Plugin audit
RSS Enhancements for The Events Calendar
RSS Enhancements for The Events Calendar is healthy and under-discovered, a promotion opportunity.
Active installs
100+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 5 reviews
Downloads / 30d
165
Momentum
+56% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1284 tracked Content & Feeds plugins: health 81 vs 64 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.2★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #11 enhancements Down 1
- #15 add featured image to rss
- #15 featured images in rss Up 2
- #18 custom rss Up 1
- #21 rss Up 1
- #21 rss image
- #23 rss plugin Up 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: feeds, the events calendar.
What to fix first
- 1
Ask happy users for a review
5 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 2
Add “enhancements” to your wp.org tags
You rank #11 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- 3
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists.
Ranking signals
Listing score 86/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 172 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Holding it back
5.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for, headings and lists and enough to quote. No FAQ section.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 5 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 81/100 on health yet sits at 100 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
Small download base. 165 downloads in 30 days, so a +56% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
RSS Enhancements for The Events Calendar is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
- A WP Mayor review. An independent, in-depth review in front of a high-intent audience.
- Newsletter coverage. A feature in the WP Mayor newsletter, straight to subscribers.
- A sponsored placement. Targeted visibility across WP Mayor for a defined campaign.