External Events Calendar
by goldenapples · Booking & Events
This plugin adds a basic "upcoming events" calendar of links to Wordpress.
41 health vs 68 average across 516 Booking & Events plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5643 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
149
now · peak 161
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-10 40+ → 30+ down after 295 days in band
- 2025-03-21 50+ → 40+ down after 174 days in band
- 2024-09-28 60+ → 50+ down after 209 days in band
- 2024-03-03 70+ → 60+ down after 124 days in band
- 2023-10-31 80+ → 70+ down after 123 days in band
- 2023-06-30 90+ → 80+ down after 121 days in band
- 2023-03-01 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP FullCalendar 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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Events Calendar by FooEvents 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Add to Calendar Button 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Link List Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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