Minimalistic Event Manager
by Manuel Schmalstieg · Booking & Events
A simple and flexible solution for managing event dates.
45 health vs 66 average across 663 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3252 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 76
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-07 80+ → 70+ down after 149 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 90+ → 80+ down after 88 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 80+ → 90+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 90+ → 80+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2025-01-26 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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The Future Is Now 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide My Dates 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C - F FT Calendar 100+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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AM Events 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Event CLNDR 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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