Event Organiser vs Events Calendar by FooEvents

Event Organiser adds event management that integrates well with your WordPress site. By using WordPress’ in-built ‘custom post type’, this plug-in allows you to create events that have the same functionality as posts, while adding further features that allow you to manage your events. This includes the possibility of repeating your event according to complex schedules and assign your events to venues. This can all be done through an intuitive user interface, which allows you to view your events in the familiar WordPress list or in a calendar page in the admin area. User Docs | Function Reference | Forums | Demo | Booking Add-on Available Extensions Event Organiser Pro Event Organiser Frontend Submissions Discount Codes Stripe Gateway Posterboard (free) CSV export (free) iCal Sync A full list of available extensions can be found here. Features For the user Create one-time events or recurring events. Allows complex recurring patterns for events. You can create events that last an arbitrary time, and repeat over a specified period. Supports complex schedules such as On the third Tuesday of every fourth month or Every month on the 16th. Ability to add or remove specific dates to an event Event functions available which extend the post functions (e.g. the_title(),get_the_author(), the_author()) to output or return event data (the start date-time, the venue etc). For examples of their use see the documentation or the included template files. Create and maintain venues for your events, with Google maps support and a fully-featured content editor. Widgets: Calendar widget – displays a calendar (identical to the standard WordPress Calendar) Event List widget – displays a list of events, with options to specify the number of events, restrict by categories or venues etc. Event Agenda widget Year, month and day archive pages Shortcodes: (full)Calendar, includes optional category & venue filters. (widget) Calendar Event List (similar to Event List widget) Event Agenda (similar to Event Agenda widget) Venue map Subscribe to event feeds Relative date queries (for example, query events that finished in the last 24 hours, or events starting in the coming week). Assign events to categories and tags, and view events by category or tag. Colour-coded event categories. Custom permissions allow to specifiy which roles have the ability to create, edit and delete events or manage venues. Venue pages, to view events by venue. Export/import events to and from ICAL files. Delete individual occurrences of events. Public events feed: allow visitors to subscribe to your events, or a particular venue / category. Supports ‘pretty permalinks’ for event pages, event archives, event category and venue pages. (Optionally) automatically delete expired events. For the developer Adds an event custom post type that fits naturally into WordPress and allows for all the functionality of ‘posts’. Respects the template hierarchy. Default templates can be over-ridden by including the appropriately named template files in your theme folder. Plug-in actions and filters are provided to modify the behaviour of the plug-in (hook reference Extensive function API & documentation Javascript actions and filters to modify interaction with the calendars and maps Provide custom templates for shortcodes, widgets and ICAL export Custom metaboxes and meta data support for venues (see tutorial). Minified javascript files are used, with the originals provided for ease of developing Booking add-on available Localisation A big thank you to those who have provided translations for Event Organiser. If you wish to help out with translating the plug-in, you can do so here. Arabic – Layla, Mohamed Nazir Bulgarian – Parvan Voynov Catalan – jordioniric, marc.antje Chinese – sdsunqian Czech – Jan Kupsa Croatian – Branimir Danish – Intox Studio, Malthe, Morten Lyng Dutch – Ingrid Ekkers, Roel English (Canada) – GhostToast Estonian – Kristjan Roosipuu Finnish – Kari Tolonen, Juhani Marttila French – Remy Perona, Arnaud German – Martin Grether & Henning Matthaei Greek – Vasilis, Panagiotis Hebrew (Israel) – heli Hungarian – Csaba Erdei Icelandic – HrHagedorn Indonesian – Daniel Tampubolon Italian – Emilio Frusciante, Pio Muto, Daniele Piccoli Japanese – ogawa, tkj, takeshi terai, haya. Latvian – Kristaps Lithuaniun – Stephan Siegi Macedonian – Aleksandar Norwegian – Erlend Birkedal Norweign (Bokmål) – DagC Persian (Iran, Islamic Republic of) – Polish – Bartosz Arendt Portuguese (Brazil) – Rafael Wahasugui, rafaelkvidal Portuguese (Portugal) – Emanuel Teixeira Romanian – raduanastasedev Russian – Sergei Slovak – ViRPo Slovenian – Matej Spanish (Spain)- Joseba Sanchez, jagarre, jelena kovacevic, courtesy of WebHostingHub Spanish (Peru) – Pedro Valverde Swedish – Sofia BrÃ¥vander, Urban Norlander Thai – Nibhon, Wuttichai Songprapai Turkish – Gökhan DAMGACI Ukranian – Максим Кобєлєв

The Events Calendar by FooEvents is the simplest way to display any post, page or custom post type in a dynamic events calendar on your WordPress website. Whether you use a third-party events plugin, list events using posts, or create landing pages for each event using your favorite page builder, the Events Calendar by FooEvents makes it possible to display any event in an events calendar on your website. Try the live demo 📅 How it Works Simply enable the event features on a post, page or custom post type and set the date and time of the event. Any post, page, or custom post type that is enabled as an event will then display in your events calendar. This unique and flexible approach means that almost any post type can be treated as an event and displayed in an events calendar. This gives you complete flexibility to create events using custom code, a third-party events plugin, or simply create a custom event page using your favorite page builder and display it in the calendar. Adding the events calendar to the front-end of your website is done using a simple events calendar shortcode or events calendar widget. Both the events calendar shortcode and events calendar widgets include various options that can be configured to determine which posts, pages or custom post types are displayed in the calendar. ✨ Features Add event details to any post, page or custom post type and display these items in an events calendar. Add an events calendar on any page with the events calendar shortcode or events calendar widget. The shortcode seamlessly integrates with most page builders and only takes a few seconds to add. Click on an event displayed in the calendar and proceed to the relevant post or page. Display multiple events calendars on a single page using multiple shortcodes. All you need to do is make sure that each shortcode has a different ID. In addition to the traditional events calendar view, you can also display events in a list format. You can set the list view to filter the events by day, week, month or year. When configuring an event, you can set the background and text color of the event label