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Recurring events are a great way to save time and streamline the work of managing your events calendar on WordPress. With recurring events, you can create your event one time and future events are automatically generated for you. Recurring events can also make it easier for users to browse your calendar in list view by…
Letting users submit events to your website is a great way to populate your calendar and engage with your community. Sure, you could provide visitors with backend access so that they could then add events. However, wouldn’t it be easier if they were able to submit events from the frontend instead? Luckily, with our Community Events…
2020 was the year of the virtual event. We all learned how to set up a Zoom account and got used to seeing our colleagues only from the neck up. Now, virtual events are here to stay. With that in mind, it’s time to embrace taking our event planning duties into the virtual world. A…
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…
The first step to getting people to show up to your event: Make sure everybody knows where they’re going. Google Maps can provide great visuals on your website to help attendees see where an event is located. Using maps can also clear up any confusion about finding your venue. Plus, there are lots of places…
Eventbrite is a popular place to create ticketed events, but how can you promote your events on your website to make sure people find them? By adding a widget for each of your Eventbrite events to your WordPress site, you can keep users on your site throughout the whole ticket-buying process. Below, we’ll show you…
I remember the first time I opened up a WordPress theme file. I didn’t understand a lick of PHP, and my eyes glazed over the code. To be honest, I was horrified and nearly abandoned learning PHP and how to theme for WordPress. You see, I’m a designer and programming is not my strong suit.…
Adding a calendar to your website is key to letting your users know all about your upcoming events. Whether you are listing new events every day or only hosting occasional special events, a calendar can help you engage with your community and drive website traffic. Organizations large and small can benefit from adding a calendar…
Update: Events Calendar 6.0 Beta is now ready! Learn how you can be among the first to test-drive the new features. Join the beta testers here. For years, recurring events have been a thorn in our side at The Events Calendar. Not because we don’t love recurring events—they’re fantastic and convenient. But for several years,…
Summary Feature Release This updated version of The Events Calendar adds a new Month View section to the WordPress Customizer and includes several bug fixes. As always, we recommend updating on a staging site, just to be safe, but it should all be smooth sailing. And please note that this is a feature release that…
Raising money for a good cause isn’t always easy. But with a few tweaks to your website’s events calendar, there are several ways to showcase your fundraising efforts and bring in more financial support. Events and donations work in tandem in a variety of scenarios. For example, a musician can collect donations on their livestream…
We’re excited that Kadence WP has joined StellarWP, a new umbrella brand for all of Liquid Web’s software offerings! Kadence WP is the maker of the popular Kadence Theme and a powerful collection of blocks for effortlessly creating gorgeous webpages. Kadence Theme and Kadence Blocks work great with The Events Calendar, and we wanted to share…