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Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar
Reliable scheduling that hits your wallet hard once you go pro.
HealthyGrowing
87/100
Users love the easy setup and functional free version despite the steep price for premium features.
Active installs
~30,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
520 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+21%
Growing
193 → 233 installs/day
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 · +21% in the last year
193/day a year ago→233/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAppointment Hour Booking is praised for its ease of use, clear interface and solid free-version features, but users note limited design options and a high cost for the paid tier.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use out of the box×4
- +Clear user interface and navigation
- +Customizable via CSS and other settings×2
- +Supports resource and time scheduling suitable for rentals
- +Modern style option available
- +Free version provides basic functionality sufficient for small businesses×2
- +Add-on enables calendar sharing
- +Free version offers many options
- +Reliable performance
- +Recommended by users
Common complaints
- −Limited design options in the free version
- −Desire for more form templates and layout variants
- −High monthly cost for the paid version
- −Missing Google Calendar integration and time-slot locking features
- −Desire for tiered paid plans with selective features
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.92★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 520 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Yes it works wellJaved Ahsan
- 2026-04-20★★★★★Nice addonheliumrain1-shot
- 2026-04-12★★★★★Tolllagmac
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Bra kalenderbeka99
- 2025-11-27★★★★★Perfect for our site!opcmoreventures1-shot
- 2025-11-18★★★★★Очень хороший плагин бронированияravilwild
- 2025-11-12★★★★★Useful and good pluginAnnonymous
- 2025-11-10★★★★★easy to use! favourite one :)antonioevangelisti
- 2025-10-30★★★★★Great plugin!67nj
- 2025-10-08★★★★★Solid extension with plenty of functionalitiessuelasrotas
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.
237
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
172
Prior 7-day baseline
209
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,727
Mean release-day peak (30d)
237
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+37.8%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.82
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-56%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.92 → 4.92★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered