Best gcal plugins for WordPress
The most popular gcal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pretty Google Calendar leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Legacy Google Calendar Events 2.4 (80+) and Google Calendar Widget & Short Code (70+). All 4 plugins tagged “gcal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 gcal plugins
- 1.Pretty Google Calendar
The most installed gcal plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Legacy Google Calendar Events 2.480+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.Google Calendar Widget & Short Code
70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 4.
GCal Days10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 4 plugins tagged “gcal”
Pretty Google Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,261by LBell10 months ago
Embedded Google Calendars that don't suck.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Legacy Google Calendar Events 2.4
Down in the last 7 days:58#17,950by SimpleCalendar11 years ago
Fork of the Google Calendar Events 2.4 WordPress plugin. Intended for backwards compatibility only.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google Calendar Widget & Short Code
Up in the last 7 days:68#18,220by Casey Bisson16 years ago
Adds a widget and shortcode to display or embed Google Calendars in WordPress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GCal Days
Up in the last 7 days:4,188#40,740by Scott Reilly10 years ago
Shortcode and functions to query your Google Calendar for the number of days since or until the most recent event matching your search criteria.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day