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Simple Shortcode Calendar

by kamontander · Booking & Events

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Lets you create a monthly calendar by entering a shortcode. Calendar is output as an HTML table. You can also highlight certain dates.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 67 average across 980 Booking & Events plugins

20+

Active installs

≈29 estimated

4.5K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.05★

Rating (adjusted)

4.5★ raw · 4 reviews

+9%

58

Downloads · 30d

category median +13%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4686 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+9% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

58

now · peak 141

5830d downloads · Aug 26

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

Simple Shortcode Cal · #25399 you The Events Calendar · #1441 Events Shortcodes Fo · #1568 Dynamic Month & Year · #2354

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.

2.9Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈29

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,385 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
12.8y ago
Added
2013-11-01 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Josh Fisher
    10.8y ago

    Once installed you have no settings, no options, and you don’t even get a message telling you what the shortcode is, could be much much better.

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  2. ★★★★★ David Robinson
    11.9y ago

    I was looking for a simple calendar that could have dates blocked out and this was the perfect solution to that. Thank you.

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  3. ★★★★★ zebb00
    12.1y ago

    No problems but an easy solution.

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  4. ★★★★★ Konstantinos13
    12.7y ago

    If you just want a calendar to be shown on your site, this is the most reliable solution.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-10-17 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-06 20+ → 30+ up after 26 days in tier
  3. 2025-09-10 30+ → 20+ down after 33 days in tier
  4. 2025-08-08 20+ → 30+ up after 101 days in tier
  5. 2025-04-29 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
  6. 2025-04-19 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in tier
  7. 2025-04-14 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-03 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier

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