For current promotions, check out our deals page. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means we can guess with 99.8% certainty you’ve already been bombarded by all kinds of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Spoiler Alert – We’re doing one too. But we’re doing it our way. We want you to have plenty of…
The holiday season is jam-packed with events, which means your site’s calendar is about to get extra busy. To help you prepare your WordPress site for higher traffic volumes, we’ve pulled together some helpful housekeeping tips. Holiday Calendar Maintenance Tips Backup Your Site Hopefully, you’re already doing this regularly. If not, do it now. The rest…
We’re kicking the tires on The Events Calendar 4.3, which includes updates to our entire suite of calendar and ticketing plugins. If you’ve been following along, we’ve been shipping a series of maintenance releases for Version 4.2 and, while squashing bugs can be fun, we’re really, really excited about what;s coming up in 4.3 and…
Back to school season is in full swing. From kindergarten to college, kids of all ages are brimming with potential as they gear up for a new school year. Glancing at the news, there are all sorts of articles on how to prepare your child to head back to school. From easing into preschool to…
WordPress plugins and themes are often customizable with functions called “hooks”. There are two types of hooks: actions and filters. If you’re not familiar with actions and filters, then definitely spend some time learning the basics. The WordPress Codex has an in-depth introduction to them here, and Treehouse has a great overview here, for example….
Our next milestone is approaching fast – The Events Calendar is expected to cross the 4 million downloads threshold over the next few days. To celebrate, we’re running a special Random Refund Promotion July 26-29th. What’s a “Random Refund”? For 4 days next week (July 26th-29th), any purchase OR renewal of Events Calendar PRO will be eligible…
When it comes to client contracts, most of us can agree that they’re generally a pain in the butt. There’s often legal language that’s hard to decipher, clauses and attachments to comb through, and if you want one that’s rock-solid, you’ll need to hire a lawyer to create one with your business’s best interests in…
Excerpts provide truncated previews of content with a “read more” link instead of displaying the full-length content. They’re staples of web design—especially for WordPress sites—and many page designs simply don’t work without them. So when we started hearing from customers that our handling of excerpts was not satisfactory, we knew it was a meaningful issue…
“Plugins are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Ok, Dumbledore didn’t really say that, but it’s still true. And when it comes to evaluating WordPress plugins, Harry Potter offers some valuable lessons to help avoid future headaches. Evaluating WordPress Plugins: Choose Your Wand Wisely Diagon Alley makes choosing a wand look…
When it comes to event planning, selecting a date for your event is about much more than the venue availability. So how do you choose the perfect event date? Picking your date is one of the first steps in the event planning process. After establishing your event goals and objectives, you’ll want to spend some…
Your event registration process has a tremendous impact on RSVP and ticket sales. The easier the process, the more likely attendees will make it all the way through checkout. All of the attendees that want to register for your event have to go through the same first step: registration. Make a positive impact by nailing…
Using Facebook for event marketing is an excellent way to increase registrations and ticket sales for your events. The best part? All of the methods we’ve shared below won’t cost you a penny. Free Ways to Use Facebook for Event Marketing Beyond adding share buttons to your calendar listings, there are some easy ways to leverage…
As part of our continued efforts to provide the best events management solutions for WordPress, Modern Tribe has purchased GigPress, a popular and established events plugin aimed at musicians, comedians, and other performers. GigPress joins our illustrious lineup of events plugins including The Events Calendar, Events Calendar PRO, and Event Tickets. Our events plugins get…
We often get asked for a coupon code or discount promo from users that want to buy a whole cart full of our plugins at once. Instead of trying to manage individual coupon codes, we found another way to hook you up with some sweet discounts for Events Calendar PRO and our other premium plugins. Events…
An early bird ticket pricing strategy is one of the most popular ways to promote ticket sales for events like conferences, workshops, and seminars. Despite their popularity, early bird ticket pricing strategies don’t always work out as planned. Some of the common problems we see are tickets not selling quickly enough, tickets selling too quickly, and…
