Hey there! We are excited to announce that we just shipped a maintenance release for The Events Calendar, Eventbrite Tickets, and Community Events! This release features an updated “Compact Date Format” and support for Promoter to help avoid plugin conflicts. We’re also refining the design of Community Events on the front end. Before we jump into…
Anyone in the business of event promotion knows that knows that the success of the event is a reflection of the success of your work. If the event is well-promoted, then it is more likely to succeed. And if the event succeeds, then it is more likely that you will land more clients. Let’s take…
Halò! We’ve polished up Attendee Information and Reports for your sites in this week’s release. Before we jump into the changelogs, it’s worth mentioning that this round of updates is a Maintenance Release. In other words, this is a smaller update between major updates and is mostly comprised of bug fixes, tweaks, and small but meaningful…
It’s hard to believe, but The Events Calendar is coming up on its 10-year anniversary. That’s nearly a decade of building and maintaining WordPress event management plugins that are used the world over. In fact, our plugins now power more than 700,000 calendars around the globe. As the Product Owner for The Events Calendar, I…
It’s the ultimate disappointment: 500 people RSVP to your event, but only 30 people show up when the day arrives. What gives? How could so many people respond but so few bother to actually attend? There are a few possible reasons your attendees flaked: Maybe they thought your event sounded interesting three weeks ago, but…
OK, so you were told that WordPress would be great for your website. You did your research, followed the famous five-minute installation instructions, and got a site spun up pretty darn fast. The problem is that you’re not in love with the way the default Twenty Nineteen theme looks. I mean, it’s pretty, but not…
We’ve got a few updates for Event Tickets and Event Tickets Plus ready for you. For example, we’ve fixed some compatibility issues with themes as well as third-party plugins. Plus, we cleaned up a few warning messages, and the My Tickets page is now accessible from the single events once again. As a reminder, maintenance releases…
We are excited to announce that we just shipped a maintenance release for Events Calendar PRO! This release features a fix for an issue that was causing 500 errors and the WordPress admin area to be inaccessible for some users using Events Calendar Pro 4.7.8. Events Calendar Pro 4.7.8.1 Not Updated This Release Events Calendar…
We are excited to announce that we just shipped a maintenance release for The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro! This release features a fix for the page that shows all instances of a recurring event so events are displayed in the correct order, as well as tweaks to the event location functionality to ensure…
Promoter is a new communication solution for events and the people who run them (hey, that’s you!). With Promoter, you can connect with your community via email through every stage of your event, bolster event attendance, and manage notifications more efficiently than ever. Here’s a Promoter feature we’re highlighting today: Audiences and Custom Lists. What…
We’ve got a slew of new updates for you on a few of our plugins. We’re talking bug fixes, refinements, and several new hooks that make things more functional and flexible than before in this round of updates. Before we dig into the specific changes, just a reminder that Maintenance Releases are smaller updates between…
When it comes to marketing your event via email, forget about one-size-fits-all solutions. In general, it’s more effective to send targeted emails to small groups than to send mass emails to every single person in your contact list. But segmenting your audience requires a bit of strategy. Before you can tackle targeted messages, you need…
If you run a community calendar to help people find events in your community or your industry, it’s time to harness the power of crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is essentially another word for outsourcing. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people.” When…
We are excited to announce that we just shipped a maintenance release for The Events Calendar and Events Calendar PRO! This release ensures that images can be imported into events from CSV files and that a compatibility issue with Outlook calendars causing event times to be off by one hour is fixed up. The Events…
Email marketing for events is all about finding a sweet spot: You don’t want to be too spammy. You don’t want to undercommunicate, either. You want to be the Goldilocks of the inbox, mastering an email approach that’s not too aggressive and not too hands-off, always sending email reminders that hit at the most important…
