The Events Calendar: Category Colors 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 #1,252, ahead of The Events Calendar: Category Colors at #3,347. Over the last 7 days WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce slipped 1 place and The Events Calendar: Category Colors slipped 10 places. WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce has the largest install base, roughly 5× the next: 20K+ active installs against 4K+ for The Events Calendar: Category Colors. Downloads this week: WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 1,058 and The Events Calendar: Category Colors 136. Ratings: The Events Calendar: Category Colors 5★ from 61 and WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 4★ from 249 reviews.
| Metric | The Events Calendar: Category Colors | WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #3,347 ▼ 10 | #1,252 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | 4K+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 136 | 1,058 |
| Rating | 5★ (61) | 4★ (249) |
| Last updated | Sep 16, 2025 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Current version | 7.4.2 | 3.4.1 |
| Best rank on record | #3,261 | #1,249 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2012 | Mar 2017 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 1 |
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
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, The Events Calendar: Category Colors or WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce?
By active installs, WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce: 20K+ sites run it against 4K+ for The Events Calendar: Category Colors, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 17, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, The Events Calendar: Category Colors or WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce?
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce, at #1,252 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with The Events Calendar: Category Colors at #3,347. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are The Events Calendar: Category Colors 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.