Icalviz vs UP Globe

Icalviz connects to any public iCal feed and displays your availability day by day on any page or post, using a simple shortcode. Works with Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Nextcloud, and any service that exposes a public .ics link. Each day is automatically classified: 🟢 Free — no events scheduled 🟡 Partial availability — some time slots are taken 🔴 Fully booked — your entire working hours are covered Visitors can click any day to see occupied time slots in a clean timeline modal. Optionally display a call-to-action button (e.g. “Book this slot”) that links to your booking system. Why Icalviz? Stop copy-pasting your schedule into a webpage. Connect your Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, or any iCal-compatible calendar — Icalviz reads your public iCal feed and updates automatically, every 30 minutes. Use cases 🏢 Meeting room & shared space booking — Display a room’s availability calendar so your team or clients can instantly see open slots, without logging into any system. 📅 Show your public availability as a freelancer or consultant — Let potential clients see when you are free before they even reach out. Display months of availability from your Google Calendar, Outlook or any iCal feed in seconds. 🎓 Training sessions & open office hours — Show students or participants which session slots are still open. Mark them as full automatically when your agenda is blocked. 🏡 Seasonal rental & short-stay property — Display your gîte, studio, or vacation rental availability directly on your WordPress site, synced live from any iCal-compatible calendar. 🚗 Fleet & equipment availability — Track and display the availability of a shared vehicle, camera kit, or any bookable asset — simply by blocking time in Google Calendar, Outlook, or any other iCal calendar. Key features Zero configuration — Paste your iCal URL, copy the shortcode, done. No API key required — Works with any public iCal feed: Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Nextcloud, and more. Responsive — 2 columns on desktop, 1 on mobile. Navigation arrows for multi-month views. Timeline modal — Click a day to see occupied time slots in a visual hourly timeline. Call-to-action button — Add a custom button (e.g. “Request a slot”) inside the modal, linking to your booking page or contact form. Custom labels — Rename “Free”, “Partial availability”, “Fully booked” to match your vocabulary. Dark mode — Built-in light and dark themes. Booking window — Limit how many days ahead users can see (e.g. next 90 days only). Onboarding wizard — Step-by-step setup guides you from iCal URL to ready shortcode in under a minute. Inline iCal tester — Paste a URL and instantly see whether it connects, how many events it contains, and what the next upcoming events are. Debug panel — One-click diagnostic report covering WordPress environment, plugin version, cache status, iCal feed health, and slot calculation trace. Designed for quick support. How it works Get your public iCal URL (.ics link) from your calendar app: Google Calendar: ⋮ → Settings and sharing → Make available to public → Public address in iCal format Outlook: Calendar settings → Shared calendars → Publish → ICS link Apple Calendar / iCloud: Calendar settings → Public Calendar → Copy link Any other app: look for “Subscribe”, “iCal export” or “public ICS link” In WordPress: go to Settings → Icalviz, paste your iCal URL and follow the 3-step wizard. Copy the generated shortcode and paste it into any page or post. Shortcode reference Basic: [icalviz url=”https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/…/basic.ics”] All options: [icalviz url=”…” start=”9″ end=”17″ months=”3″ days_ahead=”90″ show_titles=”0″ disable_modal=”0″ legend=”1″ theme=”light” lbl_free=”Available” lbl_partial=”Limited availability” lbl_full=”Fully booked” cta_label=”Request this slot” cta_url=”https://your-booking-page.com”] url (required) — Your public .ics iCal link (Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, etc.) start (0–23, default: 8) — Start of your working day in hours end (1–24, default: 18) — End of your working day in hours months (1–12, default: 2) — Number of months to display days_ahead (0–730, default: 0) — Days ahead to show; 0 = unlimited show_titles (0 or 1, default: 0) — Show event titles in the modal timeline legend (0 or 1, default: 1) — Show colour legend below calendar theme (light / dark, default: light) — Colour theme lbl_free (text, default: Free) — Label for free days lbl_partial (text, default: Available) — Label for partially available days lbl_full (text, default: Fully booked) — Label for fully booked days cta_label (text) — Text for the call-to-action button in the modal cta_url (URL) — Link for the call-to-action button disable_modal (0 or 1, default: 0) — Disable day-click modal; show only availability colour Privacy Icalviz connects only to the iCal URL you provide. No data is sent to any third party. The iCal feed is cached locally in your WordPress database for 30 minutes. If show_titles is set to 0 (default), event titles are never exposed to visitors. Requirements WordPress 5.8 or higher PHP 7.4 or higher A public iCal URL (.ics link) from Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Nextcloud, or any iCal-compatible service Your WordPress timezone must be set correctly (Settings → General → Timezone)

UP Globe is a WordPress plugin that allows you to test your website’s speed and availability from real devices across the world (200 countries / territories) using residential IP addresses. It measures Time to First Byte (TTFB) per country, helping you identify regions where your website is slow, blocked, or degraded. Key Features: * Visualize global performance via dynamic charts. * Test site access from behind firewalls, bans, or CDN blocks. * Each country performs its own DNS lookup, so CDN-based sites are tested against the actual edge node used in that region. Who Is It For? If you serve an international audience or want to verify if your content is truly available globally, UP Globe gives you insights from real users in real places — not just data center probes. Third-Party Libraries: UP Globe uses the following open source libraries: * Select2 — Licensed under the MIT License. License file: /licenses/select2/LICENSE.md * Apache ECharts — Licensed under the Apache License 2.0. License file: /licenses/echarts/LICENSE Freemium Model UP Globe is free to use with no signup required. Each WordPress installation receives 250 free monitoring credits every week. These credits are automatically refreshed and can be used to run global availability and performance checks from real devices in over 200 countries. If you require more checks than the free weekly quota allows, you can optionally purchase additional credits through our platform. There are no subscriptions — you only pay for what you need. The core plugin remains fully functional with the free tier. Once the quota is exhausted, checks will pause until the next weekly reset or until additional credits are added. No features are hidden behind a paywall, and no data is locked or lost due to quota limits. Contact & Support If you have questions or need support, please email [email protected]. Refund Policy UP Globe is fully functional as a free plugin. Every installation receives free weekly credits to monitor your website from real devices in 200+ countries. You only need to pay if you want to run more checks than the free credits allow. Paid credits are non-refundable once used. If a technical issue prevents you from using purchased credits, contact us within 7 days of purchase — we’ll review your case individually. Terms of Service Please visit https://up-globe.com/terms for the full Terms of Service. Privacy Policy Please visit https://up-globe.com/privacy for the Privacy Policy details.