that is displayed in the events calendar view. For the list view, a colored dot will appear next to the event’s name. By default, the events calendar shortcode will display the current month by default, however, you can set the events calendar to load a specific future or past date. Set the event calendar to start the week on either Monday or Sunday based on what suits you best. Specify the number of events to display in both the events calendar and list views. The time format is adjustable, allowing you to present it as per your preference. Configure the time format to display based on your preference. Set the events calendar to hide weekends if your events only take place during the week. Set the events calendar to only show specific events or posts using their ID’s. Change the look of your events calendar using our built-in events calendar themes. Works with almost any WordPress theme. Integrates perfectly with the FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin making it possible to also sell tickets and bookable services. ⚡ Use Cases School activity events calendar: Display school-related activities in an events calendar on your school website. This is perfect for students, teachers, and parents to stay up to date with important dates, holidays, activities, shows, sporting events etc. Company events calendar: Inform employees and stakeholders about internal events, training sessions, product launch dates, wellness activities, company holidays, and corporate milestones. Meetups: Organize informal gatherings or groups with shared interests and display upcoming meetings, topics, and locations in an events calendar. Community Center: Showcasing events, classes, workshops, and gatherings taking place at the community center. Activities events calendar: Often used by restaurants, resorts, cruise ships or holiday destinations to inform guests of daily or weekly activities, shows or available excursions. Event Management: Promoters, venues or organizations can showcase upcoming events like concerts, webinars, or workshops. Users can view event details and book tickets when used together with the FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin. Recreational clubs: Sports and recreation clubs can display training sessions, matches, and other club-related events for members in an events calendar. Community or local government: Publicizing community events, town hall meetings, trash collection days or other important local dates in an events calendar. Holiday special events calendar: Retailers or e-commerce sites can use an events calendar to highlight special sales, promotions, or product launches aligned with specific dates or holidays. Health & fitness: Gyms or health clubs can list fitness classes, sessions with personal trainers or special wellness events in an events calendar on their website. Cultural & religious groups: Places of worship or cultural organizations can post schedules for religious ceremonies, festivals, and cultural events relevant to their community on their website using the events calendar. 🎟️ Sell Tickets and Bookable Services The Events Calendar by FooEvents is also fully compatible with the FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin which makes it possible to sell branded tickets to more advanced events such as multi-day events and bookable services. FooEvents offers many advanced features that add event management functionality to your website including free ticket themes and a free check-ins app. FooEvents for WooCommerce (core plugin): Sell tickets with no commission or ticket fees and manage free registration for practically any type of physical or virtual event such as a concert, class, conference, tour, webinar, fundraiser or sports fixture. FooEvents Bookings: Sell access to bookable events, venues, classes and services. Let your customers check availability on your website and book a space or slot. No phone calls or emails, 100% self-service. The Events Calendar by FooEvents plugin integrates seamlessly with FooEvents Bookings. Each bookable slot is displayed in the calendar and can be selected when clicked. FooEvents PDF Tickets: Attach event tickets or confirmations as PDF files to the email that is sent to the attendee or ticket purchaser. FooEvents Custom Attendee Fields: Capture customized attendee fields at checkout so you can tailor FooEvents according to your unique event requirements. This is useful for acquiring additional information from attendees such as clothing sizes, meal preferences, demographic information, waiver acceptance etc. FooEvents Multi-day: The FooEvents Multi-day plugin is an extension for FooEvents that lets you sell tickets to events that run over multiple calendar or sequential days. This is an essential plugin if you have an event that runs longer than a day or single session and requires multiple check-ins for each attendee. When installed, the FooEvents Multi-day plugin will also add multi-day capabilities to posts, pages and custom post types. FooEvents Seating: The FooEvents Seating plugin is an extension for FooEvents that allows your guests or attendees to select their seats at checkout based on the layout of your venue. This plugin can be used to specify rows and seats in a conference room or theater, tables and the number of chairs at the table etc. You can create VIP sections or restrict attendees to seats in other higher or lower tiered areas. FooEvents Express Check-in: The FooEvents Express Check-in plugin is an extension for FooEvents that makes checking in and managing attendees at your event a fast and effortless process. The intuitive interface allows you to search for attendees in a matter of seconds or you can connect a Bluetooth or USB barcode scanner to your computer in order to scan tickets instead of typing. You also have the option of automatically checking in attendees to further speed up the process. Check-ins App: There’s no need to struggle with clumsy spreadsheets or kill trees when you can manage event check-ins with our free, easy to use iOS and Android apps. The FooEvents Check-ins app gives you the tools to manage access to your event like a pro and it even works in offline mode and supports 15 different languages! FooEvents Ticket Themes: Transform the appearance of your tickets and make your event stand out with our FREE Ticket Themes. If you have some basic coding knowledge, the Starter Theme can be used as a template to design your own tickets from scratch. 🔌 Integrations Straight out of the box, the Events Calendar by FooEvents can be used by any third-party plugin that creates events using a custom post type. All you need to do is head to the Events Calendar by FooEvents settings and add the custom post type as a supported event post type. Documentation and Support The most current documentation for the Events Calendar by FooEvents plugin can be found in the FooEvents Help Center. You can also purchase a support package for the Events Calendar by FooEvents plugin should you require any technical support.