Primary Contact Event Manager vs The Events Calendar

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

Primary Contact Event Manager

by Terje Lundemo Tangen

Health D41

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

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

Metric	Primary Contact Event Manager	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	D · 41	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	88/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.25★ ✓
Reviews	0	2,453 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.3y ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	17	1.1M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Primary Contact Event Manager 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.