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: Category Colors

by Nexcess

Health B77

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

The Events Calendar: Category Colors 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	The Events Calendar: Category Colors	The Events Calendar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-14% ✓
Overall health	B · 77	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	65/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.79★ ✓	4.25★
Reviews	61	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	12mo ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	768	1.1M ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

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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.