55
BA Book Everything
Versatile booking tools that might accidentally invite hackers to your party.
HealthyDecliningPoor rating
55/100
Powerful booking features are undermined by reports of malicious code and spam.
Active installs
~13,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.2★
20 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-22%
Declining
118 → 92 installs/day
Warnings
- 50% of reviewers have no other wp.org activity — pattern often associated with paid or solicited 5★.
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.80★
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
Declining · -22% in the last year
118/day a year ago→92/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBA Book Everything is praised for its rich booking features and helpful support, but multiple users report severe security flaws and site-breaking bugs.
What people like
- +Comprehensive booking solution with many options and possibilities
- +Supports managing various objects (e.g., ships, hotel rooms) with flexible price calculations and a calendar display
- +Clear documentation that eases the learning curve
- +Quick, friendly support with bugs fixed within 24 hours
- +Easily adjustable/customizable to user needs
Common complaints
- −Site breaks after plugin updates×2
- −Generates large amounts of bot registrations (spam)
- −Support is unresponsive or impossible to reach×2
- −Contains malicious code/files that play media and block WordPress functionality×2
Review trustMixed — some inflation
- 3.80★Verified rating — drops from 4.20★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 50%One-shot reviewers — their only wp.org activity is this review — pattern linked to solicited 5★
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 20 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2025-10-06★★★★★Awesome Booking Pluginlibertaddd1-shot
- 2025-09-29★★★★★Plugin has issues without responseVu Tru So
- 2024-08-21★★★★★ExcellentCelestel
- 2024-05-27★★★★★Best Booking Pluginbhaviagastya1-shot
- 2024-04-06★★★★★Just SPAM makernahualliart
- 2024-03-25★★★★★Critical Alert Regarding Malicious Plugin Functionalitysaligin
- 2023-11-09★★★★★Virus in the pluginnikka5551-shot
- 2023-10-25★★★★★Best Booking Pluginmiminou
- 2023-05-09★★★★★Just the bestmaevaperrone1-shot
- 2023-02-07★★★★★REST APIoaufi
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.
121
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
77
Prior 7-day baseline
122
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,529
Mean release-day peak (30d)
112
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+57.1%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
50%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.20 → 3.80★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered