WordPress plugin comparison

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar vs Events Manager

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar

by Melograno Venture Studio

90K+ installs4.6

Events Manager

by Stonehenge Creations

100+ installs4.6

At a glance

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar has more active installs: 90K+, against 100+ for Events Manager.
On a typical day, Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar is downloaded about 692 times, Events Manager about 4.
Both are rated 4.6 out of 5.
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Mar 16, 2022 for Events Manager.
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.0.18 for Events Manager.
Events Manager has been around longer: since 2014, against 2018 for Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar.

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar	Events Manager
Popular rank	#482	#13,551
Active installs	90K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	57.4K	79
Rating	4.6(796)	4.6(12)
Support threads resolved	86%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.0.18
Search multiplier	×1.98	×0.01
Last release	14 days ago	4 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.3

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