Booking Engine by Lodgify
by canizbul · Booking & Events
Easy to use booking engine for your vacation rental website. List your rentals on your site and save on commissions (from big OTA's).
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
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈760 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “vacation home”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
51 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 56.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 808 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 808 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lodgify your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| vacation home your tag | #11 | #12 | down 1 |
| vacation rental reviews | #16 | #13 | down 3 |
| airbnb your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| booking engine your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| vacation rental your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 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
- One page off on “vacation home”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “airbnb”, “booking engine” and “vacation rental” 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 10 Jul 2024 · 844 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 50.6K · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 15 Aug 2024
2
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 “700+”. 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 64% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Jul 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ lebere11mo ago
With the latest versions of WordPress.When you copy the code from their site and paste it into the white box, you click save.The code is truncated. Part of it is missing.I asked where the code would be pasted (into which file) but received no response.The only solution is to take the code (both scripts), put the first script, and then the second script on a dedicated page.Then add links to this page.After selecting dates, it will redirect to their site, which works perfectly for the rest of the booking process.It’s not ideal if you want to place the widget in multiple locations, but at least it works.The support for the code is nonexistent; they don’t receive replies from the developers. Avec les dernières versions de wordpress.Lorsque vous copier le code sur leur site et le coller dans la case blanche. vous appuyez sur save.Le code est tronqué. Il manque une partie.J’ai demandé a savoir où allait se coller le code (dans quel fichier) pas de réponse.La seule solution est de prendre le code (les 2) mettre le script en premier ensuite le 2ème dans une page réservé à cela.Ensuite mettre des liens vers cette page.Après le choix des dates, Il dirigera ensuite vers leur site qui fonctionne très bien pour la suite des réservations.Ce n’est pas l’idéal quand vous voulez mettre le widget à plusieurs endroit mais au moins ça fonctionne.Le support pour la partie code est nul, ils ne reçoivent pas les réponses des développeurs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ francesguid2.3y ago
Hello, can I use widgets with elementor?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alexandre Humeau2.3y ago
Lodgify’s plugin stands out for its ease of use and powerful features. Integrating it with my website was quick and simple, and it’s been smooth sailing ever since. Perfect for any vacation rental host
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nay2.3y ago
I’ve been using Lodgify for years, they have the best external website plugins that helps people like us to use their booking module’s. It’s so easy to plug the Lodgify’s booking engine to my website using this plugin! Been waiting for this plugin for a while, well done Lodgify!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,267 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "vacation home" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-13 600+ → 700+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-18 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 500+ → 600+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 500+ → 600+ up after 128 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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OwnerRez 800+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
BookiFlex Hotel Booking 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
OHRA Rental Calendar Sync — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Mansio — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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