the-events-calendar
If you want to feature any kind of events on your WordPress site, it's difficult to do so without a plugin.
A dedicated events calendar plugin will allow you to create a calendar on your site that is useful for your visitors, where they can find all the information they need to attend.
With the Events Calendar, you can:
Get started in minutes – no shortcodes or complicated setup required
Organize your events by categories
save places and event organizers
View events as a list, agenda or calendar
includes google maps for event locations
display an upcoming events widget
…and much more
Although Events Calendar is a good WordPress plugin, we should mention that there are a ton of calendar plugins available for WordPress. Our top pick is Sugar Calendar .
It is the best event calendar plugin for WordPress sites. It allows you to display offline and online events like webinars and conferences that are happening every week, month or year-round.
The plugin comes with all the basic and advanced features you need. You can even integrate third-party services like Google Calendar, iCal, etc. to sync your events and create a calendar feed.
Sugar Calendar is half the price of Events Calendar. It will set you back just $49 and will give you access to many more features.
Want to learn more? See: How to use Sugar qatar email database free Calendar to manage events and schedules .
That said, let's take a look at how the Events Calendar works.
How to create your calendar and your first event
Getting started with The Events Calendar is easy. First, install and activate the plugin and you will be redirected to the welcome screen.
Your calendar is now set up — you can find it at example.com/events.
To configure your settings, click on Events » Settings . Here you can choose how many events to display per page, whether you want to display events between your blog posts, time zone settings, and more.
To add your first event, click Events » Add New .
Enter a title and description, then scroll down to add the date and time.
The Events Calendar Review - date and time
You can then add the location details. The location will be saved and you can use it again in the future.
The Events Calendar Review - location
You can also add the event website, cost and other details.
The Events Calendar Review - more details
That's it.
Click Publish and your event will be displayed and searchable on your calendar.
You can view your calendar events by month, day, or list, and layouts are responsive . Your calendar is also searchable by keyword or date, and can be exported to iCalendar or Google Calendar.
Features for custom calendar developers
The Events Calendar plugin also has many features that make it easy to develop and highly customizable:
skeleton stylesheet so you can quickly create your own custom look from scratch
Partial template overrides for easy customization
Template tags, hooks and filters to code the calendar
a library of code snippets on GitHub to help you get started
detailed documentation