Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin vs WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,253, ahead of Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin at #71,213. Over the last 7 days WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce slipped 1 place and Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin slipped 26 places. Downloads this week: WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 1,514 and Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin 22.
| Metric | Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin | WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #71,213 ▼ 26 | #1,253 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | — | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 22 | 1,514 |
| Rating | no ratings | 4★ (249) |
| Last updated | May 11, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.6.17 | 3.4.1 |
| Best rank on record | #48,183 | #1,249 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Feb 2021 | Mar 2017 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
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Frequently asked questions
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin or WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce?
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce, at #1,253 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin at #71,213. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Elegant Calendar Lite – WordPress Events Calendar Plugin or WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.