Pie Calendar vs The Events Calendar

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

Pie Calendar

by Jonathan Jernigan

Health A87

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Pie Calendar 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	Pie Calendar	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.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 87	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	98/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.41★ ✓	4.24★
Reviews	24	2,451 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	550	1.1M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Pie Calendar 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.