Vacancy Personal Edition
A full featured reservation and appointment booking solution
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Vacancy Personal Edition shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 3/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Vacancy Personal Edition stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| appointment scheduling | >100 |
| appointment system | >100 |
| reservation | >100 |
| reservation scheduling | >100 |
| Reservation System | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3 from 1 reviews
About Vacancy Personal Edition
From the official readme · v1.3.3Description
IMPORTANT! As of version 1.3.3 this project will no longer be supported. You are welcome to continue using Vacancy but we do not guarantee that it will work with versions of WordPress higher than 4.4.1
The perfect booking solution for any person or establishment that needs to allow users to submit reservation/appointment requests. Create your venues and locations, add the [vacancy] shortcode in your page or post, and you are all setup and ready to go. Lots of customizable options with an easy to use frontend and backend interfaces. Extend Vacancy’s functionality even further with the available addons.
Features
- Add venues, like offices, stores, etc
- Add locations within your venues, like conference rooms, staff lounges, salon chairs, restaurant tables etc
- One simple shortcode to use Vacancy on any page or post
- Customizable labels for your Venues/Locations/Reservations
- Custom reservation availability on a per location basis per day basis
- Reservation Conflict detection
- Fully localized
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Installation
- Upload ‘vacancy’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Add new Venues under the Vacancy nav item in your WordPress admin
- Add new Locations under the Vacancy nav item in your WordPress admin
- Place the shortcode [vacancy] in your post or page
- Users can now start submitting reservation requests, it’s that easy!
Changelog
Feature ADD! Vacancy visibility can now be limited by user role Bug fix: Availability messaging bug IMPORTANT! This is officially the last update for this project and will no longer be supported.
1.3.3
- Feature ADD! Vacancy visibility can now be limited by user role
- Bug fix: Availability messaging bug
- IMPORTANT! This is officially the last update for this project and will no longer be supported.
1.3.2
- Bug fix: fixed the activation notification.
1.3.1
- Bug fix: fixed reservation form warnings when form field availability settings haven’t yet been saved.
1.3
- Vacancy is now localized and includes French and Spanish translation files. If you need another translation please notify us on the forums at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vacancy-personal-edition
1.2.5
- added hooks for future encryption functionality
1.2.4
- Feature ADD! A new reservation status has been added to block off time. To use this, create a reservation on the admin backend and choose “Blocked” for the status.
- Added hook for new Vacancy PRO tabbed display view
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FAQ
Vacancy Personal Edition: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026
Is Vacancy Personal Edition free?
Yes. Vacancy Personal Edition is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Vacancy Personal Edition safe to use in 2026?
Vacancy Personal Edition shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 3/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Vacancy Personal Edition?
Vacancy Personal Edition is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,185 times since it launched in December 2014. It was downloaded 89 times in the last 30 days.
Does Vacancy Personal Edition work with WordPress 7.1?
Vacancy Personal Edition is officially tested up to WordPress 4.4.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Vacancy Personal Edition last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.3, was released on January 14, 2016 (11 years ago).
Who makes Vacancy Personal Edition?
Vacancy Personal Edition is developed and maintained by a2rocklobster.
What are the best alternatives to Vacancy Personal Edition?
The most popular alternatives to Vacancy Personal Edition are Appointment Booking Plugin (100K+ installs), Cal.com (2K+ installs) and Appointment Bookings for Zo… (1K+ installs).
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