The Event Calendar: Private Category
by arifwn · Booking & Events
Add-on to The Events Calendar Plugin. This plug-in allows event categories to be set as private and viewable only to logged-in users.
45 health vs 73 average across 328 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4890 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
51
now · peak 140
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-15 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-08-06 30+ → 40+ up after 55 days in band
- 2025-06-12 40+ → 30+ down after 41 days in band
- 2025-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-30 40+ → 30+ down after 190 days in band
- 2024-10-22 30+ → 40+ up after 10 days in band
- 2024-10-12 40+ → 30+ down after 183 days in band
- 2024-04-12 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ installs · 4.9★ A -
Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia 90K+ installs · 4.6★ A -
Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ installs · 3.6★ A
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