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Link Google Calendar

by dxladner · Booking & Events

Also makes 1 other plugin · 330+ installs across the portfolio →

A plugin that allows administrator to set Google Calendar embedded link in admin back-end and use shortcode to place on a page, post or sidebar.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 67 average across 980 Booking & Events plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 58/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3043 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+30% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

122

now · peak 212

12230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Link Google Calendar · #10651 you Pretty Google Calend · #3273 Tockify Events Calen · #5020 Styled Calendar · #6222

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.

407per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 96%
v1.2 3.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-11-16 · 1,383 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.0.0
Last updated
8.3y ago
Added
2015-10-01 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. rochrunner
    6.7y ago

    A simple plug-in that still works with the WordPress 5.3 and does the job. I had been having trouble embedding my calendar by directly pasting the Google code into my page, but it works perfectly using this plug-in and its shortcode. I’d much rather have the standard Google display and interface than a special implementation as used in some other plug-ins.

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  2. Pietro
    9.9y ago

    What you need: a simple way to put a google calendar in a page or post, without worrying about the frame.

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  3. srdownie
    10.3y ago

    Simple, Simple Simple. What a great response, asked for a major change and it was done, tested and it worked like a dream. The change was done super fast as was the response

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  4. TomBoc
    10.8y ago

    Easy to use plugin and it works fine. That´s all to say

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  5. dknowlesma
    10.8y ago

    Simple to set up, easy to use, and produces the Google calendar grid format we’re all familiar with embedded on your website. Furthermore, support is quick and responsive. I’ve been looking for a way to embed Google Calendar on my site, and making do with other adaptations. No more making do; this does just what I need!

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  6. Yo_Its_Me_So_Dont_Spam_me
    10.9y ago

    This is a great plugin, simple to use and links with google calender. 10/10 Would recommend. 8/8 would rate.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 40 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-01 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-31 400+ → 300+ down after 320 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-15 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-10-14 400+ → 500+ up after 24 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-20 500+ → 400+ down after 348 days in tier
  7. 2023-10-08 600+ → 500+ down after 295 days in tier
  8. 2022-12-17 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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