Events Manager – Events / Locations Slider
by Stonehenge Creations · Media
Create a dynamic Slider (carousel or fade) for Events and Locations with the default Events Manager arguments, using a simple shortcode.
45 health vs 60 average across 1,438 Media plugins
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 5.9.13.
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 1590 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
42
now · peak 207
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-26 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-25 90+ → 100+ up after 97 days in band
- 2026-02-17 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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