Simple Google Calendar Widget
by nboehr · Booking & Events
Also makes 1 other plugin · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
Displays events from a public Google Calendar as a sidebar widget.
41 health vs 67 average across 980 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3553 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
95
now · peak 156
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ radnumen8.7y ago
I spent a very, very long time trying to find a nice, simple, extensible calendaring plugin like this. It doesn’t have a lot of features, but it does have the ability to import .ics and list events which is all I wanted. The code is clean and well-documented also, so it will be fairly easy to add functionality as I need it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gaell9.0y ago
Followed the recommendations (change to a higher PHP version) and broke my site. No warning given of the consequences.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ comlrooney10.5y ago
Does exactly what it says: exposes a shared Google Calendar using the Google UI. No fluff, easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ petri7110.5y ago
displays the title but that is all on WP 4.4.2
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Blair jersyer11.7y ago
No links to related events, Bad structure (dates are very close to events titles) There are to many things to improve.. Keep Goings 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lisa13.1y ago
very basic widget to import the google calendar upcoming events.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-29 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-23 300+ → 200+ down after 355 days in tier
- 2024-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 314 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 500+ → 400+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2023-06-16 600+ → 500+ down after 216 days in tier
- 2022-11-12 700+ → 600+ down
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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Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Pretty Google Calendar 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Add to Calendar Button 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ad Widget for WordPress 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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