connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin vs The Events Calendar

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

connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin

by George Sexton

Health A85

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin The Events Calendar

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	97/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	88/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.24★	4.25★ ✓
Reviews	16	2,454 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	133	1.4M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin The Events Calendar

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.