Google Calendar Widget

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Erik

   1.5y ago

   This plug-in has worked great for many years, but it no longer works with PHP 8.0 or higher. I updated our website to use PHP 8.2 and immediately got a critical error. After some troubleshooting, I discovered that this Google Calendar Widget plug-in was causing the critical error. If I set the PHP version to any version below 8.0, there was no error. After I disabled the plug-in, the error no longer appeared and the website functioned again with PHP 8.0 and higher.

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   10.5y ago

   Plugin does exactly what it says. Works in 4.4.2. I’d give it a 5 if there was an assurance of some kind that the author was still maintaining the code with new WP releases.

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3. ★★★★★ neilflake

   11.0y ago

   Works for basic info, can’t see where it links to the actual google calendar which would be good. It is formatted in a very nice easy to read format, the other “big” plugin(simple calendar now) I had to do a ton of manual manipulation to make it look readable. Hopefully they can link to the actual calendar in the future.

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4. ★★★★★ misschell

   11.0y ago

   This does exactly what I need it to, without bloat.

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5. ★★★★★ sbning

   11.4y ago

   No way to show calendars in WP 4.2.2

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6. ★★★★★ artemis2234

   11.7y ago

   We’ve been using this plugin since late Summer 2014, so prev. to the Google changes, and now also thru a couple WP updates; so have some experience with it. Enough that the client owes a donation :). It was easy to install; easy to add a couple styles to change the appearance (such as make the date purple but the location green, add some padding); and easy to make the changes to accommodate the google api change once I got over my heart attack and found that the support how-tos were already there. I hope ya’ll also give it some love so that Kaz continues to maintain it.

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7. ★★★★★ jgeigner

   11.9y ago

   Easy to use, looks nice, popular feature on my front page, [Link redacted] When a change in the Google API broke the plug-in, received very good (and fast) support from developer.

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8. ★★★★★ Scott Hendison

   12.0y ago

   Can’t say enough good things about this plugin. Tired of waiting for Google to integrate something that looks good? So was I – This is it.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 64 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 40 more locales with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-02 800+ → 700+ down after 111 days in tier
2. 2026-02-11 900+ → 800+ down after 75 days in tier
3. 2025-11-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-11-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-11-25 1K+ → 900+ down after 869 days in tier
6. 2023-07-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 279 days in tier
7. 2022-10-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 711 days in tier
8. 2020-10-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 414 days in tier

Competes with

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Google Calendar Widget: 700+ active installs, 4.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-calendar-widget