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Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform
A slim little tool for those who hate bloated event plugins.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
Most users love the lightweight simplicity while others find the feature set too limited.
Active installs
~24,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
23 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+386%
Growing fast
37 → 178 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +386% in the last year
37/day a year ago→178/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySugar Calendar is generally praised for its lightweight design, ease of use, and responsive support, but some users report poor code quality and limitations in displaying the calendar.
What people like
- +Responsive and helpful support team×4
- +Lightweight alternative to more bloated calendar plugins
- +Easy to set up and intuitive interface, quick initial configuration×2
- +Simple design without unnecessary features, making it less overwhelming×2
- +Pro version delivers promised functionality and can be translated
Common complaints
- −Code quality and markup are poor, feeling like a beta version
- −License activation problems on local development sites
- −Shortcode does not render calendar on pages
- −Cannot display calendar in sidebar, limiting placement options
- −Overall functionality considered insufficient compared to alternatives
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.38★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-08-132025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 23 total
Latest reviews · 23 analyzed
- 2026-05-05★★★★★Good product, good supportcedmonds
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Liking it so far, but still needs work. Great support!StratPoint
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Crapchronicsys
- 2025-08-12★★★★★very simple and easy and it works soo goodschnurrsula1-shot
- 2025-05-29★★★★★Finally a really simple calendar pluginHolger Wassenhoven
- 2025-03-12★★★★★Great supportcincinnaticreative
- 2025-02-12★★★★★Extremely Helpful Supportdcphoto1-shot
- 2024-12-06★★★★★Patrick was First Classchrism1955
- 2024-07-24★★★★★Excellent plug in for many reasonsszpinner
- 2020-02-14★★★★★Brilliant plugin, exactly what I was looking forvervetom
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
236
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
190
Prior 7-day baseline
218
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,039
Mean release-day peak (30d)
251
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+24.2%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.25
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.43 → 4.38★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered