Herodotus – On This Day vs Registrations for the Events Calendar – Event Registration Plugin

Herodotus is a specialized tool for creating recurring historical events based on Day and Month, making it perfect for “This Day in History”, birthdays, anniversaries, or any annual recurring timeline. Unlike the default WordPress behavior where posts are tied to a specific publication year, Herodotus introduces its own herodotus_post Custom Post Type. You simply pick a day and a month from the custom date picker in the block editor, and your post will automatically appear on that exact day every single year. Key Features: Dedicated Custom Post Type — keeps your regular blog posts completely separate from historical events. Custom Taxonomy — group historical events into categories like “Science”, “Politics”, “Birthdays”, etc. Annual Recursion — just set “May 15” and the post appears every May 15, forever. Two Layouts — standard list layout for pages, compact layout ideal for sidebars and widgets. Shortcode & Gutenberg Block — use [herodotus] or the included block to display events anywhere. Year Support — set the year of the event for display purposes. Year Badge — the historical year is displayed as a badge on each event card, so visitors immediately see when the event occurred. Category Filtering — display posts from a specific category using [herodotus category="history"]. Category Labels — category is displayed on each event card and on the single event page. Hide Images — show posts as text-only using [herodotus show_image="false"]. Open Graph & Twitter Card — automatic meta tags for beautiful social media sharing previews. Schema.org Markup — JSON-LD structured data (Article, Event, CollectionPage) for better SEO and Google rich results. Automatically disabled if Yoast SEO, RankMath, AIOSEO or The SEO Framework is active. Timezone Aware — strictly respects your WordPress timezone settings. WPML & Polylang Ready — includes wpml-config.xml for full multilingual compatibility. Translation Ready — includes translations for Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. Caching — built-in transient caching for fast frontend performance. Sortable Admin Columns — the posts list in the admin shows “Herodotus Date” and “Year” columns, both clickable to sort your events by date or year. Available Shortcode Attributes: [herodotus] — show today’s posts using global settings. [herodotus layout="compact"] — compact view, ideal for sidebars. [herodotus limit="5"] — limit to first 5 posts. [herodotus category="history"] — show posts from a specific category (use slug). [herodotus excerpt_words="15"] — set custom excerpt length. [herodotus show_image="false"] — hide images, show only title, excerpt and Read more. [herodotus order="DESC"] — reverse sort order for this instance (overrides the global setting).

Whether you’re holding a meetup, class, workshop, tournament, or any other kind of event, you need a reliable way to handle event registration. Our plugin makes collecting and managing event registrations easy and simple. Even nontechnical users can set up the plugin and start collecting event registrations within minutes. Create a simple RSVP registration form or a more advanced event registration form with custom fields. All event registrations are stored in your WordPress database for easy event management. Customize confirmation and notification email templates to keep your attendees and event managers informed throughout the event registration process. Looking for an All-in-One Event Plugin? If you’re starting a new event website and prefer an all-in-one solution, check out Event Genius which is a partner plugin. Event Genius includes built-in event management, calendars, registrations, recurring events, and attendee management in a single plugin. Requires The Events Calendar Registrations for The Events Calendar works alongside The Events Calendar plugin. If The Events Calendar is not installed, you can install it directly from the onboarding setup wizard. Quick to Set Up and Easy to Get Started As soon as you install and activate the plugin, you can begin collecting event registrations on the single event page for all of your events. You can also customize the placement of the form on the single event page or on any other page using a shortcode or the block editor. Uses The plugin can be used for more than event registration. Here are some common ways people are using it: RSVP for meetings Class registration or simple class management Sports club registration Venue booking Webinar sign-ups Private instructor booking Virtual events Pickleball tournament registration User-Friendly Features Reduce incomplete event registrations by keeping the entire process on a single page (AJAX form submission). Keep your event page uncluttered (your registration form is hidden initially and revealed by clicking a customizable “Register” button). Follow up with attendees using customizable confirmation emails. Save registrations in the WordPress database for easy management. Allow attendees to cancel their registration using a secure link sent via email. Highly Customizable Add as many fields as