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Category Color Picker vs The Events Calendar: Category Colors

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

The Events Calendar: Category Colors is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Category Color Picker moved up one install band, 50+ to 60+; The Events Calendar: Category Colors moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Category Color Picker	The Events Calendar: Category Colors
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+20% ✓	5K+ → 4K+
Overall health	—	B · 74 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	56/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	61 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	1.1y ago
Downloads, last 30d	240	851 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+83%	+56%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.7% ✓	0.9%
Category	Developer Tools	Booking & Events

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Category Color PickerThe Events Calendar: Category Colors

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.