Blog Post Calendar Widget
by Ron Zvagelsky · Booking & Events
Also makes 1 other plugin · 110+ installs across the portfolio →
The Blog Posts Calendar Widget allows you to display your archived or future posts in a calendar as a sidebar widget.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “calendar”, “future posts” and “post types” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 69 average across 1,843 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 15.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 944 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4910 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4910 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| future posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post types your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “calendar”, “future posts” and “post types” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 171 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.5y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 24 May 2013
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ WritersPage11.2y ago
This is a great wordpress calendar. I have tried other plugins and found this one to be the most useful. Will the developer(s) be considering an update or new calendar project soon? I wish continued success with this project and any other projects. Thank you so much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ berteh11.6y ago
Simple to use. Ability to pick multiple categories in a single widget would be nice. I combined it with “WordPress Add Custom CSS” to adapt look to my template. thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ psn11.7y ago
Realy nice calendar and if possibilty to chose multiple categories it will be awsome! Per
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ StrawJam12.3y ago
I was looking for a plugin to make a calendar for each category and this one works perfect for that! And it use the same template to show the results (I have a different template for each category and I was needing that)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luming12.5y ago
Very good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sijueraju13.3y ago
Good plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ prowebdev13.6y ago
nice plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jakilevy13.6y ago
Works just as specified. Simple, easy, super simple. Nice work, Ron! And thanks for writing such a great plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Blog Posts Calendar Widget allows you to display your archived or future posts in a calendar as a sideb..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Customizations").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 353 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "post types" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-09 200+ → 100+ down after 658 days in tier
- 2024-05-20 300+ → 200+ down after 425 days in tier
- 2023-03-22 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-21 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-03-17 400+ → 300+ down after 164 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 500+ → 400+ down after 200 days in tier
- 2022-03-18 600+ → 500+ down after 504 days in tier
- 2020-10-30 1K+ → 600+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
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