LatePoint leads WordPress booking and appointment plugins by estimated active installs (≈152,000), ahead of Amelia (≈95,500), Bookly (≈67,100), Simply Schedule Appointments (≈58,500), and Booking Calendar (≈52,200) — the top five ranked here from each plugin's own StatWP data, pulled individually rather than from a single aggregate list.
We checked 15 real, currently-listed booking/appointment plugins on WordPress.org one at a time, because StatWP's niche tool requires a logged-in account with lookup credits to run a full tag census. Every number below is from that plugin's individual StatWP page, not an estimate we generated.
No affiliate links. No sponsored placements. Ranked from WordPress.org install, download, and rating data as of August 23, 2026.
How we ranked these
Plugins are ordered by StatWP's active-install estimate, which StatWP's methodology page describes as WordPress.org's public install-count bucket refined against rank position and download history rather than a single flat number — the same method StatWP applies to themes, not just plugins. Downloads, rating, and 30-day download trend are shown as supporting context, not ranking inputs — a plugin can rank #1 by installs while its download trend is currently negative, and both of those things can be true and worth knowing at once. Every figure was pulled from that plugin's own StatWP page between August 20–23, 2026.
The top 5 booking and appointment plugins at a glance
| Plugin | Est. active installs | 30-day download trend | Rating | WP.org rank | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LatePoint | ≈152,000 | -69.8% | 4.9 (98) | #359 | 2026-08-02 |
| Amelia | ≈95,500 | -0.9% | 4.6 (784) | #477 | 2026-08-20 |
| Bookly | ≈67,100 | +39.3% | 4.4 (575) | #641 | 2026-08-07 |
| Simply Schedule Appointments | ≈58,500 | -39.4% | 5.0 (155) | #695 | 2026-08-18 |
| Booking Calendar | ≈52,200 | -65.4% | 4.7 (653) | #790 | 2026-08-22 |
The five verdicts
1. LatePoint — the biggest install base, currently in a download lull
The numbers (StatWP): ≈152,000 active installs, 1,480,526 lifetime downloads, 4.9/5 from 98 reviews, WP.org rank #359, 30-day downloads down 69.8%, 23 releases in the last year (“very active”).
What the data says that the marketing doesn't: LatePoint markets itself as calendar-and-scheduling software built for service businesses, and the install count backs that up — it's the largest base in this list by a wide margin. But the release cadence hasn't translated into fresh downloads recently: a -69.8% 30-day swing on top of an already-larger install base is a heavier drop in absolute new-download volume than the same percentage would be on a smaller plugin. I'd watch this over the next month or two rather than read it as a one-off dip.
Who it's actually for: Service businesses (salons, clinics, consultants) that want a full booking front end with staff calendars, not just a contact-form-style scheduler.
See LatePoint's live StatWP page
2. Amelia — the flattest, steadiest line in the top 5
The numbers (StatWP): ≈95,500 active installs, 1,564,153 lifetime downloads, 4.6/5 from 784 reviews, WP.org rank #477, 30-day downloads down 0.9%.
What the data says that the marketing doesn't: Amelia's own positioning leans on being an “all-in-one” booking and events calendar with a long feature list. The data tells a quieter story: of the top 5, Amelia is the only one sitting close to flat rather than swinging sharply in either direction over 30 days. I don't read that as a growth story — it's a mature plugin with the deepest review base in the group (784) holding its position rather than expanding or contracting fast.
Who it's actually for: Sites that want one plugin covering both appointment bookings and event registrations without stitching two tools together, and that value a long, stable track record over rapid growth.
3. Bookly — the only top-5 plugin actually gaining downloads right now
The numbers (StatWP): ≈67,100 active installs, 3,905,865 lifetime downloads, 4.4/5 from 575 reviews, WP.org rank #641, 30-day downloads up 39.3%.
What the data says that the marketing doesn't: Bookly ranks third by installs, but it's the only plugin in this top 5 with a positive 30-day download trend, and a large one at +39.3%. It also carries the highest lifetime downloads of the top 5 (3.9M) against a mid-sized active-install count — a bigger gap between “ever installed” and “installed now” than Amelia or LatePoint show, which I read as consistent with a plugin that's long relied on its free-tier add-on ecosystem to pull people in and back out again, but is currently in an upswing.
Who it's actually for: Site owners who expect to add paid Bookly add-ons (SMS, payments, Google Calendar sync) later and want an ecosystem with that already built out, not just a free core.
4. Simply Schedule Appointments — small, the highest-rated, and shrinking
The numbers (StatWP): ≈58,500 active installs, 4,074,400 lifetime downloads, 5.0/5 from 155 reviews, WP.org rank #695, 30-day downloads down 39.4%.
What the data says that the marketing doesn't: A perfect 5.0 rating sounds like the strongest plugin in the list, but it's built on only 155 reviews against 58,500 active installs — a far thinner review-to-install ratio than Amelia's or Bookly's. I take that as consistent with a plugin built for a narrower, more technical audience (its developer, NSquared, leans on calendar-sync integrations) rather than a mass-market one, and it's currently losing download momentum along with most of the rest of this list.
Who it's actually for: WordPress builders who need appointment scheduling that syncs cleanly with an existing Google or Outlook calendar setup, more than a standalone booking storefront.
See Simply Schedule Appointments' live StatWP page
5. Booking Calendar — the longest reach, the biggest gap between lifetime and active
The numbers (StatWP): ≈52,200 active installs, 5,200,784 lifetime downloads, 4.7/5 from 653 reviews, WP.org rank #790, 30-day downloads down 65.4%.
