Private Google Calendars

70 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only about 1,000 active installs, this is a niche plugin that has found a loyal audience but has not gone mainstream.

Update Freshness

20/25

Last updated in December 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, the plugin is clearly being maintained and kept current with core releases.

User Rating

14/15

A 96 out of 100 rating from 23 reviewers is excellent, though the small sample size means the score should be read with some caution.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads and zero resolutions recorded, there is no public track record of how the author handles questions or bugs.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.4 and requiring only PHP 5.4, the plugin advertises broad compatibility, though this also signals a fairly conservative, older codebase.

Scores higher than 24% of indexed plugins

About

Display private and public Google Calendars on your Wordpress website.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2025-12-06 5:17pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 5.4.0+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: November 10, 2025

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What It Does

Private Google Calendars lets WordPress site owners embed both private and public Google Calendars into their sites without exposing underlying event details to visitors. It acts as a display layer, letting you control exactly which calendar entries are shown publicly while keeping sensitive schedule data restricted. In practice, it is useful for organizations that run scheduling in Google Calendar but want a polished front-end view on WordPress.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized organizations already managing their schedules in Google Calendar, including churches, nonprofits, fitness studios, real estate agencies, clinics, and coworking spaces that need a read-only calendar feed on their website. It is a good fit for teams that want to avoid migrating events into a separate WordPress events plugin and simply need to project their existing Google Calendar outward. Solo bloggers or small businesses without scheduling complexity will likely find it overkill.

Who Should Skip It

If you need two-way sync, ticket sales, RSVP collection, or recurring event management natively inside WordPress, skip this and use a dedicated events plugin. Anyone whose team does not already live inside Google Calendar will get more value from a purpose-built events solution.

The Bottom Line

Private Google Calendars scores 73.5 out of 100 on PluginCheck, with strong maintenance, ratings, and compatibility offset by modest popularity and no recorded support history. It is a focused, well-kept tool that does one thing well: showing a Google Calendar on WordPress without exposing private entries. If that is exactly what you need, it is a solid pick; if you want a full events system, look elsewhere.

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