Events Made Easy vs Events Manager

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

Events Made Easy

by Franky

Health A89

Events Manager

by Marcus (aka @msykes)

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Events Made Easy Events Manager

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	Events Made Easy	Events Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-80%	-14% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	49/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★ ✓	4.19★
Reviews	110	547 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	10.4K	104.1K ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Blocks

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

Release activity

Events Made Easy Events Manager

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.