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EMC – Easily Embed Calendly Scheduling

Name: EMC – Easily Embed Calendly Scheduling
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Simpma

⤓ Download v5.6 on WordPress.org ↗

by Simpmaupdated 2026-06-01🌟The Rising Star

A handy little bridge for your Calendly links despite the dashboard spam.

HealthyGrowing

85/100

It makes embedding Calendly simple but suffers from annoying admin notices and a small user base.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_shortcode( 'calendly', function( $atts ) {
    $a = shortcode_atts( [
        'url'    => '',
        'type'   => '1',   // 1 = inline, 2 = popup button
        'text'   => 'Schedule time with me',
        'height' => '630',
    ], $atts );

    if ( empty( $a['url'] ) ) {
        return '';
    }

    $url = esc_url( $a['url'] );

    // Enqueue Calendly widget script
    wp_enqueue_script( 'calendly-widget', 'https://assets.calendly.com/assets/external/widget.js', [], null, true );

    if ( '2' === $a['type'] ) {
        // Popup button
        wp_enqueue_style( 'calendly-widget-css', 'https://assets.calendly.com/assets/external/widget.css', [], null );
        $text = esc_html( $a['text'] );
        return "<a href=\"\" onclick=\"Calendly.initPopupWidget({url:'{$url}'});return false;\">{$text}</a>";
    }

    // Inline embed (default)
    $height = absint( $a['height'] );
    return "<div class=\"calendly-inline-widget\" data-url=\"{$url}\" style=\"min-width:320px;height:{$height}px;\"></div>";
} );

Keep in mind:The Pro features such as analytics, UTM passthrough, WooCommerce integration, reminders, and the visual widget customizer are not replicated.

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Active installs

~17,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.8★

13 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+145%

Growing fast

52 → 128 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +145% in the last year

52/day a year ago→128/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

EMC, Easily Embed Calendly Scheduling is generally praised for its straightforward installation and hassle-free embedding of Calendly (including Zoom integration), but users report annoying admin notices, limited functionality beyond a simple embed, and occasional authentication incompatibilities.

What people like

+Simplifies embedding Calendly code, avoiding manual embed code×2
+Easy to schedule personal Zoom rooms for customers
+Simple to install and works flawlessly
+Free version works fine and meets user needs
+Provides a customizer and supports multiple event types, offering flexibility

Common complaints

−Displays persistent admin notifications that are hard to dismiss
−Offers little value beyond a basic JavaScript embed and includes upsell attempts
−Incompatible with Microsoft 365 passwordless (authenticator) login, causing errors

Review trustReviews look organic

4.73★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

Not enough review history.

All-time ratings · 13 total

5★

4★

3★

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1★

Latest reviews · 13 analyzed

2023-05-13★★★★★Good plugin- responsive developer rjacob999
2023-05-13★★★★★Works as expected, too much dashboard spam Josh Pollock
2022-12-17★★★★★Perfect shaiyaofolena
2022-12-17★★★★★Excellent.timjco
2022-08-08★★★★★Thank you [email protected]1-shot
2022-05-08★★★★★Helpful Jennifer Eileen
2022-03-09★★★★★Error Message puredesignint
2022-01-24★★★★★Great calendar plugin!defotoverij
2021-11-01★★★★★Great plugin, easy setup works smooth!enrouteams1-shot
2021-10-05★★★★★Works really well with great integration Andrew Wright

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-06-01v5.6
2026-04-29v5.5
2026-04-06v5.4
2026-03-17v5.3
2026-03-14v5.2
2026-03-12v5.1
2026-03-11v5.0
2026-02-21v4.5

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

2,569

Mean release-day peak (30d)

355

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+6.8%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

85%

5★ share in analyzed sample

15%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.77 → 4.73★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered