MegaCalendar vs NetterTech Events

A simple and customizable calendar and events solution for WordPress websites. Specially designed for the needs of both the novice website administrator and web designers/developers, MegaCalendar enables you to control all aspects of your calendar, from custom design options to flexible, easily customizable views. Save the hassle and make your events stand out with MegaCalendar – the new standard for event listings. With MegaCalendar, you can Create and manage your calendar events with ease from your wp-admin area Display your events in month (grid) view, list view, or posterboard layout Add notes and photos to events Users can sync your calendar with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCalendar Share your events with additional websites (recipient calendar requires Pro API Key) Create categories and display separate events on separate pages based on their categories using the convenient shortcode generator. Create venues to quickly add a new event at a recurring location. Fully responsive for all devices With a MegaCalendar Pro API Key, you can Create recurring weekly or monthly events with ease (Second Tuesday, Every Wednesday, Daily, etc) Receive events from other MegaCalendar users or websites you manage Edit/update/delete Category and Venue details Request a migration of your existing calendar for any 3-month period Get support from our team More information The core fucntionality of this plugin is powered by the MegaCalendar API. For more information about the MegaCalendar API you can view the specification and our developer documentation. By using this plugin you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

NetterTech Events stores your events in dedicated database tables rather than WordPress post meta. That architectural choice means calendar queries stay fast whether you have 50 events or 5,000, and it means recurring event schedules are pre-computed rather than recalculated on every page load. Recurring events that handle real schedules: Full RFC 5545 recurrence rule support covers patterns like “every second Tuesday” and “last Friday of the month.” Change a rule, and occurrences regenerate automatically. Ticketing without per-ticket fees: Sell tickets through WooCommerce with automatic capacity tracking per occurrence. Series passes let attendees buy once for an entire recurring event run. No external ticketing service means no percentage taken on each sale. Free event registration: RSVP forms work without WooCommerce for events that don’t require payment. Attendees register, receive confirmations, and can be tracked through the same admin interface. Check-in built in: Manual attendee check-in by name or email search works from any device. QR code and volunteer check-in workflows can be added with the separate NetterTech Events Pro plugin. Spaces and locations management: Define bookable spaces and physical locations through a dedicated admin interface. Assign spaces to events via the event editor metabox to track which room or area each event occupies. Display options for any layout: Month, week, and day calendar views. Carousel slider for featured events. Filterable grid with live search. Weekly regulars table for recurring events. All three calendar views are available as Gutenberg blocks and Beaver Builder modules. Reminder emails that send themselves: Configure pre-event reminders at any interval you choose. Emails go out automatically via WordPress cron – no third-party service required. SEO handled at the source: Schema.org Event structured data integrates with Yoast SEO and Rank Math’s JSON-LD output rather than generating a second duplicate block. Custom sitemap entries cover recurring occurrence URLs individually. Custom SEO title variables (%%nettertech_events_event_date%%, %%nettertech_events_event_venue%%, %%nettertech_events_event_organizer%%) let you build dynamic titles per-occurrence. Breadcrumb trail follows the full event hierarchy. Works without either SEO plugin using built-in Schema.org and Open Graph output. Accessibility throughout: Designed to WCAG 2.2 AA standards with ARIA labels, full keyboard navigation, focus management, and reduced motion support across every public-facing view. Your data stays yours: All attendee, ticket, and event data is stored in your WordPress database. No data is sent to external services. GDPR tools let site administrators export or erase attendee records on request. For Developers: Repository and Service patterns with documented hooks and filters throughout Theme-overridable templates in nettertech-events/templates/ – copy to your theme to customize REST API for headless or custom implementations Over 5,000 automated tests with over 17,000 assertions covering core functionality Shortcodes [nettertech_events_calendar] – Monthly, weekly, and daily calendar