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“How do I use the calendar with Elementor?” “I want to use Elementor to add calendar widgets!” “When are you going to add Elementor compatibility?” You can probably tell where we’re going here. One of our most requested customers features has arrived: Events Calendar Pro compatibility with Elementor! Cue the confetti and fireworks. 👋 Upgrade…
After a year like 2020, we know it’s absurd to try and predict what’s going to happen in 2021. But we’re going to do it anyway. Based on our hunches, and on our team’s many years of experience with events, we’re sharing a few educated guesses about what to expect this year. And if we’re…
We’ll show you our favorite tips to avoid virtual event burnout when everybody’s a little sick of online events.
TL;DR The Events Calendar is getting acquired by Liquid Web, a leading hosting provider. The entire Events Calendar team is staying on board. Customers can expect the same level of service, plus more new features in the future. We’ll get right to the point: The Events Calendar is joining Liquid Web. It’s big news, and…
There’s no way to look back at 2020 without acknowledging how difficult this year has been. The pandemic added an enormous amount of complexity, uncertainty, and heartbreak to the world. It took lives, and it put lives on hold. It also presented major challenges to anybody in the businesses of planning events. But the events…
In this post we’re going to learn all about Promoter Campaigns. Promoter is an email marketing tool that syncs with The Events Calendar, making it easier than ever to stay in touch with attendees and manage email marketing for events. With Promoter Campaigns, you can create a reusable collection of email shortcuts to assign to…
Big news for users of The Events Calendar: We’re launching a new partnership with Purplepass that takes your ticketing capabilities to the next level. This integration comes with lots of opportunities for calendar owners, with features like assigned seating and ticket delivery by mail. Curious to learn more? Read on to see if you could…
Back in December, we launched a new look for the Event Tickets ticket form and attendee registration process. Today, we’re stoked to share a preview of our redesigned RSVP form that users see when registering for an event. We’ve included this preview with today’s update of Event Tickets so you can test it out on…
Events have changed a lot in the past few months. Conferences, concerts, and classrooms have all moved online, and as events evolve, we know you need a calendar that can adapt. That’s why today we’re launching Virtual Events, a plugin to help you tailor your calendar to online events. Virtual Events comes loaded with features…
When we first began thinking about Virtual Events, we weren’t sure exactly what this product would entail. But we knew there was a need for a plugin tailored for online events, especially as event managers around the world scrambled to adjust while a pandemic swept the globe. Now, a little over two months later, I’m…
Big news for anybody running Event Tickets Plus on their WordPress site: for the first time, Event Tickets Plus officially supports shortcodes! Easily display tickets anywhere on your WordPress site, and an added bonus of the ability to display content based on whether a user has registered for the event or not. We really couldn’t…
Have you seen WP Sandbox? It’s this handy service that spins up a hosted WordPress site as easily as those 1-click install options offered by some hosts. The difference is that there’s no host and no domain needed. We’re big fans and use it often here on the team. In fact, we’re such fans that…
Hey folks! Like many of you, we’re keenly aware of everything that’s going on with COVID-19 and the uncertainty it’s causing. We’re also aware that it’s going to impact a lot of events, including many that are published to The Events Calendar on your website, as well as those that sell tickets with our Event…
You may have noticed a new look around here, and we’re not just talking about our updated calendar views. In addition to rolling out a makeover for The Events Calendar, we’re excited to present a new look for our brand altogether, complete with a new logo, an expanded color palette, and a fresh new style…
We recently shipped version 5.0 of The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro. These new versions feature calendar views that have been redesigned from the ground-up, including the premium views available in Events Calendar Pro. This is a big change, so we’ve made the upgrade to views opt-in only. This means, at this time you…