Build on The Events Calendar

Events Calendar PRO runs alongside The Events Calendar, which delivers the required foundation for creating and managing in-person or virtual events. The core calendar lets you save venues and organizers, group events with categories and tags, and show month, list or day views. Visitors can search events, view location information with Google Maps, and export event details to Google Calendar or iCal.

Choose how schedules appear

PRO adds recurring events, event Series, additional calendar views, calendar shortcodes, advanced widgets, custom event fields and an event duplication tool. Shortcodes can place a calendar on other WordPress pages or posts and filter it by category. Recurring events fit schedules such as regular classes, weekly meetings and performances.

The core calendar also includes an upcoming-events widget, JSON-LD structured data and WP REST API endpoints. Its responsive layout supports mobile, tablet and desktop screens. Ajax-powered browsing lets visitors move through calendar content without a full page reload for each interaction.

Customize the calendar for your website

Calendar presentation can be adapted with multiple stylesheets, partial template overrides, a skeleton stylesheet, template tags, hooks and filters. The product has been tested with theme frameworks including Avada, Divi, Enfold and Genesis. Documentation and free extensions provide further customization options; caching support and a debug mode are available for developers.

Add related event utilities as needed

Other products and services in the event suite cover ticketing and RSVPs, user-submitted events, automatic imports, email marketing and calendar filtering. Examples include Event Tickets, Community Events, Event Aggregator, Promoter and Filter Bar.

Install and configure

1. Install The Events Calendar on your WordPress site.
2. Install Events Calendar PRO alongside it.
3. Configure the calendar settings for your website.
4. Create events, add venues and organizers, and organize entries with categories or tags.
5. Set up recurring events where needed, then review the calendar on desktop and mobile layouts.

After setup, you can refine the calendar presentation with its stylesheets, templates, hooks, filters and extensions.