views with navigation. [nettertech_events_list] – Filterable event grid or list with live search and category filters. (Also available as [nettertech_events_grid] for grid-only layout.) [nettertech_events_carousel] – Sliding carousel of upcoming events with configurable columns. [nettertech_events_rsvp] – RSVP registration form for free events. Supports party size and custom confirmation messages. [nettertech_events_regulars] – Display weekly recurring events in a compact table grouped by day of week. Replaces manually maintained static HTML with live data from published recurring events. Parameters: limit – Maximum events to display (default: 50) show_venue – Show venue name column, true/false (default: true) show_time – Show event time column, true/false (default: true) show_day – Show day-of-week grouping, true/false (default: true) heading – Optional table heading text (default: empty) class – Additional CSS class for the wrapper (default: empty) Example: [nettertech_events_regulars show_venue="false" heading="Weekly Classes"] Third Party Services This plugin does not connect to any external third-party services by default. WooCommerce Integration (Optional) When WooCommerce is installed and activated, this plugin integrates with it to provide paid ticketing functionality. WooCommerce is a separate plugin that handles payment processing through payment gateways you configure. WooCommerce is developed by Automattic WooCommerce Terms of Service WooCommerce Privacy Policy No data is sent to WooCommerce servers by this plugin. All ticket and order data remains in your WordPress database. QR Code Generation QR codes are generated entirely on your server using the bundled PHP QR Code library. No external API calls are made. Bundled Third-Party Libraries NetterTech Events is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. The plugin bundles the following GPL-compatible third-party libraries via Composer. The authoritative dependency list and resolved versions live in composer.json and composer.lock (both shipped with the plugin so reviewers can verify vendor contents). chillerlan/php-qrcode 6.0.1 — MIT (selected from the upstream dual MIT / Apache-2.0 license). Used for QR code rendering on tickets and check-in flows. Source: https://github.com/chillerlan/php-qrcode chillerlan/php-settings-container 3.3.0 — MIT. Transitive dependency of php-qrcode. Source: https://github.com/chillerlan/php-settings-container symfony/polyfill-mbstring 1.33.0 — MIT. UTF-8 string-function polyfill (transitive). Source: https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring The MIT license is selected for the dual-licensed chillerlan/php-qrcode because Apache-2.0’s patent-retaliation clause is GPL-3.0+ compatible but not GPL-2.0 compatible. MIT keeps the bundled code consistent with the plugin’s GPL-2.0+ choice. Privacy Policy NetterTech Events collects and stores the following data in your WordPress database: Data Collected Attendee Records: Name, email address, and ticket details when users purchase tickets or submit RSVPs Accessibility Requirements: An optional free-text field on the checkout and RSVP forms, used only to arrange accommodations for that event; kept out of emails and logs, and cleared automatically 30 days after the event ends (filterable) Check-in Data: Timestamps when attendees are checked in at events Event Data: Event details, occurrences, and ticket configurations created by administrators Data Storage All data is stored locally in your WordPress database in custom tables prefixed with nettertech_events_ (e.g. {$wpdb->prefix}nettertech_events_events) No data is transmitted to external servers by this plugin Data retention is controlled by you; delete events and ticket records to remove associated data Data Export and Erasure Attendee data integrates with WordPress’s built-in privacy tools Site administrators can export or erase attendee data on request Event organizers should document ticket/RSVP data collection in their site privacy policy Cookies This plugin does not set any cookies. Source Code & Build The plugin ships pre-built block assets under blocks/*/build/ (compiled from @wordpress/scripts) so it runs without requiring users to install Node.js or run a build step. The human-readable source for every compiled file is included in the same distribution under blocks/*/src/: blocks/calendar/src/index.jsx — source for blocks/calendar/build/index.js blocks/carousel/src/index.jsx — source for blocks/carousel/build/index.js blocks/event-grid/src/index.jsx — source for blocks/event-grid/build/index.js To rebuild from source after editing any *.jsx file: npm install && npm run build The build configuration lives in package.json (scripts.build) and uses the official @wordpress/scripts toolchain with no custom webpack config. Additional Resources Plugin Homepage Support Forum