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Should I use MotoPress?

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Depends. A sensible buy if you run a small hotel, B&B, or service business on WordPress and want direct bookings without a full PMS. Skip it if you're off WordPress, run a large property, or can't commit to fast plugin patching.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 25+ public sources; snippets truncated and review volume thin, so confidence is medium.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence in sources reviewed
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence in sources reviewed
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Hotel Booking Lite

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
MembershipNot stated in reviewed sources

Best for

  • Small hotels and B&Bs on WordPress
  • Vacation rentals taking direct bookings
  • Service businesses needing WP appointment booking
  • Agencies building client booking sites

Not for

  • Non-WordPress sites — these are plugins, not standalone software
  • Large hotels needing a full PMS with channel management
  • Owners who won't maintain and patch plugins regularly
  • Buyers wanting a clean security track record

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

You own patching: several 2026 CVEs, including an auth bypass, needed urgent plugin updates.

medium

Guess: free Lite version is feature-limited; the real cost is paid plugins or membership.

medium

Per-plugin prices weren't visible in reviewed sources; compare membership vs single-plugin before buying.

medium

Reddit advice is mixed; some threads steer small-B&B builders toward other booking plugins.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free Hotel Booking Lite version available on
  • Hotel Booking 6.0 adds a revamped calendar and-level features
  • Membership plan unlocks unlimited access to all MotoPress plugins
  • Plugins cover hotels, appointments, tours, restaurants, plus Elementor integration
  • Actively developed, with product updates through May 2026

Cons

  • Multiple security CVEs hit its plugins in 2026
  • Auth bypass vulnerability reported in the Appointment Booking plugin
  • Unauthenticated booking-notes modification flaw in Hotel Booking 6.0.1 and below
  • Elementor addon averages just 3.9/5 on
  • Thin review base: only 4 reviews across G2

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 14 sources - Multiple 2026 CVEs across Hotel Booking, Appointment Booking, and Restaurant Menu plugins; no dedicated security page found on the site.

official x3review x6security x4news x1
  • CVE-2026-15235 — Hotel Booking information disclosure, Information disclosure vulnerability in the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin.
  • CVE-2026-9180 — Appointment Booking auth bypass, Authentication bypass vulnerability in the MotoPress Appointment Booking plugin.
  • Hotel Booking ≤6.0.1 — missing authorization, Unauthenticated arbitrary booking notes modification via the mphb_update_booking_notes AJAX action.
  • Restaurant Menu ≤2.4.6 — CSRF, Cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the WordPress Restaurant Menu by MotoPress plugin.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free Lite version plus unlimited-plugins membership plan
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence in sources reviewed
  • Feature depth: 4/5. v6.0 touts Booking.com-level booking features
  • Support quality. No usable evidence in sources reviewed
  • Security posture: 2/5. Multiple 2026 CVEs, including an auth bypass
  • 4 G2 seller reviews across all MotoPress products
  • 3.9/5 Elementor addon rating WordPress.org reviews, Hotel Booking for Elementor
  • Yes Free tier Hotel Booking Lite on WordPress.org
  • v6.0 Latest major release Hotel Booking, May 2026

Pricing

Hotel Booking Lite

Free

  • Core hotel booking for WordPress
  • Guess: limited versus paid version

Membership

Not stated in reviewed sources

  • Unlimited access to all MotoPress plugins
  • Setup and configuration service offered

Security

Multiple 2026 CVEs across Hotel Booking, Appointment Booking, and Restaurant Menu plugins; no dedicated security page found on the site.

  • CVE-2026-15235 — Hotel Booking information disclosureInformation disclosure vulnerability in the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin.11
  • CVE-2026-9180 — Appointment Booking auth bypassAuthentication bypass vulnerability in the MotoPress Appointment Booking plugin.
  • Hotel Booking ≤6.0.1 — missing authorizationUnauthenticated arbitrary booking notes modification via the mphb_update_booking_notes AJAX action.10
  • Restaurant Menu ≤2.4.6 — CSRFCross-site request forgery vulnerability in the WordPress Restaurant Menu by MotoPress plugin.13

What users say

Third-party review volume is thin — 4 G2 seller reviews and a 3.9/5 WordPress.org rating for the Elementor addon — with mixed Reddit advice for small B&B owners.

Full analysis

Based on 25+ public sources; snippets truncated and review volume thin, so confidence is medium.

Good WordPress booking plugins for small properties, but a pile of 2026 CVEs means patch fast or pass.

Methodology

Based on 25+ public sources; snippets truncated and review volume thin, so confidence is medium.

Sources

  1. MotoPress official sitemotopress.com
    official
  2. Hotel Booking Lite on WordPress.orgwordpress.org
    official
  3. MotoPress Membership pagemotopress.com
    official
  4. G2 — MotoPress seller reviewsg2.com
    review
  5. WordPress.org — Hotel Booking for Elementor reviewswordpress.org
    review
  6. Capterra — MotoPress Hotel Bookingcapterra.com
    review
  7. WPLift — MotoPress Hotel Booking Reviewwplift.com
    review
  8. Trustpilot — motopress.comtrustpilot.com
    review
  9. Yahoo Finance — Hotel Booking 6.0 launchfinance.yahoo.com
    news
  10. Wordfence — Hotel Booking ≤6.0.1 missing authorizationwordfence.com
    security
  11. SentinelOne — CVE-2026-15235sentinelone.com
    security
  12. Fused — CVE-2026-9180 Appointment Bookingfused.com
    security
  13. Patchstack — Restaurant Menu CSRFpatchstack.com
    security
  14. Reddit r/Wordpress — small B&B site advicereddit.com
    review

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