Event Monster – Event Manager, Event Booking, Event Ticket & Registration vs VS Event List

Event Monster is a feature-rich WordPress event manager designed for event booking, event registration, and event ticket management. Whether you host conferences, workshops, webinars, sports activities, or community meetups, Event Monster gives you complete control over your event schedule, venue maps, attendee sign-ups, and calendar displays. With Event Monster, you can publish detailed event pages in minutes. Visitors can easily browse upcoming schedules using an interactive event calendar or modern card listing, submit registrations, select assigned seats, and receive automated email confirmations. Pro Demo Links Pro Demo: Event Monster Premium Demo Pro Features: Event Monster Premium Details Purchase Pro: Get Event Monster Premium Core Features of Event Monster Complete Event Manager Dashboard: Easily create and manage unlimited events with custom dates, start and end times, descriptions, venue locations, and organizer details. Event Booking and Registration: Allow visitors to register for events directly on your site with instant attendee management in the WordPress admin panel. Seat Allocation and Seat Selection: Set up a custom seat grid (Rows A-Z, Columns 1-50) so attendees can choose their preferred seats during event registration. Interactive Event Calendar: Display events on a clean calendar with month, week, day, and list view toggles powered by FullCalendar. OpenStreetMap Integration: Display venue locations on responsive maps automatically without needing a Google Maps API key. Event Countdown Timers: Build excitement with real-time countdown timers leading up to the start of each event. Automated Confirmation Emails: Automatically send branded registration notices to attendees and notification emails to site administrators. Search and Category Filtering: Let users filter events by custom categories or search keywords for fast navigation. Mobile-Responsive Design: Works across smartphones, tablets, and desktop displays. Available Shortcodes [EM-CALENDAR] – Displays the interactive event calendar with month, week, day, and list views. [EM-LIST] – Shows all published events in a card layout with search and category filters. [EM id="123"] – Displays a single specific event page (replace 123 with your event ID). [EM] – Displays the default event list. Free Version Features Unlimited event creation Interactive event calendar view ([EM-CALENDAR]) Free event booking and registration form Interactive seat selection map with grid allocation Attendee tracking and management dashboard Automatic email confirmations for registrations OpenStreetMap venue location display Real-time event countdown timer Custom event categories and search filter Social sharing buttons for event pages Organizer profile display with contact information Gallery photos (up to 3 images per event) Speaker profile (up to 1 speaker per event) Sponsor logos (up to 3 sponsors per event) Schedule items (up to 3 schedule entries per event) Two responsive layout templates (Default and Magazine) Pro Version Features Event Monster Pro unlocks advanced event manager and ticket booking tools: Unlimited gallery photos, speakers, sponsors, and schedule items Paid ticket booking with multiple ticket types and pricing tiers Integrated payment gateways (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay, and Square) Promotional coupon codes and discounts for event booking Drag-and-drop custom layout builder for event pages Customizable email templates with custom branding and SMTP support QR Code venue check-in system for scanning attendee tickets Priority customer support Suitable for All Types of Events Conferences, summits, and seminars Workshops, classes, and training sessions Webinars and virtual online events Concerts, shows, and musical performances Community, school, and university gatherings Corporate meetings, networking, and business functions Fundraisers and charity events Sports tournaments and fitness activities Resources AWPLife Official Website Documentation Support Forum Contact For Query

About With this lightweight plugin you can create an event list. Main features of the plugin: Free and lightweight Support for Block Editor and Classic Editor Display your event list with block, shortcode or widget Display upcoming and past events Share events via RSS or iCal feed Organise events with categories Customize your event list via the settings page or with attributes Add extra content to events with the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin Documentation at WP plugin page Active support from developer at WP forum How to use After installation go to menu item “Events” and create some events. Go to the editor and add the VS Event List block or the shortcode [vsel] to a page. This will display your event list. Or go to Appearance > Widgets and use the VS Event List widget. When using the shortcode add the list attribute to display the events you want. [vsel list="upcoming"] to display upcoming events (today included) [vsel list="future"] to display future events (today not included) [vsel list="current"] to display current events [vsel list="past"] to display past events (before today) [vsel list="all"] to display all events Without this attribute the default event list is displayed (upcoming events). Customize your event list via the settings page or with attributes. Settings page The settings page is located at Settings > VS Event List. Attributes Settings can be overridden by adding attributes to the block, shortcode, or widget. This can be useful when having multiple event lists on your website. Add custom CSS class to event list: class="your-class-name" Change the number of events per page: posts_per_page="5" Display all events (without pagination): posts_per_page="-1" Skip one or multiple events: offset="1" Change date format: date_format="j F Y" Display events of a specific year: year="2026" Display events of a specific month: year="2026" month="08" Display events from a certain category: event_cat="your-category-slug" Display events from multiple categories: event_cat="first-category-slug, second-category-slug" Reverse the order of events in the upcoming, future and current events list: order="DESC" Reverse the order of events in the past and all events list: order="ASC" Change the “no events are found” text: no_events_text="your text" Disable event title link: title_link="false" Disable featured image link: featured_image_link="false" Disable featured image caption: featured_image_caption="false" Disable featured image: featured_image="false" Disable read more link: read_more="false" Disable pagination: pagination="false" Display all event info: event_info="all" Display a summary: event_info="summary" Example: [vsel posts_per_page="5" event_cat="your-category-slug" event_info="summary"] When using the block or the widget, don’t add the main shortcode tag or the brackets. Example: posts_per_page="5" event_cat="your-category-slug" event_info="summary" Featured image Featured images will be used as the primary image for every event. By default the “post thumbnail” is used as the source for the featured image. The size of the post thumbnail may vary by theme. WordPress creates duplicate images in different sizes upon upload. These sizes can be set via Settings > Media. If the post thumbnail doesn’t look as expected (low resolution or poor cropping), you can choose a different size via the settings page. You can also change the width of the featured image. The featured image on the single event page is handled by your theme. Default support The plugin creates a custom post type “event”. This automatically supports the single event page, the event category page, the (event) post type archive page and the search results page. It hooks into the theme template file that is being used by these pages. Support for the single event page is needed. Support for the other pages is added to make the plugin compatible with page builder plugins. Events on default WP pages are not ordered by event date. Plugin activates the post attributes box in the editor. In the post attributes box you can set a custom order for events that have the same date. Custom order can be handy when automatic ordering by time is disabled. Plugin supports the menu page. Support is added to make the plugin compatible with page builder plugins. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) You can add extra content to the event details or the event info by using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. The most commonly used fields are supported. Create a field group for the post type “event” and add fields to this group. This new field group will then be added to the editor. With these fields you can add the extra content to each event. Via the settings page you can decide where to display the extra content. RSS and iCal feed You can share your upcoming events via an RSS feed. The default RSS widget will display events from future to upcoming. To reverse this order I recommend using an RSS feed plugin capable of changing the RSS feed order. You can share your upcoming and past events with an external calendar via an iCal feed. You can activate both feeds on the settings page. Have a question? Please take a look at the FAQ section. Translation Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs. More translations are very welcome! The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference. Credits Without help and support from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so thank you!