Simple Google Calendar Widget
by nboehr · Booking & Events
Displays events from a public Google Calendar as a sidebar widget.
41 health vs 76 average across 289 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 3508 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
62
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
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 “200+”. 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
- 2025-10-29 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-10-25 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-23 300+ → 200+ down after 355 days in band
- 2024-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 314 days in band
- 2023-12-24 500+ → 400+ down after 191 days in band
- 2023-06-16 600+ → 500+ down after 216 days in band
- 2022-11-12 700+ → 600+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 -
Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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