you’d like to your event registration form. Choose where the registration form appears on your event page. Control how the form displays: reveal on click, pop-up modal, or always visible. Display the form anywhere on your site using shortcodes or the Gutenberg block. Customize labels, error messages, instructions, and required fields. Customize both attendee confirmation emails and organizer notification emails. Limit the number of registrations per event. Restrict registration to logged-in users if needed. Display a list of registered attendees. Set a registration deadline (date and time). Powerful Admin Tools Registrations are saved in the WordPress database, where you can manually add, edit, and delete them. Email addresses can be checked for duplicates (this prevents duplicate registrations). Get notifications when new registrations need to be reviewed. View a breakdown of registrations by event, and browse them quickly in an overview. Export your event registrations to a CSV spreadsheet. Search event registrations by name, phone, or email. Integrates with WPML (WordPress Multi-language) for multi-language events. Tools for GDPR Compliance View a breakdown of the tools with screenshots here Search for event registrations filtered by email address. Export all collected data attached to an email address whether connected to a user or not. Delete individual event registrations or permanently delete all data attached to an email address. Require attendees to agree to terms and conditions before registering. Include a link to a terms and conditions page. Benefits Save time with a simple, streamlined registration workflow. Customize the experience to match your needs. Build community by displaying registered attendees (optional). Provide a fast, user-friendly registration experience that increases sign-ups. New in 3.0 Cleaner, more modern interface Improved registration forms Revamped registration management experience 100+ improvements across the plugin Featured Reviews “Perfect plugin, excellent support! Really, two things you can never find combined. The plugin works great. Even the free version has many options, and the support is great. They answer quickly and provide answers to help you achieve what you need. Totally recommend it, and hope they keep creating great plugins!” –delfidream “I needed a plugin to allow signing up for advising sessions at a university; this worked great. Simple, easy to set up.” –adowdle “Awesome Support for Very Useful Plugin I’ve used Registrations for the Events Calendar for several years in a website for a chess camp. RoundupWP always provides timely, above-and-beyond support for any issues that arise.” – jodyfr Pro Version Need more customization and control? Check out Registrations for the Events Calendar Pro. Pro features include: Pro features include: Multiple registration forms per event. Drag and drop event registration form builder. Advanced field types: drop-down, number, checkbox, radio, date, file upload, and paragraph. Accept online payments for event registrations using PayPal (Stripe, iDEAL, and WooCommerce extensions available). Offline payment management. Flexible pricing: add multiple costs to events or vary pricing based on form field responses. Guest registrations (register multiple attendees at once). Waiting lists with automatic promotion when spots open. Multiple confirmation email templates. Registration types with multiple price levels and limits. Scheduled email messages for reminders and follow-ups. Send emails manually from the WordPress dashboard. Connect event series to a single registration (with The Events Calendar Pro). Event check-in and attendance tracking tools. Customizable event registration reports downloadable as CSV. Import event registrations in bulk using CSV. Allow attendees to edit their own registrations. Ideal for membership sites and recurring event registration workflows. Logged-in users can view a list of their registered events. Feedback or Support We would love to hear feedback and support the plugin so please visit the “Support” tab inside the plugin settings page for assistance. Setting up Registrations for the Events Calendar Install the plugin “The Events Calendar” by Modern Tribe from our welcome page (if not already installed). If you haven’t created an event, do so by going to the WordPress dashboard and navigating to Events -> Add New. A registration form will now appear on your created event or any other published event. Add a registration form for a specific event to another page on your site using the shortcode [rtec-registration-form event=743] with the “event” setting being the post ID for that event. Blocks also available. You can configure the form fields, messaging, registrations limits etc by navigating to Registrations -> Settings. You can configure the email options on the “Email” tab of the settings page. See a quick overview of your events and registrations on the “Registrations” page. Add, edit, and remove registrations manually by navigating to the “Registrations” tab and clicking “+ Manage Registrations” for an event. You can also export or view submission details here.