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Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia
Professional scheduling power that demands a developer's touch.
GrowingReview burst
71/100
This powerful booking tool serves complex workflows well but demands technical expertise and faces occasional stability issues.
Active installs
~95,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 90k+
Rating
4.6★
770 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+44%
Growing fast
390 → 563 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR39% of reviews in one month (2025-12-06)
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +44% in the last year
390/day a year ago→563/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAmelia is a feature-rich booking plugin with a polished UI and broad integration support, well-regarded by developers and businesses with complex needs, but it carries a significant caveat: non-developers will find it difficult to configure, and several users report persistent bugs and unreliable support after recent updates.
What people like
- +Support team is generally described as responsive, helpful, and kind×4
- +Works well for complex booking scenarios, including WooCommerce integration for developers×2
- +Supports a wide range of payment gateways, including Mollie and GoCardless-adjacent setups×2
- +Google Calendar integration works smoothly (per satisfied users)
- +Conversion pixel / ad tracking friendly, noted as rare among booking plugins
- +Professional and polished UI and styling options×2
Common complaints
- −Not suitable for non-developers due to complexity and steep setup curve×2
- −Limited configurability beyond surface-level customization; core business workflows feel unsupported×2
- −Does not use WordPress custom post types, forcing direct SQL queries to extract data — a major architectural drawback for custom UI work
- −WooCommerce integration is unreliable: booking notifications fire regardless of order status, and support advice on fixing it is reportedly incorrect
- −Bugs introduced by updates go unfixed for extended periods; specific issues include missing Google Calendar descriptions and free slots not appearing on the site×2
- −Critical booking flow errors (e.g. 409 error) left unresolved, with support going silent after escalation requests
- −Free edition is heavily limited; key features like birthday data collection and gift card support are absent or require cumbersome manual workarounds
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.40★Verified rating — drops from 4.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 42%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
- past spikeReview timing — up to 39% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-08-082026-01-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 770 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Accurate Conversion Trackingbfanz
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Just greatvanio2121
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Very Happyestar69
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Google Calendar Event Descriptiongrzegorzewr2345234
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Support Unable to Resolve 409 Booking Errorlnmdev1-shot
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Love the ease and flexibilitylolah85
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Great booking plugin with frequent improvementschristophemarmignon1-shot
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Great plugin and supportdariamurakowska1-shot
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Plugin and Support are Great!dalevanm
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Ameliamohochi
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
525
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
525
Prior 7-day baseline
535
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
9,278
Mean release-day peak (30d)
8,951
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
0.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
39%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.20
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
42%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+31%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.59 → 4.40★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered