Tips & Tricks

The Events Calendar is packed with all kinds of features and things it can do to help you manage events. This is where we share tips and tricks to level up your online WordPress calendar.

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If website security hasn’t been high on your business priority list, it certainly should be. Websites are being hacked on a daily basis, resulting in downtime which in turn leads to loss of revenue. Although it may seem unfair, a hacked website often results in loss of trust from customers and even potential blacklisting by…

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Are people visiting your site but not always completing the ticket checkout process?  Your site should lead customers to the finish line, but for some reason, they don’t always arrive. Even if you’re using Event Tickets Plus along with WooCommerce to sell tickets for your events, sometimes the default checkout page can be confusing, causing…

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Little Known Tricks for Event Tickets

Event Tickets is our WordPress plugin for creating and selling tickets in WordPress. It’s designed to make it as easy as possible to add tickets to any page, post, or custom post type while seamlessly integrating with The Events Calendar. Click to create a ticket, fill in some pricing details and— blammo 💥— you’ve got…

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Adding Recurring Events

Recurring events are a great way to save time and streamline the work of managing your events calendar on WordPress. With recurring events, you can create your event one time and future events are automatically generated for you. Recurring events can also make it easier for users to browse your calendar in list view by…

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Eventbrite is a popular place to create ticketed events, but how can you promote your events on your website to make sure people find them? By adding a widget for each of your Eventbrite events to your WordPress site, you can keep users on your site throughout the whole ticket-buying process. Below, we’ll show you…

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Getting your events calendar all set up on your website is one thing, but listing your events in a way for users to quickly find them is another task.  Displaying an easily scannable list gives users a chance to browse all of your offerings without getting overwhelmed by extra information. You can even display an…

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You’ve organized a major event and you’d like to get a head count to estimate how many people are coming. But guests don’t have any way to respond and let you know they’re planning to attend.  The solution? Add event registrations to your WordPress site and streamline the RSVP process so you have one less…

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Raising money for a good cause isn’t always easy. But with a few tweaks to your website’s events calendar, there are several ways to showcase your fundraising efforts and bring in more financial support.  Events and donations work in tandem in a variety of scenarios. For example, a musician can collect donations on their livestream…

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You already know how to create events, but how do you get more attendees to actually buy tickets? There are plenty of paid tools available to help you get more people in the door. But if you’re on a budget, you might not be able to afford lots of extra promotional tools.  Fortunately, there are…

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