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WordPress Webex Integration with The Events Calendar

You asked for it, and now it’s finally here! We’re so excited to announce that the most recent update of our Virtual Events plugin comes standard with a Webex integration. With this powerful combination, you can easily connect to your Webex account, generate Webex meetings, and add your existing Webex meetings all from the WordPress…

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Create a Custom RSVP Website in WordPress

If you’ve ever planned an event before, you understand that collecting RSVPs can be a bit tedious. You may have even grown tired of using cookie-cutter online registration forms and RSVP solutions that are cluttered with advertising. Anything that detracts or complicates the process may result in fewer confirmed RSVPs.  Wouldn’t it be nice if…

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How to build a school website using WordPress

Nowadays, schools of all types need good, informative websites in order to operate successfully. A website is the ultimate communication tool and allows you to display information for faculty, students, parents, and supporters in the community. Building a school website using WordPress is one of the most cost-effective ways to get your school online. WordPress…

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How to Add a Google Calendar to WordPress

Although there are different ways to add a Google Calendar to your WordPress site, we think the best (and easiest!) way is by using an importing service. With this method, you simply input your Google Calendar link, and all of your events are immediately added to your WordPress site. Sure, you could embed your Google…

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Featured Calendar: CyclingSavvy

It’s not every day that you find a website that provides such a breadth of resources for its given craft. Well, in this WordPress calendar example, CyclingSavvy has done just that. They’ve created a one-stop-shop for anyone visiting their WordPress site, looking for cycling classes, online courses, membership options, and so much more! As part…

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Stripe Payments for Our WordPress Ticket Sales Plugin

When we introduced Tickets Commerce in November, PayPal was the only gateway integrated into the solution. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve now added Stripe to Tickets Commerce, which opens up a whole world of payment options for our Event Tickets plugin users! We are especially excited about the many advantages this brings to you.…

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Featured Calendar: Congregation Shaara Tfille

Running in-person and virtual worship activities can be challenging. There are many considerations required to ensure that your congregants can find your events easily and attend them without a hitch.  Well, Congregation Shaara Tfille located in Saratoga Springs, New York, makes it look easy. They’ve built a WordPress site for their synagogue, using The Events…

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Our 10 Favorite Church Plugins for WordPress

With so much work involved in keeping members engaged, churches and houses of worship need all the help they can get. WordPress is like that all-star volunteer who can do just about anything. It’s reliable, versatile, and can cover a lot of gaps in the organization. Best of all, it’s free! That’s why many faith-based…

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How to Generate a Zoom Meeting on a WordPress Site

There are numerous advantages to integrating Zoom meetings and webinars into your WordPress site. Most importantly, it allows your participants to access your Zoom meetings from your website’s event page, instead of searching for the link elsewhere. And, it allows you to manage your virtual event attendees from the WordPress Dashboard. This simplifies the virtual…

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Help Attendees Prepare for an Upcoming Event

It’s essential to create a seamless experience for attendees from their first touch with your registration process through the end of your event. Keeping your guests informed throughout the process encourages them to stay engaged with your material, which leads to happier attendees and, in turn, return visitors. Sound appealing? We think so! In this…

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Pricing changes

We don’t make decisions like these lightly, so we’d like to take a minute to explain some price changes that will soon be taking place. Effective February 1, 2022, pricing for our 3-site, 10-site, unlimited, and multisite licenses along with bundled licenses will increase. Over the past seven years, our prices for these licenses have…

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2021 Recap and WordPress Updates

It’s mind-blowing to think how 2021 flew by so fast. Just yesterday, or so it seems, we were saying goodbye to 2020, wondering if a new year would finally give us a break from the COVID-19 mayhem. To add to the ambiguity, we were facing a major shift as a team. However, despite being surrounded by…

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How to embed YouTube Live on your WordPress Site

To run a virtual event or webinar using YouTube Live on your own site, you should start with creating a WordPress site and installing the number one free event and ticketing solution for WordPress, The Events Calendar. As you’ve no doubt noticed, YouTube has become extremely popular over the past few years. In fact, YouTube…

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