Good evening Randy and welcome to the Events Calendar forum!
Thank you for your interest in our products.
We’ll be glad to answer your questions.
If I opt not to renew after 1 year, will the shortcode still work or will the Events Calendar stop displaying within my theme?
Good news, your shortcode will still work, even if you do not renew.
However, this comes with some caveats:
- You will most likely need to “freeze” your the Events Calendar (free) version so that it stays compatible
- You will lose premium support access and updates
- We cannot guarantee that versions of the Events Calendar that are “frozen” will stay compatible with upcoming versions of WordPress or Divi
As long as you follow these guidelines, you should be good to go 🙂
Let me know if that helps.
Have a great day!
Geoff B.