Press, News, Events
by mattdeclaire · Booking & Events
Create custom post types for press releases, references to external news stories, and events.
41 health vs 67 average across 562 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 4973 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
51
now · peak 173
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 “60+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-10 70+ → 60+ down after 96 days in band
- 2025-11-06 80+ → 70+ down after 107 days in band
- 2025-07-22 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-20 80+ → 90+ up after 94 days in band
- 2025-04-17 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-14 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-11 90+ → 80+ down after 132 days in band
- 2024-11-30 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Same Category Posts 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
The Events Calendar 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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