WP School Calendar
by Sorsawo Digital · Booking & Events
Build your amazing school calendar in minutes using WP School Calendar. Perfect for your school and education website.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
+55%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “calendar” for “icalendar”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “icalendar” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 69 average across 1,838 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 32.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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 9 releases 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 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ 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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| school | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| icalendar | #15 | #17 | down 2 |
| ajax calendar | #21 | #22 | down 4 |
| wp education | #16 | #21 | down 2 |
| online education | #24 | #21 | down 1 |
| calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| education your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| elearning your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| online courses your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 10 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
- Swap “calendar” for “icalendar”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “icalendar” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
23d ago
latest release · v3.8.25 · 8 Oct 2026
11
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 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 17 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jeriss Cloud Center3.0y ago
So far happy with the plugin and its support This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Jeriss Cloud Center.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tonyk67263.3y ago
This plugin is really simple and works nice for our needs. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ducky3.8y ago
I had high hopes for this plugin for a private school website. But there are no instructions on how to actually add events or use categories, etc. And by the looks of the support forum, there is non-existent support for it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ reginhard5.2y ago
Its simple and works perfekt for our needs. we do not have huge events we need to announce that have to be filled with text and picture, location and much more. this is like the only plugin i could find and it fits perfect. i faced the same problems the user mentioned with the 1970 date error, but after contacting the support hte issue was solved asap and its running just fine. looking for further develompments. best regards
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jimenezcarbo5.2y ago
I cannot set up date other than 1 of Jan 1970. ———— Just reinstalled into new version and it works finely. Thanks for the quick response! This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by jimenezcarbo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ oscarsocorro5.2y ago
You cannot enter dates, they all become January 1, 1970. It also does not allow descriptions of the events. Very limited and does not work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sorsawo Digital8.0y ago
Easy to use and plenty of benefits.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Wahyu Wibowo8.0y ago
Easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.8.25). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Build your amazing school calendar in minutes using WP School Calendar. Perfect for your school and educati..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,304 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "elearning", "online courses" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-01 500+ → 400+ down after 79 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 400+ → 500+ up after 68 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 500+ → 400+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2025-05-14 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-11 600+ → 500+ down 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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Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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