WordPress plugin comparison

Anton Featured Events Manager vs The Events Calendar

Anton Featured Events Manager

by Anthony Carbon

Fewer than 10 installs

The Events Calendar

by Nexcess

600K+ installs4.2

At a glance

The Events Calendar has more active installs: 600K+, against fewer than 10 for Anton Featured Events Manager.
On a typical day, The Events Calendar is downloaded about 18,763 times, Anton Featured Events Manager about 2.
Anton Featured Events Manager has no reviews yet.
The Events Calendar was updated more recently: Nov 5, 2026, against Jun 1, 2019 for Anton Featured Events Manager.
The Events Calendar is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for Anton Featured Events Manager.
The Events Calendar has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Anton Featured Events Manager.

The Events Calendar leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Anton Featured Events Manager	The Events Calendar
Popular rank	#68,796	#95
Active installs	Fewer than 10	600K+
Downloads, last 30 days	38	1.3M
Rating	No ratings	4.2(2.5K)
Support threads resolved	–	85%
Tested up to	5.0.31	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×5.68
Last release	7 years ago	6 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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