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.

Like many other parents, I’ve found myself homeschooling my kids while schools are closed. It’s been a heckuva transition, but my wife and I have picked up a few tricks along the way to make things easier. For starters, we’re using The Events Calendar to create a class schedule. It’s been a life-saver for us…

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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…

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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…

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how-to-move-conferences-online

Creating conference schedules just became easier than ever with the introduction of our new product, Event Schedule Manager. Manage Sessions, Speakers, Sponsors, Tracks, and other event details from within WordPress. Check out our blog post to learn more. There are lots of reasons you might consider moving a conference to a virtual setting. Whether you’re…

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Virtual events are a lot like any other event. They both require registration. They both have attendees. There are hosts and organizers. The key difference is the address: one is virtual and one has a physical address. So what makes effective email communication in online events? Just because an event lacks a location, it doesn’t…

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wordpress developer tools

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…

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how to offer your classes online

If your business is centered around offering classes, it might be hard to imagine what they would look like online. After all, how do you recreate the experience of a cooking class on a webinar or bring the energy of a studio workout to someone’s phone screen?  Virtual events may not have the same je…

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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…

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