AM Events
The purpose of this plugin is to add an event type similar to the normal post type. By design this plugin doesn’t provide any ready-made layouts, and allows the events to be fully integrated and customized to the theme of your choosing. Current Features Admin pages to view/create/modify events. Available data fields for events: start date, end date, venue, category Create weekly or biweekly recurring events Fully customizable widget for displaying upcoming events. The custom post type created by the plugin is named ‘am_event’ and has two taxonomies: ‘am_event_categories’ and ‘am_venues’. Dates are stored as post metadata. Displaying the events is done in the theme files using WP_Query and the template tags provided by the plugin. This allows full control over the layout and what elements to show. The widget for displaying upcoming events uses a simple template system for full control of the layout. If you think something critical is missing, feel free to send me a request. The plugin is available in the following languages (pot-file included for additional translations): English French Norwegian Finnish TUTORIAL For integrating AM Events to an existing theme, I suggest creating a child theme with custom page templates. You can find an example of a working Twenty Twelve child theme from https://github.com/attemoi/am-events-child-theme containing three different page templates for event pages. Widget Here are the shortcodes available in the upcoming events widget template. [event-title] [start-date] [end-date] [event-venue] [event-category] [content] [thumbnail] [excerpt] [permalink] [meta] Conditional shortcodes: [if cond=”startdate-is-enddate”] [if cond=”startdate-not-enddate”] [if cond=”startday-is-endday”] [if cond=”startday-not-endday”] [if cond=”has-venue”] [if cond=”has-category”] The title can be linked to the event post with the ‘link’ attribute, e.g. [event-title link=true] The category and venue can also be linked similarly to their respective archive pages using the ‘link’ attribute, e.g. [event-category link=true] The number of words displayed in the title, content or excerpt can be limited by the ‘limit’ attribute, e.g. [content limit=25] or [event-title limit=10]. The dates can be formatted using the ‘format’ attribute, e.g. [start-date format=’d.m.Y H:i’] (see PHP date for formatting options). If no format is given, the default WordPress date format is used. You can use any shortcode as many times as needed in a single template. To separate date and time of start date for example you could write: [start-date format='d.m.Y'] divider [start-date format='H:i'] Example usage of conditional shortcode: [start-date format='D d.m.Y H:s'] [if cond='startdate-not-enddate'] - [end-date format='D d.m.Y H:s'] [/if] Template tags Template tags were introduced in version 1.3.0 and are listed below. More documentation can be found in the source files. // Template tags for getting and displaying event dates am_the_startdate($format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true) am_get_the_startdate( $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $post = 0 ) am_the_enddate($format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true) am_get_the_enddate( $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $post = 0 ) // Template tags for getting and displaying event venues am_get_the_venue( $id = false ) am_in_venue( $venue, $post = null ) am_get_the_venue_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) am_the_venue( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) // Template tags for getting and displaying event categories am_get_the_event_category( $id = false ) am_get_the_event_category_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) am_in_event_category( $eventCategory, $post = null ) am_the_event_category( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) Example of displaying the first category of the current event post: $categoryArray = am_get_the_event_category(); echo $categoryArray[0]->name; Creating a WP_Query The custom post type is named ‘am_event’ The taxonomies are named ‘am_venues’ and ‘am_event_categories’. The event post has metadata named ‘am_startdate’ and ‘am_enddate’ that are formatted like ‘yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm’ So suppose I wanted to display all events with a category of ‘other’ and venue ‘mcdonalds’. I would then make a WP_Query like this: $args = array( 'post_type' => 'am_event', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'tax_query' => array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'am_venues', 'field' => 'name', 'terms' => 'mcdonalds', ), array( 'taxonomy' => 'am_event_categories', 'field' => 'name', 'terms' => 'other' ), ), ); $the_query = new WP_Query($args); if ($the_query->have_posts()) { while ($the_query->have_posts()) { $the_query->the_post(); $postId = $post->ID; // Use template tags to get start and end date $startDate = am_get_the_startdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); $endDate = am_get_the_enddate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Use template tags to get venues and categories in an array $venues = am_get_the_venue( $postId ); $eventCategories = am_get_the_category( $postId ); // All the other functions used for posts like // the_title() and the_content() work just like with normal posts. // ... DISPLAY POST CONTENT HERE ... // } } If you want the events ordered by start date, add the following to $args: 'orderby' => 'meta_value', 'meta_key' => 'am_startdate', 'order' => 'ASC', If you need to display only upcoming events, add the following meta_query argument to $args: 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => 'am_enddate', 'value' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time()), 'compare' => ">", ), ), The plugin folder also contains a file “examples.php”, which contains an example function for displaying upcoming events in a table.
Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin
Simple Calendar is the easiest way to add Google Calendar events to your WordPress site. Quick to setup. Fine tune to your needs. Mobile responsive. Beautifully designed. Simple Calendar Features Display events from any public Google Calendar. Keep managing events in Google Calendar. No need to create events in WordPress. Out-of-the-box designs that match your theme’s look and feel. Fully responsive and mobile-friendly monthly grid and list views. Customize event content display using simple tags. No coding required. Combine multiple calendars into single displays explicitly or using categories. Intuitive, simple display configuration changes for fine tuning. Advanced settings to adjust time zones, date/time formats and start of the week. Integration with Event Calendar Newsletter for quickly turning your events into a newsletter-friendly format. Additional functionality offered with add-ons. Translations available with more being added on a regular basis. Translations welcome! Open source with code hosted on GitHub. Contributions welcome! Love using Simple Calendar? Consider purchasing a Premium Add-on FullCalendar Add-on Features Week and day views added alongside the month view. Display event titles and start times directly on your calendar. Faster load times when navigating through months, weeks or days. Configure header navigation buttons to allow site visitors to easily switch between views. Intuitive design for multi-day events. Customizable calendar heights with optional scroll bars. Set default start time for week and day views. Limit display times for week and day views. Works with our Google Calendar Pro add-on to display color-coded events within each view. Priority email support with a 24-hour response time during weekdays backed by a top-notch team. Google Calendar Pro Add-on Features Display events from both private and public Google Calendars. Highlight events with colors that match assigned Google Calendar event colors. Display attendee names, avatars and RSVP status for any private or public event. Display event organizer information. Display a list of attachments with links to their original source. Secure connection established between your site and Google using the OAuth standard. Works with our FullCalendar add-on to display beautiful month, week and day views with color-coded events. Priority email support with a 24-hour response time during weekdays backed by a top-notch team. Get ALL these features with our Premium Add-ons Want to take Simple Calendar for a spin first? Try out a Live Demo
