EventON – Events Calendar vs Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

EventON Lite is the free version of the #1 best-selling Event Calendar plugin on Codecanyon (63,000+ paid installations worldwide since 2011). Create a professional, fast, and beautiful event calendar in minutes — no coding required. Perfect for blogs, businesses, churches, schools, communities, and anyone who wants to showcase events without clutter or bloat. Display your events in a sleek, minimal, and responsive layout that’s designed to impress. Create unlimited events, choose from endless color options, and organize them with custom categories. Plus, the interactive Shortcode Generator makes it simple to add event calendars to any page or post—directly in the WP Block editor. Start Building Your Event Calendar Today! See EventON calendar in action at EventON Lite Demo and experience its ease of use! Ready to take your event calendar to next level and unlock advanced features like tickets, RSVP, Seats, and more? Check out EventON Full Version and EventON Addons Experience EventON Full version before you buy at EventON Full Demo and EventON Addons Demo. Why people love EventON Lite Clean, modern, fully responsive design that looks great out of the box Unlimited events, colors, and categories Powerful repeating schedules (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly + custom) Virtual events support Google Maps + event organizers Search, filter, and sort events easily SEO-ready with Event Schema & JSON-LD Interactive Shortcode Generator + Gutenberg block OpenAI integration to help write event titles, descriptions, and social posts Lightweight and focused — no unnecessary features Key Features Calendar Experience Multiple views: Month, Schedule, Tile, Live Now Gradient event colors and custom icons (Font Awesome) Month jumper, load more events, and limit number of events shown Responsive on every device Open events as lightbox, slide-down, new page, or external link Show only featured events or hide past/cancelled events Event Creation Power Unlimited events with featured images Single-day, multi-day, all-day, month-long, and year-long events Repeating events (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, custom) Virtual events with attendance modes Event location + Google Maps + Directions Event organizers Custom meta fields Event categories (multiple event types + tags) Feature and prioritize important events Different timezones per event + “view in visitor’s local time” Add to Google Calendar & iCal Discovery & Engagement Event search Sort & filter by category, type, and more Related events Single event box you can place anywhere Widgets for sidebars Location & Organizer archive pages Ease of Use & Design Interactive Shortcode Generator (works in Classic Editor and Blocks) EventCard Designer with multiple layouts Quick edit & bulk edit Built-in language translations Custom CSS support Download all events as CSV or ICS Technical & SEO Event Schema and JSON-LD markup for better search visibility Basic PayPal payments support OpenAI integration for titles, subtitles, descriptions, and X (Twitter) posts Accessible future repeat instances Members-only calendar option Ideal for Community calendars and local event listings Workshops, webinars, meetups, and recurring classes Church services and school activities Blogs and websites that want a beautiful free calendar without bloat Nonprofits, clubs, and small businesses See it live: EventON Lite Demo ! EventON Documentation & Support Stuck? Check out Documentation Library. You can also reach out via WordPress.org forum. Ready to Upgrade to EventON Full Version ? Ready to Upgrade to EventON Full Version? Grab the The EventON Full version and elevate your event experience to the next level! Why upgrade to EventON Full version? Full Integration: Access premium addons like Tickets, RSVP, Seats, and more to make your events unforgettable. Advanced Customizations: Unlock unique layouts, designs, and enhanced event features to personalize your events. More Event Views: Enjoy flexible display options with grid, weekly, or yearly views tailored to your needs. Multi View Switcher: Seamlessly switch between different event views for versatile event displays. Advanced Search Capabilities: Easily find events with advanced search options, including taxonomies, subtitles, and postmeta values. Quick Event Editing: Enable the edit event icon for effortless event updates right from the event top. Zoom OAuth Integration: Seamlessly integrate with Zoom for smooth virtual event management. Link from Anywhere: Direct users to single event pages from anywhere, simplifying navigation. Multiple Organizers: Assign several organizers to an event for collaborative planning. Enhanced Filters: Use event filter reset and active features for a more dynamic search experience. Autonomous Functions: Automate event management by auto-moving past events to trash and marking them as completed. Virtual Event Content: Add engaging post-event virtual content to keep your audience connected. Custom Google Map Styles: Personalize event locations with unique Google Map styles. EventCard Designer: Choose from 7 layouts to create visually appealing event cards. EventTop Designer: Customize the top section of your events for a standout look. Multi Data Types Support: Create versatile content types that can be reused across multiple events and updated all at once for consistent event management. Language corresponding event: Assign languages to events and create calendars that display events in specific languages for targeted audience engagement. Dedicated Support: Receive expert assistance via helpdesk.ashanjay.com to ensure your events run smoothly. Support for All EventON Addons: Maximize your event potential with full compatibility with all EventON addons. For complete list of features –> Comparisons EventON Addons The EventON Full + EventON Addons = Super charge your event calendar with tickets, countdowns, seats etc. Explore all our addons at EventON Addons Our Most Popular Addons: FullCal Addon – Display your calendar in a grid style Event Tickets – Sell tickets to your events with this addon that is powered by Woocommerce and pay only payment processing fees. ActionUser – Allows front-end event submission to users, curate user permissions to calendar and front-end Event Manger RSVP Events – This allow your attendees to RSVP without the need of tickets. DailyView Addon – If you have many events, this is the perfect addon to show just the events that are taking place today. WeeklyView Addon – Display events for a week at a time using our WeeklyView Addon. YearlyView Addon – Show 12 months, an entire year of events in one setting in an elegant yearly calendar view. EventMap Addon – Add a google map API based map with all the events on monthly or all upcoming basis and show your events on a map format. Speakers & Schedule Addon – Setup speakers and their schedule for the event that is seamlessly integrated on EventCard. Event Slider Addon – Convert your events into a beautifully crafted slider of events that place events on spotlight. Seats Addon – Convert your regular event tickets into interactive and handpickable seats from the seat map. Event Countdown Addon – Display a real-time countdown timer for events to increase demand for your events and drive audience attention. Our Newest Addon! Check-ins – Boost your events with Check-Ins: a fast, user-friendly addon delivering seamless guest check-ins and real-time attendance insights. Check out all EventON Addons.

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