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Event Bridge for ActivityPub vs The Events Calendar

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

The Events Calendar is the safest pick: health A · 93 against 83 for Event Bridge for ActivityPub, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Event Bridge for ActivityPubThe 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	Event Bridge for ActivityPub	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	600K–700K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-13% ✓	700K+ → 600K+
Overall health	B · 83	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	96/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	1	2,463 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d	316	1.1M ✓
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.	+5%	-7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.3% ✓	0.7%
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Event Bridge for ActivityPubThe 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.