62
Availability Datepicker – Booking Calendar for Contact Form 7 – Input WP
Enjoy the free version and avoid the Pro upgrade at all costs.
HealthyGrowing
62/100
The free version is useful for basic tasks but the Pro version is a gamble.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.1★
42 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+145%
Growing fast
28 → 69 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 fast · +145% in the last year
28/day a year ago→69/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAvailability Datepicker for Contact Form 7 works adequately in its free form for basic CF7 use cases, but the paid Pro version is widely reported as broken and effectively unsupported, making it a risky purchase.
What people like
- +Free version works reliably with Contact Form 7×4
- +Shortcode-based asset loading (load CSS only where needed) is a useful, appreciated feature
- +Simple to set up for basic availability/date-picker needs×2
Common complaints
- −Pro version reported as non-functional by multiple paying customers×5
- −Support is unresponsive or completely absent, even for paid users×6
- −Plugin breaks after WordPress or plugin updates with no fix provided×2
- −Gravity Forms integration is only available in the Pro version but is not clearly disclosed on the free plugin listing
- −PHP 8 compatibility issues reported
- −Can conflict with other plugins, and the developer considers fixes out of scope
- −Refunds are difficult to obtain×2
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.29★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 42 total
Latest reviews · 42 analyzed
- 2024-12-17★★★★★Bugs over Bugspaidan
- 2024-02-21★★★★★A lot of bugsjibus44441-shot
- 2023-08-27★★★★★Bookings with CF7benicinca1-shot
- 2023-06-07★★★★★PHP 8.19 not compatible…duboin
- 2022-08-10★★★★★NO Support with pro versionbrickford
- 2022-08-10★★★★★PRO version does NOT work !!kkacan1-shot
- 2022-02-01★★★★★DOES NOT WORKkellylind131-shot
- 2021-11-18★★★★★Take out Gravity Forms from the Listbasebond
- 2021-10-29★★★★★Nice plugin, bad supportcarcayu80
- 2021-10-27★★★★★Doesn't Work – Unresponsive SupportOliver
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.
67
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
68
Prior 7-day baseline
60
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
173
Mean release-day peak (30d)
67
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.5%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.21
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
74%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.10 → 4.29★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered