Short on time? Click down to the Recap of this post for the essential bullet points of this important announcement. As you may know, Google Maps no longer supports keyless access to their maps. Users will need to have a valid API key and enter their credit card information for all projects. With this change…
If you’re hosting a full calendar of events, your time is best spent preparing for said events, not fooling around with your website. With that being said, we’d love to show you our favorite calendar automation tools to save you time on your WordPress site. We built The Events Calendar as a free resource so…
What are UTM parameters? UTM parameters are custom tags which can be embedded in your event URL. Their goal? To help you track where your page visitors are coming from with more specificity. UTM parameters send information about a user’s digital journey back to your Google Analytics dashboard. By using a specific, recognizable tag in…
If you host multiple events in one day and would like your attendees to view them all at once, then Schedule Day View is right for you! Here’s the thing. If you’re hosting an event with multiple activities throughout the day, you run the risk of crowding the time slots in your calendar day, making…
A church’s business is to inspire, so it’s critical for a church website to have an inspiring design. Church websites fail to excite their visitors, and often struggle to communicate key information to their congregation because they are missing inspirational designs. The churches we’ve selected below, have given their websites a fresh and lively feel…
You want your website to make a great impression on your audience. You’ve spent hours designing a stunning site that’s unique and true to your brand, and now you need your event pages to match. With a few key features and best practices in mind, you can give your event page the power to convince…
It’s our passion to help you manage your events. We know that managing recurring events can be a big job, so we’ve put together a few handy tips to make your life a little easier. 1. Do your research If you want to plan a recurring event, the first thing you’ll need to do is…
Going Gutenberg is an ongoing series about our process of integrating our products with the WordPress block editor. View all chapters in the series here, and be sure to follow us on Facebook or Twitter to never miss an update. In Chapter I of the Going Gutenberg blog series, we examined how the introduction of…
For families experiencing financial hardships, buying diapers is an expensive yet necessary burden. Unfortunately, many social service programs designed to support families in need don’t offer a solution to this all-too-common issue. Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank offers diapers to families in need to ensure that the babies of Illinois’ Knox, Warren, Mercer, Henderson and Fulton…
Listone Magazine is our latest iteration in our Featured Calendar series. They utilize our full suite of plugins to bring users all of the features that they need to stay informed about upcoming events. What is Listone Magazine? Within a small town in Northern Italy, the non-profit Listone Magazine is using community-generated events to promote…
We’re pleased to announce that The Events Calendar 4.5.12.3 hotfix is now available, which resolves an issue related to the display of events in the default Month View. This issue was introduced with WordPress version 4.8.2 and impacts all previous versions of The Events Calendar–all users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. No…
The Events Calendar has been proud to lend support to the WordPress and nonprofit communities through our Nonprofit Partnership Program. This program provides discounted licensing for Events Calendar Pro or Event Tickets Plus to qualifying nonprofits, allowing organizations ready access to premium tools that make it easier to promote their events, generate revenue for charitable…
Images bring websites to life, so it’s no surprise one of the common questions asked by new WordPress users is: How do I add an image to my sidebar? You can manually add images using HTML code, but many people prefer the more convenient option of using a simple, lightweight plugin to do the work…
Extensibility is a key feature of The Events Calendar and Events Calendar PRO. That’s why we’re excited to announce event data is now accessible through the WordPress REST API. Update: Version 4.6 of The Events Calendar introduces full REST API support. See our guide: Introduction to The Events Calendar REST API Version 4.5 of The…
This past week, we crossed a new milestone for The Events Calendar – 500,000 active installs! As I was reviewing our stats on WordPress.org and thinking about our plugins in general, the number five kept showing up in different places: 5.5 million plugin downloads 5-star reviews – 1,155 5 widget shortcodes in Events Calendar PRO…
