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The Events Calendar: Category Colors vs The Events Calendar

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

The Events Calendar is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 74 for The Events Calendar: Category Colors, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

The Events Calendar: Category Colors moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+; The Events Calendar moved down one install band, 700K+ to 600K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric The Events Calendar: Category Colors The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 4K–5K 600K–700K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 5K+ → 4K+ 700K+ → 600K+ ✓
Overall health B · 74 A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 56/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 96/100 ✓ 82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 93/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.8★ ✓ 4.2★
Reviews 61 2,463 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 78/100 95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 1.1y ago 3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 847 1.2M ✓
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. +55% -14%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.9% ✓ 0.7%
Category Booking & Events Booking & Events

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

Release activity

The Events Calendar: Category ColorsThe 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.