Booking Calendar is the #5 ranked events app on WordPress, with a 4.7 average rating from 654 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Booking Calendar is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by wpdevelop. With a rating of 4.7★ from 654 reviews, it currently ranks #5 in the Events category.
AppRanks data: Booking Calendar ranks #5 in Events on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 2% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Booking Calendar is a highly rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Events category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 654 reviews show steady adoption but the app hasn't crossed the heavy-volume bar yet. Review accumulation at this stage tends to come from segment-specific use cases rather than universal adoption, so fit-to-stack matters more than category-leader brand recognition. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.7★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by wpdevelop — established developer track record
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
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How Booking Calendar works
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Booking Calendar – Booking Plugin for Appointments, Reservations, Rentals, Events WP Booking Calendar is a flexible WordPress booking plugin for appointments, reservations, rentals, and events. Add a responsive availability calendar and booking form to your website, accept online bookings, and manage them from a modern admin panel.
Use Booking Calendar for full-day bookings, time-slot appointments, service scheduling, event registration, inquiry forms, request forms, or even as a simple multi-step contact form with built-in request listing and email notifications.
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Best for appointments, service scheduling, property rentals, equipment rentals, consultations, classes, events, and availability management.
Key Features
Accept full-day, appointment, and time-slot bookings.
Display availability and prevent double bookings.
Create customizable booking and inquiry forms.
Manage, approve, decline, and edit bookings in WordPress.
Send email notifications to administrators and customers.
Build multi-step forms with the Drag & Drop Form Builder.
Block unavailable dates and time intervals.
Synchronize bookings using .ics feeds.
Import Google Calendar events.
Use responsive booking forms on desktop and mobile.
Booking Calendar for Different Businesses Use Booking Calendar for appointment scheduling, service reservations, property and equipment rentals, consultations, classes, events, and other availability-based bookings.
Booking Calendar Free includes the essential tools for displaying availability, accepting booking requests, preventing double bookings, sending notifications, and managing reservations in WordPress.
Paid editions add multiple booking resources, online payments, seasonal pricing, advanced availability rules, availability search, and MultiUser administration.
Full-Day Booking Process in Booking Calendar Free Let visitors complete a full-day property booking through a clear two-step flow. Customers select a property, review available, booked, and pending dates, choose their check-in and check-out dates, enter their contact details, and submit the booking request. The confirmation displays the complete booking summary and provides an option to add the selected dates to Google Calendar.
Appointment Booking with Services and Providers Let visitors book appointments through a simple step-by-step flow. Customers choose a Service and an available Provider, select a date and start time, enter their contact details, and submit the booking. The confirmation displays the complete appointment details and provides an option to add the appointment to Google Calendar.
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Events#5of 399Top 2%
- Contact Form#15of 594Top 3%
- Block-enabled#58of 427Top 14%
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Keyword rankings
Booking Calendar ranks for 13 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- Rank #76
- Rank #100
- 3.faqRank #101
Competitors & alternatives
Booking Calendar doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked events apps on WordPress:
Where Booking Calendar stands in the Events category
Booking Calendar ranks #5 of 399 apps in the Events category, placing it in the top 2% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Booking Calendar?
Booking Calendar is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating from 654 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Events category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by wpdevelop.
Where does Booking Calendar rank on WordPress?
Booking Calendar currently sits at position #5 in the Events category on WordPress. That places it in the top 1% of 399 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.