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WP Events Manager
A lightweight event manager that feels far too empty for most users.
DecliningPoor rating
33/100
Users report broken updates and a lack of essential features like coupon codes while support remains unresponsive.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
2.7★
13 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-38%
Declining fast
215 → 134 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.69★
- MINORdownloads down 38% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 7 months
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
Declining fast · -38% in the last year
215/day a year ago→134/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Events Manager is a lightweight events plugin with a decent visual impression, but it is widely criticized for missing core features, poor documentation, unreliable updates that break sites, and near-absent support.
What people like
- +Described as lightweight and visually appealing out of the box×3
- +Basic event functionality works adequately for simple use cases×2
Common complaints
- −Poor or nonexistent documentation and shortcode references×3
- −Support is largely absent or unresponsive, with many support topics closed×3
- −Updates repeatedly break the site or disable key features, requiring weeks for fixes
- −Missing important features: no offline/WooCommerce payment integration×2
- −Limited currency support; adding non-default currencies requires manual hacking×2
- −Events are not displayed in chronological order
- −Customers are forced to register an account to purchase an event, with no option to disable this
- −Missing display customization options such as calendar view, week view, sorting, and search
- −Date picker does not work
- −No timezone support for businesses with multiple locations
- −No coupon/discount code functionality×2
Review trustMostly organic
- 2.69★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 2.70★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 13 total
Latest reviews · 13 analyzed
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Late updatesonegard
- 2023-11-15★★★★★Not a proper event pluginLuca
- 2022-12-20★★★★★Barely scrapes the basics to be useableAndalusianWorld
- 2022-04-26★★★★★Great plugin.cristianfrunza93
- 2021-02-11★★★★★can you please add discount on event?frkncelebi
- 2020-07-17★★★★★واحد پولی ریال ایرانpouneclinic
- 2020-07-11★★★★★Limited Currenciesjohnfontyn
- 2019-08-05★★★★★Ruim para o clientecsantiagobr
- 2019-07-01★★★★★Poor supportHodaPress
- 2018-11-18★★★★★Potential but trash plugin at the current stateIvaseg
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.
130
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
130
Prior 7-day baseline
110
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
134
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
0.0%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.87
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
31%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.69 → 2.69★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered