Bookit — WordPress Booking Plugin
Bookit — Booking & Appointment Calendar
by Nexcess · WordPress.org page · Website
Bookit has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 231,139 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 1, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Bookit at a glance
Is Bookit well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Define multiple services with duration and price; assign staff and set their working hours and days
- Show availability in daily, weekly, or monthly calendar views
- Place a booking form on any page via shortcode or with Elementor and WPBakery widgets
- Let customers choose a service and staff, see available slots, and submit a booking (no account required unless you enable it)
- Receive and send email notifications for new, updated, or upcoming appointments; templates are editable in settings
- Manage all appointments from the admin dashboard; optional Stripe payments in the free version
Bookit reviews and ratings
24 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
24 reviews
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Excelent
Excelent
marperacet -
Powerful little tool
Worked great for me. Even the free version offers lots of features that others charge for. Also, seeing the Events Calendar team picking this up means future updates coming up rock solid. Thanks!
George Pattichis -
Used to be with free Google Calendar Integration - not anymore
Looks like StyleMixThemes is going for increase of revenue with less effort. First I discovered it with their Themes. Now with this plugin. I've had this plugin for years, removed it after I no longer offered any services, and now I want to reinstall it, and the Google integration is now a 19,99 add for 1 site. Also paid services is a paid add on. So don't be triggered by the free plugin. It's not easy to use without the additional paid integrations.
hreinink -
needs improvement
Payed Plugin crashes when you choose your own colours. It is also a big minus that between booking you don't have an option for a break time. Also I have noticed if the booking appointments is a three hour long and it starts from 9 am - 12 pm.. than the other costumer has the option to book it from 10 am - 1 pm - which is not ok. If someone books the first hour, than you can not book until 12.15 pm. or 1 pm. This is why period time is needed, and so the other booking do not cover them selves up. Please fix this.
medi3 -
Don't buy the additional plugins! No Assistance!
I had 2 problems with this plugins (the free one and the 2 sold) : the plugin is not fully translatable, even using Loco Translate. You have to edit the plugin files, which is painful and risky. The other problem was with the Google Calendar synch, that didn't work for me even following step by step the documentation and reinstalling/retrying from scratch multiple times. I opened a ticket. Waited and waited. After 6 days, I asked for a refund. Suddenly, someone was ready to help me. It was too late, I already found another solution that works well on my site. THEY REFUSED TO REFUND THE PLUGINS ($200!) despite being 6 days after buying it, and asking repeatedly for assistance without being answered!
sebastienbrochot -
works only to php 7.4
Plugin is not compatibile with PHP 8.X E-mail notifications doesn't send... The rest of functionalities works.
cieszkos
Where Bookit ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Bookit appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Booking Plugins | #28 by tag, #37 in search | #24 | – |
Bookit alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Bookit.
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Appointment Booking Calendar 1,000+ installs · 4.2 -
Appointment Hour Booking 10,000+ installs · 4.9 -
Booking Calendar 40,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Wappointment 1,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Timetics 2,000+ installs · 4.6
Details
Appointment booking and event calendar for WordPress. Services, staff, availability, shortcodes, and email notifications. Prevents double-booking.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Bookit competes in
Tags
- appointment booking
- appointment calendar
- booking
- booking calendar
- calendar
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- Version
- 2.6.0.4
- Last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First published
- Jan 31, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 6.3
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Bookit FAQ
What does Bookit do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Bookit offers Define multiple services with duration and price; assign staff and set their working hours and days, Show availability in daily, weekly, or monthly calendar views, Place a booking form on any page via shortcode or with Elementor and WPBakery widgets, Let customers choose a service and staff, see available slots, and submit a booking (no account required unless you enable it) and Receive and send email notifications for new, updated, or upcoming appointments; templates are editable in settings.
How many active installs does Bookit have?
WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for Bookit as of September 7, 2026.
Is Bookit still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 1, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Bookit have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Bookit are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Bookit free?
Bookit is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Bookit rank among Booking Plugins?
Bookit is #24 in the WordPress.org Booking Plugins ranking.