in a very basic way. There is no documentation, the instructions that are provided are not very helpful for the average user. You need to be have worked with plugins and wordpress to get your way around it seems, so not very good if you need to customize things. But it does work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Xevi11.8y ago
After hours of plugin researching, this is covering exactly my needs for the small hotel website I’m developing. The pro version is very flexible in settings to customize to your needs, and the support given is excellent. big thx to developer for such an AMAZING extension. Keep with the good work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ milestone11.9y ago
I went straight for the pro version after reading the reviews already here, but suggested a couple of enhancements (extra beds per individual room and a discount for single occupancy in a double room) before buying. Bob has responded magnificently and it now suits the business model of my clients exactly! Overall, a truly great plugin for just about all small/boutique hotels, and you can certainly depend on support and enhancements.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nobilik12.0y ago
This plugin is very good. Everything is absolutely understandable and functional. I’ve buy pro version. Support is the best! If you need booking plugin for hotel, Hostel is all you need!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.8). 13 of 14 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 Hostel <= 1.1.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'custom_currency' Parameter and Localization file URL Setting ↗2026-09-21 CVE-2026-1645 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.8 No patch available
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Hostel <= 1.1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wphostel-book' Shortcode ↗2026-07-09 CVE-2026-3907 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.7 Patched in 1.1.8
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'shortcode_id' Parameter ↗2026-04-17 CVE-2026-1838 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.6 Patched in 1.1.7
- 2025-11-27 CVE-2025-66119 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.9 Patched in 1.1.6
- 2025-06-19 CVE-2025-6236 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.8 Patched in 1.1.5.9
- 2025-06-19 CVE-2025-6234 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.7 Patched in 1.1.5.8
- 2025-04-16 CVE-2025-39566 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.1.5.6 Patched in 1.1.5.7
- 2025-03-28 CVE-2025-31102 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.5 Patched in 1.1.5.6
- 2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30848 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5 Patched in 1.1.5.5
- 2024-06-22 CVE-2024-3753 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.2 Patched in 1.1.5.3
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Hostel <= 1.1.5.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-05-10 CVE-2023-0545 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.1 Patched in 1.1.5.2
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Hostel <= 1.1.5.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Manage Bookings ↗2023-05-04 CVE-2023-32120 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.5.1 Patched in 1.1.5.2
- 2019-05-25 CVE-2019-12345 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.3 Patched in 1.1.4
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 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 "Create your hostel, small hotel or BnB site with WordPress. Manage rooms, booking, unavailable dates, and m..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,279 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "reservations" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-27 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 20+ → 10+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2026-05-02 30+ → 20+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 40+ → 20+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 30+ → 40+ up after 16 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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WP Hotelier 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
AweBooking – Hotel Booking System 1K+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
easyReservations 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP Hotel Booking WPML Support 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP Hotel Booking Authorize Payment 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
AweBooking & Elementor Integration 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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