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…
Recently, we announced that we would be retiring our legacy views on Aug. 3, 2021. Following the announcement, we received a number of requests from users asking for more time to make the transition to the updated calendar views. Well, we heard you! We’ve decided to delay the removal of the legacy views until Feb.…
WooCommerce is one of the most popular ecommerce solutions for WordPress, powering 22 percent of the top 1 million ecommerce sites in the world. So it comes as no surprise that WooCommerce, with all of its extensions and capabilities, can add tons of useful functionality to your site. At some point, you might want to…
Note: We’ve updated this post to include all our recently acquired brands. Back in January, we announced that The Events Calendar was joining the Liquid Web family of brands. In the move, we gained new sister plugins that included iThemes and Restrict Content Pro. Over the past few months, our family has grown to encompass…
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…
If you’re reading this post, chances are you create WordPress sites for clients. In some cases, your client might be looking for a website that includes an events calendar. Luckily, you don’t need to start from scratch; it’s easy to add a calendar to a client site with the help of The Events Calendar. But…
Babypalooza connects new and expecting parents with events, courses, and baby products. The non-profit organization hosts events aimed to create a light-hearted community around education and access to resources. People visiting the site can watch product demos, chat with other parents, and learn tips for child-rearing success. Babypalooza also has an events calendar that we’re…
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…
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Following this announcement we received a number of requests from users requiring additional time to make the transition to the new calendar views. We’re now delaying the removal of the legacy views, and will send out a communication with the new removal date. Sign up to our mailing list to be notified when this change…
Getting your events calendar all set up on your website is one thing, but listing your events in a way for users to quickly find them is another task. Displaying an easily scannable list gives users a chance to browse all of your offerings without getting overwhelmed by extra information. You can even display an…
A WordPress theme is the front-facing part of a WordPress website, and for years, we’ve used themes as the exclusive way to display the content that we create in WordPress. But more recently, you may have heard the term “headless WordPress” thrown around. It’s an odd thing to say out loud. But the concept is…
You’ve organized a major event and you’d like to get a head count to estimate how many people are coming. But guests don’t have any way to respond and let you know they’re planning to attend. The solution? Add event registrations to your WordPress site and streamline the RSVP process so you have one less…