PCIO Year Wheel vs The Events Calendar

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

PCIO Year Wheel

by Niels Olsen

Health B80

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	PCIO Year Wheel	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-14% ✓
Overall health	B · 80	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	87/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.25★ ✓
Reviews	0	2,452 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	1.1M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

PCIO Year Wheel 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.