Hostel

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1. ★★★★★ jeanedwa

   3.4y 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!

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2. ★★★★★ thezookeeper976

   7.3y 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

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3. ★★★★★ carmzylim07

   8.9y 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.

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4. ★★★★★ Sam Fullalove

   9.7y 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.

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5. ★★★★★ weremoose

   11.3y 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.

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6. ★★★★★ Xevi

   11.6y 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!

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7. ★★★★★ milestone

   11.7y 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.

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8. ★★★★★ Nobilik

   11.8y 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!

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13 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 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.7 Patched in 1.1.8
2. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.6 Patched in 1.1.7
3. Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-11-27 CVE-2025-66119 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.9 Patched in 1.1.6
4. Medium · 4.4 Hostel <= 1.1.5.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-06-19 CVE-2025-6236 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.8 Patched in 1.1.5.9
5. Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.5.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-06-19 CVE-2025-6234 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.7 Patched in 1.1.5.8
6. Medium · 4.9 Hostel <= 1.1.5.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ↗
   2025-04-16 CVE-2025-39566 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.1.5.6 Patched in 1.1.5.7
7. Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-28 CVE-2025-31102 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.5 Patched in 1.1.5.6
8. Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30848 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5 Patched in 1.1.5.5
9. Medium · 6.1 Hostel <= 1.1.5.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-22 CVE-2024-3753 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.2 Patched in 1.1.5.3
10. Medium · 4.3 hostel <= 1.1.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2024-05-06 CVE-2024-4314 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.1.5.3 Patched in 1.1.5.4
11. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.1 Patched in 1.1.5.2
12. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5.1 Patched in 1.1.5.2
13. High · 7.2 Hostel <= 1.1.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2019-05-25 CVE-2019-12345 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.3 Patched in 1.1.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-27 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-05-25 20+ → 10+ down after 23 days in tier
3. 2026-05-02 30+ → 20+ down after 29 days in tier
4. 2026-04-03 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
5. 2026-03-29 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in tier
6. 2026-03-14 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2026-03-12 40+ → 20+ down after 22 days in tier
8. 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).

• WP Hotelier 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A
• AweBooking – Hotel Booking System 1K+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags F
• easyReservations 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• WP Hotel Booking WPML Support 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• WP Hotel Booking Authorize Payment 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• AweBooking & Elementor Integration 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D

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Hostel: 20+ active installs, 4.5★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hostel