Event Calendar by Timely
by Timely Calendar Team · Booking & Events
Attract, engage, and grow your audience with Timely’s free event calendar app. The calendar plugin for WordPress trusted by event managers worldwide.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “calendar widget”, “event” and “event calendar” 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.
61 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.7%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 940 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 423 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
2.3★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 3.97★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event calendar plugin for wordpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “calendar widget”, “event” and “event calendar” 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 14 Jul 2025 · 474 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 425 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Jul 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Tashty5mo ago
I have been using this plugin for over 10 years and it works really well, displays nicely as an embedded calendar on the frontend and adding events is super easy even for the intrepid WordPress user. I recommend this plugin and thank the developers for their time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tyeshutty9mo ago
I signed up for a free account, then 6 months later they discontinue all free accounts and automatically opt me in to a paid account but I miss the email. I contact support for a refund and they gave me one. This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by tyeshutty. This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by tyeshutty.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ manfredeichler11mo ago
nur noch als 30 Tage Demo frei, dann wird es teuer
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lbergstrome1.2y ago
This plugin is a bait and switch. It claims to be free, but the moment you install it you’re forced to hand over a credit card just to get started. Only then do you discover it’s a 30-day trial, not a free product. This is deliberately misleading and a complete waste of time. If you’re going to charge, be upfront about it. Don’t lure users in with false claims of “free” only to lock them behind a paywall after installation.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "who need", "for events").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 8 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,836 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-12 200+ → 300+ up after 40 days in tier
- 2025-09-02 100+ → 200+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-08-18 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-08 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
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).
- S Stripe Gateway for Events Manager Pro 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- E Events Handler – The Events Plugin 10+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Event Organiser 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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