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Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin
Smooth scheduling that might be hiding behind a wall of perfect stars.
72/100
Users love the intuitive interface and support despite many low quality reviews.
Active installs
~127,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
5.0★
154 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+3%
Holding steady
639 → 656 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
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
Holding steady · +3% in the last year
639/day a year ago→656/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimply Schedule Appointments is well-regarded as a reliable, intuitive booking plugin with standout customer support, though language/translation functionality has a noted gap in the free version.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, even for non-developers×7
- +Fast, knowledgeable, and friendly support team×9
- +Reliable and does what it promises with no bugs reported×5
- +Google Calendar integration works well
- +Free version includes useful core features such as notifications and appointment management×2
- +Good developer flexibility, including query string support and integrations with tools like Gravity Forms×2
- +Intuitive design for both site owners and end users×3
Common complaints
- −Language/translation switching does not update all text strings, leaving some content untranslated
- −Support responses to translation and advanced issues can be slow and assume a technical level of knowledge that average users may not have
- −Advanced setup may require outside help or support intervention
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 19%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 · 154 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Very easy to setup, great support!Luckydogie
- 2025-11-26★★★★★Really Nice Pluginlkarchner
- 2025-11-12★★★★★Exactly What I Needed for Bookings on My Siteusman738
- 2025-10-03★★★★★Great plugintdhmonte681-shot
- 2025-08-14★★★★★Great Plugin for Schedulingarbpen
- 2025-07-29★★★★★Great pluginemafd
- 2025-06-17★★★★★Very simple booking pluginrtenny
- 2025-06-17★★★★★Agenda de Turnos para Consultorio Médicopablodi71
- 2025-06-17★★★★★Easy to use plugin and tremedous supportlouischua
- 2025-06-17★★★★★It's just perfectgaborme
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.
746
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
704
Prior 7-day baseline
763
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
23,301
Mean release-day peak (30d)
17,934
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+6.0%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-89%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.97 → 4.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered