Simple Sponsorships
by Igor Benic · Booking & Events
Also makes 12 other plugins · 1.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Accept Sponsorships for any type of site, event or product. Manage & Display Sponsors.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
80+
≈86 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “events”, “payment” and “podcasts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
42 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 940 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1658 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1658 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| podcasts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sponsors your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sponsorships your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “events”, “payment” and “podcasts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 222 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.5y ago
latest release · v1.8.1 · 17 Apr 2022
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Daniel Espinoza6.2y ago
This plugin makes it very easy to setup a place where people can sponsor my podcast. The sponsor requests are easy to manage in the WP dashboard. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ poglaa6.2y ago
It’s a nice plugin and the free version does everything I need. Even the payment methods!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Indione6.2y ago
This plugin has great features but basically if you want anything that’s actually really useful, you have to pay for it. It feels like the only thing free is the install.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (1.8.1). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.8.1 No patch available
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 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Accept Sponsorships for any type of site, event or product. Manage & Display Sponsors."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use it", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 6 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,448 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "events", "podcasts" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-05 90+ → 80+ down after 136 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-15 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-10 100+ → 90+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 100+ → 90+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-10-10 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-09 100+ → 90+ down after 1771 days in tier
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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The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Events Manager 30K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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