CitySpark Events and Embeds vs Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

CitySpark Inc. is the leading event listing and promotion platform for publishers. This plugin integrates the CitySpark platform into WordPress, allowing you to easily display your CitySpark calendar along with business listings and upcoming best of content. This plugin requires a CitySpark account. Go to CitySpark.com for more info. External services This plugin embeds scripts on the page that provide access to CitySpark, Inc’s services, including displaying community events in your area and allowing users to log into the CitySpark system to bookmark events. Usage of the plugin by a publisher requires a CitySpark subscription and the embedded scripts can be configured in the CitySpark Admin site. This service is provided by “CitySpark, Inc”: terms of use. Configuring the settings Before adding a block to the page, make sure to update the CitySpark Admin Page Settings. The settings configured here are required for the correct operation of plugin, and without them you may run into undesired 404 errors. In the CitySpark Event Calendar Settings page on the WordPress admin site, add a new “Placement URL” for each Portal and List Page block you intend to add to your site. Include the Placement URL and the Script ID just as you see on the CitySpark Admin site. Adding the block You can add a CitySpark Block to any page or post with the Gutenberg block editor. Directions for the different kind of blocks are outlined below. Portal and List Page Blocks After adding a CitySpark Portal or List Page Block to any page or post with the WordPress Gutenberg editor, insert the Script ID that matches the script that you want from the CitySpark admin page, and you should see the block show up in the preview (currently only available for CitySpark Portal blocks). Widget Blocks After adding one or more CitySpark Widget Blocks to a page or post with the WordPress Gutenberg editor, insert the Widget ID that matches the widget you want from the CitySpark admin page. Custom Hostname If ad-blockers on your visitors’ browsers are preventing the CitySpark portal script from loading, you can serve it through your own domain instead. To set this up: Log in to admin.cityspark.com and configure a Custom Domain (e.g. events.yoursite.com). Follow the DNS instructions provided there to point that hostname at CitySpark’s servers. In the CitySpark Event Calendar Settings page in your WordPress admin, find the Custom Hostname section and enter just the hostname — no https:// prefix (e.g. events.yoursite.com). Click Save Custom Hostname. The plugin will now load the portal script from your domain instead of portal.cityspark.com. Leave the field blank at any time to revert to the default CitySpark domain.

Events Manager is a full-featured event calendar, bookings, appointments, scheduling, and registration management plugin for WordPress ideal for everything from simple meetups to full-scale event planning. Built with flexibility, reliability and powerful features in mind. Demo Documentation Tutorials Main Features NEW Integrate easily with your favourite AI via MCP, unlock the power of AI-powered Events! NEW API Rest Integration NEW EU Compliance Tools for “Right of withdrawal” (EU ‘Widerrufsbutton’) Beautiful calendars, search pages, lists, grids and booking forms to enhance your site events. Easy event registration (single day with start/end times) Recurring and long (multi-day) event registration Build complex recurrence patterns with exclusion/blackout dates NEW Multiple timeslots within the day for events with advanced creation options Overlapping timeslots Buffer between timeslots Bookings Management (including approval/rejections, export CVS, and more!) Multiple Tickets Fully-featured graph and statistics including bar/line/pie with comparison and stacking MultiSite Event Support Cross-Network Event Sharing – show your events and booking fromss on other subsites or main site Network-wide Global Booking Management BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Support Create modular (independent) event subsites or inter-networked events Multiple custom event types (Archetypes), such as Workshops, Events, Webinars, Appointments etc. Customize your labels, slugs and CPT names Enable or disable specific features for specific event archetypes. Multiple Location Types Physical Locations Online Events (URLs) Zoom Webinars/Meetings Integration BuddyPress & BuddyBoss Support Submit Events Group Events Personal Events Activity Stream more on the way Guest/Member Event submissions Assign event locations and view events by location Event categories Easily create custom event attributes (e.g. dress code) Google Maps (see our API usage recommendations) Advanced permissions – restrict user management of events and locations. Widgets for Events, Locations and Calendars Fine grained control of how every aspect of your events are shown on your site, easily modify templates from the settings pages and template files iCal Feed (single and all events) Add to Google Calendar buttons RSS Feeds Compatible with SEO plugins Timezone Support – create events in different timezones Plenty of template tags and shortcodes for use in your posts and pages Gutenberg block editor support, with native blocks for the Events Calendar, Events List, and Locations List — usable in posts, pages, the site editor and the widget editor Actively maintained and supported Lots of documentation and tutorials NEW Gutenberg Supported And much more! AI Integration AI is here, and we’re on board! Check out what’s possible with our new and evolving AI integration possibilities: Data Privacy and GDPR Compliance We provide the tools to help you be GDPR compliant, including: export/erasure of data via the WordPress Privacy Tools, including booking, event and location data consent checkboxes on our booking, event and location forms on the frontend settings to control what can be exported/erased as well as where/when to place consent requests sample text for your site privacy policy describing what Events Manager does with personal data Premium Features We have a premium Pro add-on for Events Manager which not only demonstrates the flexibility of Events Manager, but also adds some important features including but not limited to: WooCommerce integration (sold separately) PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Square, Xero and Offline Payments Custom booking forms Individual Attendee custom forms Upload fields for bookings, attendees and users Printable Invoices and Tickets Send PDF tickets/invoices by email automatically Check In/Out Move bookings to other dates/times QR Scanning Manage bookings on your phone Check In/Out users Waitlists Automation – ultimate flexibility in automation! Triggers: X time before/after events start When a booking status changes When a booking was booked x time ago Actions Send Webhook (Zapier, MS Automation and many other services) Send Email Send WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram notifications WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram integration and interactive flows Coupon Codes Custom booking email per event and gateway Faster support via private Pro forums For more information or to go pro, visit our plugin website. Additional Plugin Integrations Whilst there’s many third party integrations with our own plugin, here’s some we’ve integrated ourselves! Included in Events Manager (automatic integration) BuddyPress WP FullCalendar Thrive Automator Additional Add-Ons Zoom WPML Multilingual Sites