What the data says that the marketing doesn't: Booking Calendar (wpdevelop) has the highest lifetime download count of anyone in this top 5 — 5.2 million — but the smallest active-install count of the five relative to that history. That's the widest lifetime-to-active gap in the group, and I read it less as a new problem and more as what a plugin built for full-day/rental-style bookings (not just hourly appointments) looks like after more than a decade on WordPress.org: broad historical reach, a lot of churn along the way.
Who it's actually for: Vacation rentals, single-room bookings, and other full-day/date-range booking use cases, more than hourly appointment scheduling.
See Booking Calendar's live StatWP page
Also worth knowing about
| Plugin | Est. active installs | 30-day download trend | Rating | WP.org rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP Simple Booking Calendar | ≈21,000 | -69.7% | 4.8 (227) | #1,409 |
| Appointment Hour Booking | ≈17,200 | +5.7% | 4.9 (520) | #1,642 |
| Easy Appointments | ≈17,100 | +60.3% | 4.3 (131) | #1,614 |
| WP Booking System | ≈16,400 | -71.2% | 4.9 (342) | #1,444 |
| VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine | ≈8,320 | -68.0% | 4.8 (60) | #2,466 |
| Salon Booking System | ≈2,800 | +100% | 4.4 (180) | #4,358 |
| MotoPress Appointment Booking | ≈2,800 | -36.8% | 4.5 (21) | #4,283 |
| Webba Booking Calendar | ≈2,670 | -59.7% | 4.9 (155) | #4,506 |
What the install data says about the booking and appointment niche
Across the 15 real booking/appointment plugins we pulled individual StatWP data for — the 5 ranked above plus the 8 in the “also worth knowing” table, plus Booking System Trafft (≈454 installs) and Appointment Booking Calendar by CodePeople (≈1,470 installs) — total tracked active installs come to roughly 515,500. The top 3 (LatePoint, Amelia, Bookly) account for about 61% of that total, and the top 5 account for about 82%. I'd call this a concentrated niche at the top, though not an unusually extreme one: it leaves a long tail of plugins under 20,000 installs still picking up real, if smaller, adoption. Readers weighing whether that tail is worth building into should see how to find opportunities in a crowded WordPress plugin market for the two seams that usually survive high top-3 concentration.
The median active-install count across those 15 plugins is about 17,100 — right around Easy Appointments and Appointment Hour Booking, both outside the top 5 but not far behind Booking Calendar's 52,200. Half of this niche's tracked plugins sit under that 17,100 line, most of them in the 2,500–8,500 range, which is a normal mid-tail shape rather than a cliff.
The more interesting split isn't installs, it's direction. Eight of the 13 plugins with a visible 30-day download trend are currently declining by 36% or more, LatePoint and Booking Calendar among them despite topping the install rankings — while three of the smaller entrants (Salon Booking System at +100%, Easy Appointments at +60.3%, Bookly at +39.3%) are growing fast. A swing that size over 30 days is large enough that some of it is likely a snapshot-timing effect rather than a durable trend — I've run into this a few times; see how to measure WordPress plugin growth month over month before reading any single 30-day number as gospel. Still, I find the direction of the split — big incumbents cooling, smaller plugins accelerating — consistent enough across this list to be worth noting rather than dismissing as noise.
The clearest abandoned-leader signal in this niche isn't in the table above at all: BookingPress, once a real appointment-booking competitor, was closed by WordPress.org on February 1, 2025 for a guideline violation and is no longer available for download — its only surviving trace on WordPress.org is a small third-party add-on (“Scheduling Enhancements for BookingPress,” ≈50 installs) still listed for a plugin that no longer exists. This is a genuine data point about entry difficulty in this niche, not just churn — I've clocked this a handful of times: a former competitor's install base simply evaporated rather than migrating cleanly to a listed successor. Anyone sizing this niche up should read how to find opportunities in abandoned WordPress plugins before assuming every gap in a niche like this is still open.
Compare these yourself
Every number above came from a plugin's own StatWP page, checked individually. If you want to run the same comparison — LatePoint against Amelia, or any two plugins in this list side by side on installs, downloads, rating, and growth — StatWP's compare tool does that without you needing to open five browser tabs.
FAQ
What's the most-installed WordPress booking plugin in 2026?
By StatWP's active-install estimate as of August 2026, LatePoint leads with roughly 152,000 active installs, ahead of Amelia (≈95,500) and Bookly (≈67,100).
Is the most-installed booking plugin also the fastest-growing one?
No. LatePoint has the largest install base in this niche but its 30-day download trend was down 69.8% at the time of this check. Bookly, Easy Appointments, and Salon Booking System showed the strongest 30-day download growth among the plugins we checked, despite smaller install counts.
Are free WooCommerce booking extensions included in this ranking?
No — this WordPress booking and appointment plugin ranking covers standalone plugins with their own free listing on WordPress.org. Premium WooCommerce booking extensions sold only through WooCommerce.com (with no free wp.org listing) aren't part of this comparison because there's no public install/download data to rank them against.
How often is this WordPress booking plugin ranking updated?
This ranking's install and download numbers update monthly; the written verdicts get a slower quarterly editorial pass, since a plugin's actual positioning changes less often than its download count does.
How concentrated is the WordPress booking and appointment plugin market?
Very, at the top: LatePoint, Amelia, and Bookly alone account for roughly 61% of the ~515,500 active installs tracked across the 15 booking/appointment plugins checked for this ranking, and the top 5 account for about 82%. Below that, the market has a normal mid-tail rather than a cliff — half of those 15 plugins sit under 17,100 active installs.
Data refreshed August 23, 2026. We update this ranking monthly.