Minimalistic Event Manager

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1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.

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 · 100% 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 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.

1. ★★★★★ ueBe.biz

   10.6y ago

   It is a simple but effective plugin, with the possibility of achieving good results

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2. ★★★★★ flystrike

   11.6y ago

   This plugin allows you to enter a start date and end in a post and to treat it exactly like an event. But into the post and without use events !!! lovely widget, too!

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3. ★★★★★ Jon Garza

   11.7y ago

   Very simple and elegant solution for event management, requires some degree of coding knowledge to implement in front-end but the developer’s wiki is very clear.

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4. ★★★★★ rolfo

   13.0y ago

   Just what I was looking for. Great if you could add “place”, but hey I can just encode that as part of start/repeat dates with the ‘alpha’ option. I use this in function.php to have an easy shortcode for it: // Minimalistic Event Manager function my_mem_settings() { mem_plugin_settings( array( 'page' ), 'alpha' ); } add_action( 'mem_init', 'my_mem_settings' ); /** Find Date in a String 01/01/2012 will return > 01-01-2012 30-12-11 will return > 30-12-2011 1 2 1985 will return > 01-02-1985 10.12.1850 will return > 10-12-1850 5 12 85 will return > 05-12-1985 5 October 2012 will return > 02-10-2012 MAY 5th 1985 will return > 05-05-1985 1st March 81 will return > 01-03-1981 */ function find_date( $string ) { //Define month name: $month_names = array( "january", "february", "march", "april", "may", "june", "july", "august", "september", "october", "november", "december" ); $month_names_short = array( "jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "may", "jun", "jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov", "dec" ); $month_number=$month=$matches_year=$year=$matches_month_number=$matches_month_word=$matches_day_number=""; //Match dates: 01/01/2012 or 30-12-11 or 1 2 1985 preg_match( '/([0-9]?[0-9])[\.|\-|\/| ]([0-1]?[0-9])[\.|\-|\/| ]([0-9]{2,4})/', $string, $matches ); if ( $matches ) { if ( $matches[1] ) $day = $matches[1]; if ( $matches[2] ) $month = $matches[2]; if ( $matches[3] ) $year = $matches[3]; } if ( empty( $month ) ) { $s = " ".$string." "; $s = str_replace(array('.', ',', ';'), " ", $s); //Match month name: preg_match( '/(' . implode( '|', $month_names ) . ')/i', $s, $matches_month_word ); if ( $matches_month_word ) { if ( $matches_month_word[1] ) $month = array_search( strtolower( $matches_month_word[1] ), $month_names ) + 1; } //Match short month name: preg_match( '/(' . implode( '|', $month_names_short ) . ')/i', $s, $matches_month_word ); if ( $matches_month_word ) { if ( $matches_month_word[1] ) $month = array_search( strtolower( $matches_month_word[1] ), $month_names_short ) + 1; } } //Match 5th 1st 7, day: preg_match( '/([0-9]?[0-9])(st|nd|th|,)/', $string, $matches_day ); if ( $matches_day ) { if ( $matches_day[1] ) $day = $matches_day[1]; } //Match Year if not already setted: if ( empty( $year ) ) { preg_match( '/[0-9]{4}/', $string, $matches_year ); if ( $matches_year[0] ) $year = $matches_year[0]; } if ( ! empty ( $day ) && ! empty ( $month ) && empty( $year ) ) { preg_match( '/[0-9]{2}/', $string, $matches_year ); if ( $matches_year[0] ) $year = $matches_year[0]; } //Check year: if ( 2 == strlen( $year ) && $year > 20 ) $year = '19' . $year; else if ( 2 == strlen( $year ) && $year < 20 ) $year = '20' . $year; $date = array( 'year' => $year, 'month' => $month, 'day' => $day ); //Return today if nothing is found if ( empty( $year ) || empty( $month ) || empty( $day ) ) return time(); else return mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year); } function sort_dates(&$dates) { if (!is_array($dates)) return false; foreach ($dates as &$val) { $sortkey = date('Y.m.d', find_date($val)); $val = $sortkey.' '.$val; } sort($dates); $left = strlen($sortkey)+1; foreach ($dates as &$val) { $val = substr($val, $left); } return $true; } /* Add this handy shortcode [mem-this-dates] = List dates for this post (start + all repeats) [mem-this-dates seperator=" & "] = same, but put & between (default = <br/>) [mem-this-dates id=117 seperator=" & "] = same, but for post ID number 117 [mem-this-dates max=3] = List max 3 dates */ function mem_list_dates_function($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( 'seperator' => '<br/>', 'id' => -1, 'max' => 99 ), $atts)); if ($id < 0) $id = get_the_ID(); $mem_start_date = get_post_meta($id, '_mem_start_date', true); if ($mem_start_date == "" ) { $s = "Please ask us "; } else { $mem_repeat_date = get_post_meta($id, '_mem_repeat_date', false); $mem_repeat_date[] = $mem_start_date; sort_dates($mem_repeat_date); $s = ""; foreach ($mem_repeat_date as $val) { if ($max > 0) { if ($s) $s .= $seperator; $s .= $val; $max -= 1; } } } return $s; } add_shortcode('mem-list-dates', 'mem_list_dates_function');

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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 4.3 Minimalistic Event Manager <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-04-02 CVE-2025-31739 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.1.1 No patch available

Translated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-12 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in tier
2. 2026-10-05 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-10-01 70+ → 60+ down after 236 days in tier
4. 2026-02-07 80+ → 70+ down after 149 days in tier
5. 2025-09-11 90+ → 80+ down after 88 days in tier
6. 2025-06-15 80+ → 90+ up after 34 days in tier
7. 2025-05-12 90+ → 80+ down after 106 days in tier
8. 2025-01-26 100+ → 90+ down after 845 days in tier

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Minimalistic Event Manager: 60+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager