Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

With 10,000 active installs it has a respectable but moderate footprint, scoring only 60 out of 30 weighting's popularity cap, suggesting steady niche adoption rather than mass-market dominance.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect 100 score reflects a recent update in July 2026 and clearly active upkeep from the developer.

User Rating

14/15

A 94 out of 100 average across 210 reviews indicates very strong user satisfaction, with only minor complaints likely centered on feature gaps.

Support Health

8/15

Support health scored only 50, because although both of two threads were resolved, the tiny support thread volume provides almost no statistical confidence in long-term responsiveness.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks here: it requires PHP 8.0, WordPress 6.0 or higher, and has been tested against WordPress 7.0, which is unusual and forward-looking.

Scores higher than 75% of indexed plugins

About

Restaurant reservations made easy. Accept bookings online. Quickly confirm or reject reservations, send email notifications, set booking times and mor …

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 2:44pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 8.0+

Security History

14 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 13 Medium

Most recent: August 2, 2026

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Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin < 2.7.23 - Missing Authorization Medium

August 2, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.23"] CVE-2026-15151

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.7.22 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference to Payment Bypass Medium

July 20, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.23"] CVE-2026-15147

Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin <= 2.7.19 - Missing Authorization Medium

June 17, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.20"] CVE-2026-54830

Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin <= 2.7.14 - Missing Authorization Medium

May 12, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.15"] CVE-2026-42670

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.7.16 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in 'payment_id' Parameter Medium

April 29, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.17"] CVE-2026-6498

Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin <= 2.7.9 - Missing Authorization Medium

March 23, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.10"] CVE-2026-25327

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.7.4 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference Medium

January 2, 2026 Patched in ["2.7.5"] CVE-2025-68044

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.7.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

December 24, 2025 Patched in ["2.7.9"] CVE-2025-68601

Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin <= 2.7.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 20, 2025 Patched in ["2.7.7"] CVE-2025-11496

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.6.29 - Missing Authorization Medium

March 27, 2025 Patched in ["2.6.30"] CVE-2025-30861

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.6.16 - Missing Authorization Medium

April 25, 2024 Patched in ["2.6.17"] CVE-2024-33596

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.6.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 23, 2023 Patched in ["2.6.8"] CVE-2023-34017

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.4.11 - Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting High

October 31, 2022 Patched in ["2.4.12"] CVE-2022-0421

Five Star Restaurant Reservations <= 2.4.7 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 21, 2021 Patched in ["2.4.8"] CVE-2021-24965

What It Does

Five Star Restaurant Reservations lets a restaurant embed a booking form on its WordPress site so guests can request tables online. The site owner then confirms or rejects each request from the WordPress dashboard, with email notifications sent to both parties and custom time slots to control availability.

Who It's For

Independent restaurants, cafes, and small hospitality venues that want a no-frills, self-hosted reservation system directly on their existing WordPress site rather than paying for SaaS tools like OpenTable. It fits owners who handle modest booking volumes and are comfortable reviewing requests manually before confirming.

Who Should Skip It

You should skip this if you run a high-volume operation needing automatic table assignment, deposit handling, POS sync, or multi-branch management, since the feature set is intentionally lean. Restaurants already invested in WooCommerce, OpenTable, or a dedicated reservation SaaS will also find limited overlap.

The Bottom Line

Five Star Restaurant Reservations is a focused, well-maintained plugin that does table booking competently without overreaching, earning a 79.51 overall score. It is a smart pick for small restaurants wanting a simple self-hosted alternative to OpenTable, but larger operations will outgrow it quickly.

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Easy Appointments 78/100

Pick Easy Appointments if you run a service-based business such as a salon or clinic rather than a restaurant, since its scheduling model is built around staff and service duration.

Booking Activities 78/100

Choose Booking Activities for tours, classes, or experience-based businesses that need capacity-based ticketing and group bookings rather than per-table reservations.

WPCafe 78/100

Go with WPCafe if you also need an online food ordering system and menu management bundled with table booking in one plugin.

Easy Booking for WooCommerce 78/100

Pick the WooCommerce Easy Booking plugin if your restaurant already runs on WooCommerce and wants bookings treated as purchasable products with deposits.

Booking Package 77/100

Choose Booking Package if you need a free, general-purpose booking form with Google Calendar sync rather than restaurant-specific workflows.