WP Event Calendar
by John James Jacoby · Booking & Events
WP Event Calendar is the best way to manage events in WordPress!
83 health vs 76 average across 288 Booking & Events plugins
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
Biggest win: WP compatibility
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
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
29
now · peak 81
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 14 days in band
- 2025-04-10 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-07 40+ → 30+ down after 128 days in band
- 2024-11-30 50+ → 40+ down after 312 days in band
- 2024-01-23 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-01-13 50+ → 60+ up after 2 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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The Events Calendar 700K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Appointments 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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