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Really Simple Calendar vs Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar

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

Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Really Simple CalendarEvents Shortcodes For 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	Really Simple Calendar	Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+1900% ✓	Stable
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	53/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	214 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d	118	10.3K ✓
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.	+29%	-45%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	15% ✓	1.4%
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Really Simple CalendarEvents Shortcodes For 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.