WordPress plugin comparison

Primary Contact Event Manager vs The Events Calendar

Primary Contact Event Manager

by Terje Lundemo Tangen

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 Primary Contact Event Manager.
On a typical day, The Events Calendar is downloaded about 18,763 times, Primary Contact Event Manager about 1.
Primary Contact Event Manager has no reviews yet.
The Events Calendar was updated more recently: Nov 5, 2026, against May 1, 2020 for Primary Contact Event Manager.
The Events Calendar is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.4.25 for Primary Contact Event Manager.
The Events Calendar has been around longer: since 2010, against 2020 for Primary Contact Event Manager.

The Events Calendar leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Primary Contact Event Manager	The Events Calendar
Popular rank	#67,383	#95
Active installs	Fewer than 10	600K+
Downloads, last 30 days	35	1.3M
Rating	No ratings	4.2(2.5K)
Support threads resolved	–	85%
Tested up to	5.4.25	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×5.68
Last release	6 years ago	6 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.4

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