Hydrogen Calendar Embeds
by LBell · Booking & Events
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5K+ installs across the portfolio →
The free, simple, lightweight way to embed beautiful, fully customizable ICS calendars into your WordPress site.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.3K estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “events”, “embed” and “calendar” for “ical”, “gcal” and “airbnb”. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ical” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “embed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “gcal” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “airbnb” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 69 average across 1,844 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →15%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 944 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 6 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| embeds | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| ics your tag | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| calendar embed | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| page embeds | #3 | #13 | — |
| fullcalendar | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| post embeds | #4 | #13 | — |
| ical | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| google calendar your tag | #17 | #24 | down 2 |
| gcal | #9 | #9 | 0 |
| airbnb | #12 | #18 | up 1 |
| calendar your tag | #20 | #23 | down 4 |
| embed your tag | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| add to calendar | #18 | #23 | 0 |
| content calendar | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| simple calendar | #22 | #23 | 0 |
| wordpress calendar | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| wp calendar | #20 | #24 | down 3 |
| embed the one | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| modern events calendar | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
43 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 24 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “events”, “embed” and “calendar” for “ical”, “gcal” and “airbnb”. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ical” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “embed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “gcal” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “airbnb” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Jan 2026 · 302 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v3.0.4 · 25 Oct 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 32% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 861 days.
Install history since 4 Jan 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The free, simple, lightweight way to embed beautiful, fully customizable ICS calendars into your WordPress..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,511 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 900+ → 1K+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 800+ → 900+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 700+ → 800+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 600+ → 700+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 500+ → 600+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 400+ → 500+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 300+ → 400+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 200+ → 300+ up after 13 days in tier
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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Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Google Calendar Outlook Events Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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