GCal Days
by Scott Reilly · Booking & Events
Shortcode and functions to query your Google Calendar for the number of days since or until the most recent event matching your search criteria.
41 health vs 66 average across 688 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3705 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-08 · 1,378 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 54
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-07 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Pretty Google Calendar 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Private Google Calendars 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Web Stories Widgets For Elementor 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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