Best appointment calendar plugins for WordPress
The most popular appointment calendar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bookit leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Appointment Booking Calendar (1K+) and Bookster (100+). All 4 plugins tagged “appointment calendar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 appointment calendar plugins
- 1.
BookitThe most installed appointment calendar plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 24 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Appointment Booking Calendar1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 92 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 3.
Bookster100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
TalkHours Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “appointment calendar”

Bookit
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,533by Nexcess10 days ago
Appointment booking and event calendar for WordPress. Services, staff, availability, shortcodes, and email notifications. Prevents double-booking.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.8(24)
- Downloads
- 142/day

Appointment Booking Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:41#6,157by codepeople1 day ago
Appointment Booking Calendar is an appointment calendar for accepting online bookings from a set of available time-slots in a calendar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(92)
- Downloads
- 77/day

Bookster
Down in the last 7 days:320#13,954by Bookster2 months ago
Manage real-time bookings with ease. Multi-step booking form, multiple services and locations, built-in customer dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 13/day

TalkHours Widget
#48,196by mundanelunacy10 years ago
Adds online appointment booking to your Wordpress site ... for FREE !
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day