FT Calendar
by Syed Balkhi · Booking & Events
A calendar plugin supporting multiple calendars, recurring events, and several different widgets / shortcodes. More info at http://calendar-plugin.com
41 health vs 72 average across 357 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 5.1.22, 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 2700 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
43
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
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 “100+”. 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
- 2024-12-17 200+ → 100+ down after 495 days in band
- 2023-08-10 300+ → 200+ down after 10 days in band
- 2023-07-31 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-30 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in band
- 2023-07-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-23 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Calendar 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Quick Event Manager 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
PlanIt Event Manager – Responsive Event Calendar & Management Plugin 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hassle-Free Date List 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
The Events Calendar 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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