Event Organiser Posterboard vs The Events Calendar

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

Event Organiser Posterboard

by Stephen Harris

Health D44

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Event Organiser Posterboard 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	Event Organiser Posterboard	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-14% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.95★	4.25★ ✓
Reviews	11	2,452 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.3y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	193	1.1M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Event Organiser Posterboard 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.