WP Event Calendar
by John James Jacoby · Booking & Events
Also makes 28 other plugins · 331.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage events in WordPress with integrated month, week, and day views.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+64%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “appointment”, “calendar” and “event” 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.
83 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 9.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 20 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| appointment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| month your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| session your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “appointment”, “calendar” and “event” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 158 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 31 Mar 2026
1
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 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 1 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Knut Sparhell5.6y ago
Very good base for developers. Very extendable and filterable. This doesn’t give you front end calendar, but it takes well care of the management and display of calendar(s) from admin side. Extends WP_List_Table class for calendar views. Lacks Location as taxonomy, but such can easily be added. I combine this with Genesis Custom Blocks to make front end views, single event, list and calendars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ joelworsham10.2y ago
I really like this plugin! It’s super lightweight, yet functional and powerful. It’s perfect as a standalone solution, with some custom theme templates, or as a starting point for building a more powerful, streamlined calendar system.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage events in WordPress with integrated month, week, and day views."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 821 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "appointment", "session" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-04-10 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 40+ → 30+ down after 128 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 50+ → 40+ down after 312 days in tier
- 2024-01-23 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-01-13 50+ → 60+ up after 2 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 -
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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