Events Manager and WPML Compatibility
by Marcus (aka @msykes) · Booking & Events
Also makes 13 other plugins · 153.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrates the Events Manager and WPML plugins together to provide a smoother multilingual experience (Requires Events Manager and WPML activated)
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Health
B 78/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+66%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “events”, “languages” and “multilingual” for “recurrence”, “compatibility” and “event manager”. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurrence” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “languages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “compatibility” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “multilingual” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “event manager” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
78 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 40.8K 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 38 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
2.8★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 3.83★ 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpml your tag | #12 | #21 | up 3 |
| compatibility | #13 | #23 | up 9 |
| events manager | #17 | #23 | down 3 |
| recurrence | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| event manager | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| languages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multilingual your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| translation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “events”, “languages” and “multilingual” for “recurrence”, “compatibility” and “event manager”. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurrence” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “languages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “compatibility” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “multilingual” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “event manager” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “wpml”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 873 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.1 · 26 May 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 42% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tomschulze2.3y ago
When the plugin is enabled, it’s impossible to save any Events Manager Settings anymore. With some trickery it’s possible to translate events themselves (you have to deactivate the plugin first though, and in the meantime all translations will appear everywhere). Overall, it’s a nightmare. If I hadn’t paid for EM Pro I’d have given up ages ago. Do NOT buy Events Manager Pro if you want to translate your website using WPML. It simply doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fotomarathon7.0y ago
I used to run this Plugin for a few years to translate Events, and the chance to translate emails from the Settings page was excellent. However, this is no longer possible. I noticed after a series of updates of WPML, Events Manager and PHP Upgrade (to 7.2) that this plugin is responsible for this error> Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /homepages/1/d570148024/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/events-manager-wpml/events-manager-wpml.php I now need to keep it deactivated if I want this error to disappear. So sad…this was otherwise a great Plugin. This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by fotomarathon. Reason: correcting tags
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gerard Blanco7.0y ago
If you have WPML and use Events Manager, this is a must. Works perfect. There are some (very few) parts that are not translatable yet, but 95% of the strings are translatable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Laura N9.0y ago
It´s not compatible
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ emranemranx9.4y ago
Great Plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ greenweeds9.7y ago
This used to work well until about November 2015. Then something was done to the code that meant second language venues no longer display correctly, and you are forced to have all addresses in a single language. I am working welsh/english, and welsh and english addresses ARE different. Prior to the update that caused the failure, it worked well. Unfortunately, despite starting again (several times) this cannot be rectified and the support is VERY unresponsive, pretty much refusing to acknowledge that (a) it used to work even though I could show them a working site pre-upgrade (b) that addresses should be different in different languages and (c) that the various plugins are no longer sensitive to the second language (showing either ALL or NONE) even though I have bent over backwards to provide access to test sites where things are not good. They also will not provide any indication that the bugs they do acknowledge are on a fix list or give any estimated time to fix. Tried getting WPML involved in this but they gave up fairly quickly. I am currently looking to move away from this product so that I can avoid paying again for what’s far-from-premium support. It is not good enough to ignore customers. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by greenweeds.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johan.seidenfaden11.1y ago
All my event lists showed everything twice (in both languages). After installing this plugin, they display as they should. THANK YOU!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nicolas11.4y ago
I know EM is a complex plugin (so is WPML), but important features are still missing to get a 5 star review 😉 Still missing: Forms editor translations Tickets details translations
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrates the Events Manager and WPML plugins together to provide a smoother multilingual experience (Requ..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML, Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,363 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
- 2023-02-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-02-05 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-04 1K+ → 2K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-01-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-01-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 7 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).
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TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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