GatherPress is the #94 ranked events app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Aug 31, 2026.
GatherPress is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by GatherPress. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews, it currently ranks #94 in the Events category.
AppRanks data: GatherPress ranks #94 in Events on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 24% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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GatherPress is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Events category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How GatherPress works
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Running a meetup, a user group, a conference, or a class? GatherPress gives you what you need to publish events, collect RSVPs, and keep everyone in the loop, all from your own WordPress site.
Your events live on your site. You own the data, you control how it looks, and you keep the relationship with the people who show up.
GatherPress is built by the WordPress community for the people who organize it: meetup organizers, WordCamp teams, user groups, and anyone else who gets people together in a room. It is free, open source, and shaped by the people using it every day.
What you can do
Publish events with the date, time, venue, and everything people need to know
Collect RSVPs, with anonymous listing for attendees who would rather not be named
Let people RSVP without an account, so nobody bounces off a signup wall
Let attendees bring guests
Email everyone who is coming, or everyone who is not, without leaving WordPress
Run events in person, online, or both, with maps for physical venues
Build and arrange it all in the block editor
Multisite ready and fully translatable
Try it before you install Hit the Live Preview button on this page to open a working demo in your browser. No signup, no setup, and real data to click around in.
Prefer to watch first? There is a short intro demo.
Join our community GatherPress is built in the open, and contributions are always welcome, whether that is code, translations, documentation, or just telling us what broke.
Get involved
Contributor guide
Open issues on GitHub
External Services This plugin connects to external services to provide address autocomplete, geocoding, and map tiles for venues. Each service has its own filter so you can point at a self-hosted alternative or disable the feature.
Photon geocoding (photon.komoot.io) Used to resolve venue addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates and to power the address autocomplete dropdown while editing a venue. The plugin proxies these requests server-side: your WordPress site sends the search query string and a User-Agent identifying the site (plugin version, WordPress version, site home URL) to the Photon API. Responses are cached on your site for 15 minutes.
Photon homepage / terms: https://photon.komoot.io/
Komoot privacy policy: https://www.komoot.com/privacy
Override the endpoint (for a self-hosted Photon instance) with the gatherpress_photon_api_url filter.
CARTO Basemaps (basemaps.cartocdn.com) Default map tile provider when the OpenStreetMap map platform is selected. When a venue map is displayed on the front end or in the editor, the visitor’s browser requests raster tiles directly from basemaps.cartocdn.com. No data beyond the standard tile coordinates (zoom, x, y) and the visitor’s IP / browser headers is sent.
CARTO terms: https://carto.com/legal/
CARTO privacy policy: https://carto.com/privacy/
Override the tile URL or attribution with the gatherpress_interactive_map_tile_url and gatherpress_interactive_map_tile_attribution filters.
Google Maps (maps.googleapis.com, www.google.com, maps.google.com) Alternative map provider, only used when a site opts in by choosing “Google Maps” in GatherPress settings. What the visitor’s browser requests depends on whether a Google Maps API key is configured:
With an API key, the browser loads the Maps JavaScript API from maps.googleapis.com and renders the map in the page.
Without a key, or if that script fails to load, the browser embeds a Google Maps iframe from www.google.com or maps.google.com instead.
Either way the request carries the venue coordinates, the visitor’s IP, and standard browser headers. A configured API key travels with the request and is visible in the page source, so restrict it by HTTP referrer in Google Cloud.
Google Maps terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms/
Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Map and address data used by Photon and CARTO are sourced from OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Events#94of 399Top 24%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where GatherPress stands in the Events category
GatherPress ranks #94 of 399 apps in the Events category, placing it in the top 24% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is GatherPress?
GatherPress is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Events category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by GatherPress.
Who uses GatherPress?
Currently around 100 active stores have installed GatherPress. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Events category on WordPress.
Where does GatherPress rank on WordPress?
GatherPress currently sits at position #94 in the Events category on WordPress. That places it in the top 24% of 399 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.