iCal Events
by Daniel Westermann-Clark · Booking & Events
Display upcoming events from a shared calendar.
41 health vs 68 average across 495 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5402 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
42
now · peak 205
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-04 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-03 30+ → 40+ up after 17 days in band
- 2026-03-17 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-16 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-12 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-11 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-08 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
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 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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