Monthly Events Calendar
by WP Devteam HaywoodTech · Booking & Events
Also makes 2 other plugins · 360+ installs across the portfolio →
Monthly Events Calendar for WordPress is a powerful and user-friendly plugin that allows you to effortlessly manage and showcase events on your WordPr …
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈60 estimated
Momentum
+50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “calendar”, “event” and “events” for “concerts”, “workshops” and “workshop”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “concerts” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “event” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workshops” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workshop” sits at #22 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 →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 3K 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 3 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 39 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 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.
49
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| monthly | #1 | #9 | 0 |
| concerts | #14 | #15 | up 3 |
| agenda | #20 | #18 | down 1 |
| workshops | #21 | #23 | 0 |
| workshop | #22 | #22 | 0 |
| calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| organizer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “calendar”, “event” and “events” for “concerts”, “workshops” and “workshop”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “concerts” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “event” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workshops” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workshop” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Jan 2024 · 1,027 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 264 · peaks are release surges
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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.5 · 24 Sep 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. 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 310 days.
Install history since 9 Jan 2024
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Monthly Events Calendar for WordPress is a powerful and user-friendly plugin that allows you to effortlessl..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,344 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "organizer" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 50+ → 60+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 60+ → 50+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 50+ → 60+ up after 126 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-01 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 60+ → 70+ up after 76 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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The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Events Calendar by FooEvents 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Events Calendar for GeoDirectory 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A -
Bulk Edit Events – Create Events in a Bulk Editor 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A -
Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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