FT Calendar
by Syed Balkhi · Booking & Events
Also makes 95 other plugins · 21.6M+ installs across the portfolio →
A calendar plugin supporting multiple calendars, recurring events, and several different widgets / shortcodes. More info at http://calendar-plugin.com
41 health vs 67 average across 980 Booking & Events plugins
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.24, well behind 6.8.
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 2745 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
70
now · peak 108
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
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 · 89% 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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-12 · 1,395 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gabrieldvine8.1y ago
There are numerous bugs in the ugly calendar (duplicated ID’s), but they are not a dealbreaker. What really ruins this plugin (which has a good concept and admin UX) is the sloppy PHP code that destroys ALL post query order on your website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Back to Front10.1y ago
Wow! can now bring multiple post types into a single event feed/calendar, easily add repeating events with or without end dates/times – I couldn’t find any other plugin that makes this happen, it seems like it would have heaps of useful applications.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jelly_bean11.2y ago
This is the only calendar plugin I could find that would allow me to add it to my custom post, but the output is horrible. No tooltips. Can’t click on a date to go straight to the event. Weird design. Shame.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ laetitia Godet11.5y ago
Hello, WordPress version 3.4.1 FtCalendar version 1.3.0 I wonder if there is a translation of the plugin Français? And why in an article dates are as month / day/ year, not month / day / year ?????? thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ benji33711.9y ago
i am using this plugin from 2 years. work very well in widget. Didn’t use in page, because i need customization in different language and i am not specialist and did not discover yet how to translate. BUT, i want to 10-x a developer for the efforts and time given to us through this pluggin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jonnyplow13.3y ago
Wish you could easily order posts by event date. Also wish there was an option for holidays.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neapix13.5y ago
Not Recommended for now… The developers need to upgrade the plugin
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-17 200+ → 100+ down after 495 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 300+ → 200+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2023-07-31 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-30 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-07-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 300+ → 200+ 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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Calendar 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Quick Event Manager 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Sched Event Management Software 200+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
AM Events 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Stachethemes Event Calendar Lite 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Event CLNDR 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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