Sortable – Simple Events by Date Manager Block
by Taras Dashkevych · Booking & Events
Also makes 3 other plugins · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily create customizable, sortable sections on your website using WordPress blocks with the Sortable Block plugin.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
-43%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “event”, “events” and “filter” 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.
48 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1116 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| filter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sort your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “event”, “events” and “filter” 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 23 Dec 2022 · 1,409 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 164 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
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
3.1y ago
latest release · v1.7.0 · 11 Oct 2023
12
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Dec 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vanvadas3.7y ago
This is my first review ever: Thank you for this plugin – this was exactly what I was looking for. Does the job perfectly. 🙂 One suggestion: It would be great if I could add reusable blocks into it. Thanks again!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thewigster19763.8y ago
Thanks Taras – love the new plugin and works perfectly on my website page for media snippets, especially when adding in new media entries that maybe older and it then automatically sorts it into date ascending/descending.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Curtis3.9y ago
This plugin resolves a long-standing issue in displaying an event, built into a sortable block, in a readable format on a mobile device. Love it!Thank you for developing plugins.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1
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
8 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 "Easily create customizable, sortable sections on your website using WordPress blocks with the Sortable Bloc..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for small businesses", "ideal for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, Instagram, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,965 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "filter" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-03 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 20+ → 30+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-12-02 30+ → 20+ down after 114 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 30+ → 20+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2024-07-13 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-12 30+ → 20+ down after 71 days in tier
- 2024-05-02 20+ → 30+ up after 105 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★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Events Manager 30K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Event Organiser 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
VS Event List 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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