Vacation Rental Calendar
by duanestrong · Booking & Events
An availability calendar for vacation rentals driven from any calendar that exports iCal (HomeAway, VRBO, Flipkey, AirBnB etc.).
44 health vs 68 average across 505 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 3666 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
38
now · peak 88
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-01 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-21 60+ → 70+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-10 70+ → 60+ down after 319 days in band
- 2025-07-26 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-24 70+ → 60+ down after 42 days in band
- 2025-06-12 60+ → 70+ up after 45 days in band
- 2025-04-28 70+ → 60+ down after 290 days in band
- 2024-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 23 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 Google Calendar Outlook Events Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Localendar Calendar for WordPress 400+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F - P postical (iCal exporter) 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- C CHURCHOPE Theme iCal Generator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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The Events Calendar 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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