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.
What’s the secret to getting your events to show up in search results? For the most part, it’s the same SEO principles that apply to your website. There’s no substitute for good content, using semantic markup in your code, and remembering to do the small things, like adding alt text to non-decorative images. But you…
After months of virtual meetings, classes, conferences, and happy hours, many of us are wondering when it will be safe to return to in-person events. The answer? It’s complicated. As much as we’d like to hit Ctrl + Z and return to a pre-COVID world, there still isn’t a clear understanding of what the outlook…
In this post we’re going to dive in to one of our favorite Promoter features: triggered messages. What does that mean? Well, in addition to scheduling messages, you can now create messages automatically when one of your attendees performs a specific action, such as submitting an RSVP or purchasing a ticket. With more than 10…
Creating a calendar for Higher Education or university group can be tricky. With so many events across departments, you need the right tools to simplify your complex calendar. Luckily, if you run your university group or department website on WordPress, you have tons of great calendar tools right at your fingertips. A calendar makes it…
The mission is at the heart of any nonprofit, and for many organizations, that mission is delivered through events. Whether you host board meetings, volunteer orientations, or fundraisers, events are a key function of many nonprofits. In this post, we’ll show you how to amplify your events by creating a calendar for your nonprofit on…
The mere thought of planning an event can be daunting: All that time and effort, all the logistics to coordinate, and all the costs that can add up quickly, plus a whole different set of concerns for virtual events, like choosing the best livestreaming platform or figuring out online ticketing. But creating a new event…
Finding the right calendar for your WordPress site can be a little bit daunting. With so many plugins to choose from, it’s a challenge to compare all the options and decide which calendar is right for you. If you’re on the quest to find your perfect WordPress calendar, fret not. We’ve put together a list…
Creating an online conference comes with perks like reduced overhead costs. And setup is easy!
Creating multiple touchpoints to communicate with your attendees is key when hosting online events.
Many developers are used to working on an in-person team where colleagues are just steps away, ready to offer a gut check or a second opinion. But if your dev team is switching to working from home—either temporarily or for the long haul—you’ll need to make some adjustments to the ways you collaborate. Remote work makes…
Offering online classes has become an essential part of operating a business these days.
We’ve received a good number of questions from people asking how well The Events Calendar supports virtual events or online events. The answer? It does a very good job of it. Let’s go over how to optimize your calendar for online events. Virtual Events add-on Whether you want to easily showcase virtual events, embed livestreams, integrate…
You’ve read about. We’ve been talking about it. We’re elated to announce the newly redesign calendar views for The Events Calendar are here! For years we’ve been proud to be the go-to calendar solution for WordPress users. But we don’t just want to rest on our laurels—we’re always striving to improve and to meet our…
Tickets and events. They often go together, not completely unlike the way we expect peanut butter and jelly, bread and butter and ice cream and pickles. The fact is that hosting an event with tickets means that you’ve gotta sell those tickets. There’s really no way around it. If attendees require a ticket to get…
You’ve got your WordPress site. You’ve got your events calendar. Now, it’s time to start selling event tickets. Of course, you could just sell tickets on a third-party site like Eventbrite or Ticketfly—no set-up required. But the benefits of selling your tickets on WordPress might outweigh the convenience of using an external event ticket platform….