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We love WordPress. The Events Calendar is designed for it. Heck, even this website is powered by it. We keep an eye on what’s happening in the WordPress community and share tips and tricks that we learn.

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With thousands of WordPress themes available, it can be hard to choose one for your site. One way to narrow down your options is to think about your site’s goals.  On an event site, you want a theme that will showcase your events beautifully. Beyond that, the theme you choose will depend on your individual…

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A WordPress theme is the front-facing part of a WordPress website, and for years, we’ve used themes as the exclusive way to display the content that we create in WordPress. But more recently, you may have heard the term “headless WordPress” thrown around. It’s an odd thing to say out loud. But the concept is…

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Back in 2018, WordPress introduced the Gutenberg Editor, allowing users to add blocks to individual pages and posts. This gave us the ability to edit pages without the need for custom coding skills. It took some time to get used to, but now we’re all using blocks like a pro, right? Now, WordPress will be…

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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…

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It’s a fair question: Why do plugin developers charge annually for premium plugins? Why can’t you just buy a plugin once and own it for life? We’re going to tackle this question below. Hopefully we can help illuminate why we charge an annual fee for our premium plugins and what that fee provides for our…

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If you’re looking to give your event pages in WordPress an upgrade, this post is just for you. We’ve created some snazzy block patterns specifically for The Events Calendar! Download the free extension If you’re already using The Events Calendar, this free extension will add some block patterns for you to use. (And if you’re…

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Block patterns have the potential to make publishing content in WordPress easier and more flexible than ever. For example, let’s say you always find yourself adding the same two blocks to your posts. Perhaps it’s two side-by-side buttons. If you’ve done this before, then you know what it takes to make this happen: Add a…

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With all of the thousands of WordPress themes out there, it would be difficult to test the theme compatibility of our calendar plugins against every single one of them. Instead of focusing on compatibility with a particular theme, we have built The Events Calendar, Events Calendar Pro, Event Tickets, Event Tickets Plus, and our other premium…

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