Event calendars and event-management plugins
Event-focused plugins form a substantial part of the Calendar category. The Events Calendar, Events Manager, WP Event Manager, Eventin and Sugar Calendar are among the options in this group.
The related events tag is shared by 168 plugins, showing how broadly event-related work appears across the category.
Booking, appointments and reservations
Booking and appointment tools are a distinct cluster alongside event listings.
- Appointment Hour Booking: An appointment-focused option in the category.
- Easy Appointments: Another option grouped around appointments.
- SimplyBook.me: A booking-focused plugin.
- WP Simple Booking Calendar: An option associated with booking calendars.
The booking tag appears across 153 plugins, compared with 67 for appointments and 37 for reservation.
Timetables, schedules and calendar display tools
Scheduling and display-related tags point to an adjacent set of calendar tools.
- Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress: A timetable and event-schedule option.
- Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar: An Events Calendar display extension.
- The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block: Another display extension for The Events Calendar.
The scheduling and schedule tags cover 61 and 53 plugins respectively; widget appears on 32, while event-calendar appears on 31.
A concentrated leader in a broadly fragmented category
The category has many plugins, but only a small number reach higher install thresholds. There are 503 plugins, one with at least 100,000 installs and 13 with at least 10,000; The Events Calendar leads with 600,000 active installs.
Sixty-three percent of category plugins were updated in the last year. Several leading plugins were updated this month, including The Events Calendar, Events Manager and WP Event Manager. Adoption and review counts vary: Events Manager has 60,000 installs and many reviews, while SimplyBook.me has 30,000 installs and few reviews.