Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations
by vachr · Booking & Events
Also makes 2 other plugins · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Free vacation rental booking engine with direct bookings, two-way iCal sync, booking calendar, online payments, and guest automation.
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Health
A 91/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈28 estimated
Momentum
+48%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “booking”, “booking calendar” and “ical” for “reservations”, “term” and “rental booking”. “booking” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reservations” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “booking calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “term” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ical” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “rental booking” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
91 health vs 69 average across 1,860 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 948 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.
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 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
17 of 18 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
77
Momentum
Gaining ground
+4.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
79%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| short term rental | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| short | #2 | #9 | up 13 |
| ical sync | #2 | #6 | up 4 |
| vacation rental your tag | #3 | #10 | up 10 |
| short term rental booking | #1 | #3 | up 1 |
| vacation rental booking | #3 | #8 | — |
| reservations | #4 | #16 | up 10 |
| rental | #6 | #13 | up 13 |
| rental units booking | #2 | #6 | up 6 |
| term | #8 | #18 | up 13 |
| term id | #3 | #12 | up 2 |
| airbnb sync | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| rental booking | #9 | #18 | up 13 |
| rental plugin | #4 | #12 | up 1 |
| airbnb your tag | #12 | #19 | up 6 |
| reservation | #7 | #19 | up 15 |
| vacation | #11 | #17 | up 10 |
| wordpress rental | #6 | #12 | up 1 |
| ical your tag | #18 | #23 | up 2 |
| booking engine | #17 | #16 | up 3 |
| booking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| booking calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
168 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 146 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “booking”, “booking calendar” and “ical” for “reservations”, “term” and “rental booking”. “booking” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reservations” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “booking calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “term” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ical” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “rental booking” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “airbnb”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Apr 2026 · 217 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Free vacation rental booking engine with direct bookings, two-way iCal sync, booking calendar, online payme..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Block editor, Stripe, REST API and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,383 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-05 40+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-11-04 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-10-29 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 10+ → 20+ 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).
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FareHarbor for WordPress 9K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bookit — Booking & Appointment Calendar 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Appointment Booking & Scheduling Plugin – Webba Booking Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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