Simple Events List
by Mark Barnes · Booking & Events
Output a simple list of future events. Each event must have it's own post or page.
42 health vs 72 average across 358 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1, 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 6338 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
46
now · peak 154
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 391 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-20 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-06-13 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-12 20+ → 10+ down after 91 days in band
- 2026-03-13 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-12 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-11 10+ → 20+ up after 65 days in band
- 2026-01-05 20+ → 10+ down after 17 days in band
- 2025-12-19 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Community Events 30+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
The Events Calendar 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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