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MegaCalendar vs The Events Calendar

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

The Events Calendar and MegaCalendar are close on health (A · 93 vs A · 90). The Events Calendar has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

MegaCalendarThe 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	MegaCalendar	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	600K–700K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+20% ✓	700K+ → 600K+
Overall health	A · 90	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	96/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★ ✓	4.2★
Reviews	30	2,463 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100	96/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago	today ✓
Downloads, last 30d	273	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.	+23%	-4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4% ✓	0.7%
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

MegaCalendarThe 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.