Bookkeeping
A simple financial bookkeeping journal for keeping track of personal expenses and income. This plugin gives you an extra top-level menu item in the WordPress administration back-end, under which you can enter payment…
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Bookkeeping shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Bookkeeping stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| Bookkeeping | >100 |
| Financial | >100 |
| money | >100 |
| personal | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Bookkeeping
From the official readme · v0.5.3Description
A simple financial bookkeeping journal for keeping track of personal expenses and income.
This plugin gives you an extra top-level menu item in the WordPress administration back-end,
under which you can enter payment and receipt data, view monthly summaries, and generate invoices.
Changelog
- 0.5.3: Style fix.
- 0.5.2: Coding standards improvments.
- 0.4 & 0.5: Corrected summary table total calculations.
- 0.3: Fixed a number of defects related to upgrading to WP 4.1.
- 0.2: Updated to work with WordPress 4.1.
- 0.1: First draft.
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FAQ
Bookkeeping: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 18, 2026
Is Bookkeeping free?
Yes. Bookkeeping is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Bookkeeping safe to use in 2026?
Bookkeeping shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,691 times since it launched in October 2007. It was downloaded 45 times in the last 30 days.
Does Bookkeeping work with WordPress 7.1?
Bookkeeping is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Bookkeeping last updated?
The latest version, 0.5.3, was released on February 18, 2018 (9 years ago).
Who makes Bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping is developed and maintained by samwilson.
What are the best alternatives to Bookkeeping?
The most popular alternatives to Bookkeeping are Accounting for WooCommerce (500+ installs), Akaunting for WooCommerce (50+ installs) and Zero BS Accounting (50+ installs).
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