Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly
Active installs60,000+ rounded
Current authorBookly
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release13 days ago 26 Oct 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record153
Rating4.4 /5 · 586
Added to directory10 Oct 2014
Requires WP3.7
Requires PHP5.3.7
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Bookly throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladela | 146 | 29 Apr 2015 | 07 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 60,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
3,803 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 353% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 21,145/day31 Oct 2026
16 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.4 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 14 Aug 2026 and 23 Oct 2026: 16 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers overwhelmingly praise Bookly's customer support, with 10 of 16 reviews from the past three months singling out the team for speed, competence, or going out of their way to help. Reliability is a close second theme, as 6 of 16 reviews describe the plugin as stable or dependable in daily use. A smaller group, 3 of 16, highlights the interface as intuitive or well designed, while 2 of 16 reviewers note they have used Bookly for seven or more years. One review reports missing features, including client visit history, payment status indicators, and client notes.
- 10 of 16 praise Bookly's customer support for speed, competence, or going above and beyond. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- 6 of 16 describe the plugin as reliable or stable in daily use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 3 of 16 praise the plugin's interface or usability. [1] [2] [3]
- 2 of 16 mention using Bookly for 7 or more years. [1] [2]
- 1 of 16 report missing features such as client visit history, payment status indicators, or client notes. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 24 Oct 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 612 | 842 | 888 | 1,066 | 1,050 | 783 | 540 | 398 | 658 | 18,954 | 1,728 | 3,587 | 759 |
| Ratings total | 585 | 585 | 585 | 585 | 585 | 585 | 585 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 586 |
| Version | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.7 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (60,000+) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory12 years ago 10 Oct 2014
Requires WP3.7
Requires PHP5.3.7
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 26 Oct 2026, 14 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Bookly publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 26 Oct 202613 days agoVersion 28.7 released
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 28.6 released
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 28.5 released
- 01 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 28.4 released
- 22 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 28.3 released
- 12 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 28.2 released
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 28.1 released
- 07 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 28.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 28 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 27.9 released
- 10 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 27.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 04 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 27.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 27.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 22 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 27.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 14 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 27.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 13 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 27.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 20 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 27.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 12 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 27.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 06 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 27.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 25 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 26.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 24 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 26.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 22 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 26.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Ladela.
- 29 Apr 201511 years ago132 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 29 Apr 2015 and 22 Jan 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Oct 201412 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 08 Oct 2026 · Critical Bookly IDOR Leads to Booking Disclosure and Deletion (CVE-2026-93399)Security Boulevard
- 09 Apr 2026 · CVE-2026-2519: Bookly WordPress Plugin Auth Bypass FlawSentinelOne
- 17 Mar 2023 · The Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site ScriptingGitHub Advisory Database
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Bookly for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 13 days ago (26 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs.
- It carries 586 ratings, averaging 4.4 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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