Simple Event Planner
by PressTigers · Booking & Events
Also makes 11 other plugins · 22.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A powerful & flexible plugin to create event listing and event calendar on your website in a simple & elegant way.
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Health
B 84/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+183%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “event calendar” for “facebook event”. “event calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “facebook event” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 60.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 941 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 2 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 37 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 23 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| event planner | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| planner | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| seminar your tag | #4 | #4 | down 1 |
| seminar plugin | #5 | #5 | down 1 |
| event listing | #14 | #20 | down 1 |
| venue your tag | #18 | #18 | 0 |
| facebook event | #24 | #23 | down 3 |
| event management | #23 | #22 | up 1 |
| event venue | #22 | #21 | 0 |
| simple event calendar | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| event calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| listing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “event calendar” for “facebook event”. “event calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “facebook event” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.5.8 · 24 Sep 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% run the current release. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.6 years ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ lancefrenchcom1.6y ago
Lovely, simple, Event plugin, excellent support, well written code. Just what I was looking for.Cant say better than that.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matt Knowles1.6y ago
I would have thought a plugin designed to display events would at least be able to sort them either in ascending or descending order. Instead it displays them based on the date the event post was entered. Also it displays an unneeded search field, and even though their FAQ has a shortcode example to hide it, I could not get that feature to work. Not a usable solution and I deleted it. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Matt Knowles.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danielepais2.4y ago
Fantastic, simple but effective plugin for your event calendar. I have paired it with forminator to add a booking form capability, and the two together form a rock solid solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wardencenter3.3y ago
Great Plugin that works right of the box. It has the best looking single event page we’ve seen, and we’ve tried 13 event calendar plugins. It takes some careful thinking, but changing the templates is pretty easy if one wants to do some customizations. A big “thank you” to Simple Planner!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ strellegedanser3.6y ago
Is it somehow possible to show past events?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ adkusterswp3.7y ago
None of the shortcodes work except [event_listing] and [event_calendar]
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sardorusmonov5.3y ago
Shortcodes don’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sancukosan5.7y ago
Amazing plugin This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by sancukosan.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2022-03-23 CVE-2022-25611 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.5.4 Patched in 1.5.5
- 2022-03-23 CVE-2022-25612 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.5.4 Patched in 1.5.5
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 42 languages, 8 at 90% or more
Plus 18 more locales with partial translations.
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A powerful & flexible plugin to create event listing and event calendar on your website in a simple & elega..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for events"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Maps.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,684 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "seminar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-03-28 2K+ → 1K+ down after 806 days in tier
- 2020-01-12 1K+ → 2K+ up after 932 days in tier
- 2017-06-24 10+ → 1K+ up
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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My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings, Tickets & AI 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
EventON – Events Calendar 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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