Event Koi Lite – Events Calendar, Event Management, RSVP, and Tickets vs NetterTech Events

EventKoi Lite is a modern WordPress events calendar plugin built for site owners who want an unbloated and intuitive event management plugin. Create and manage in-person and virtual events, display a beautiful events calendar or event list, sell tickets, event bookings, manage RSVPs and attendees, all from a clean, intuitive admin. ✓ Events calendar & event list — Display events in a calendar, list, or grid view using blocks, shortcodes, Elementor, or Beaver Builder ✓ Event registration & RSVP — Let attendees register for events, manage capacity, and check in with check-in codes ✓ Sell event tickets with WooCommerce — Create multiple ticket types per event, set capacity and pricing, and sell tickets using any WooCommerce payment gateway including Stripe and PayPal ✓ Attendee management — Export your attendee list and manage check-ins from your WordPress admin ✓ In-person and virtual events — Supports Google Maps for venues and auto-detects visitor timezone for virtual and international events ✓ Google Calendar, iCal & Outlook sync — Let attendees add events to their own calendar with one click ✓ Accessible & responsive — Keyboard navigation, ARIA labels, and a fully mobile-friendly events calendar ✓ Event SEO — Automatic JSON-LD structured data markup so your events appear in Google search results and rich snippets ✓ Blocks, shortcodes & page builders — Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, and Beaver Builder out of the box ✓ Secure, well-built code that follows WordPress coding standards ✓ Active development, responsive support, and thorough documentation Need recurring events, unlimited calendars, and custom fields? Upgrade to EventKoi Pro → Event management Add multiple event days, each with its own start and end time Create multiple venue events. Combine in-person and virtual event locations Create in-person events with Google Maps venue embedding Create virtual events with automatic visitor timezone detection Use your WordPress site’s date, time, and timezone settings Customize event page templates in the block editor Localization-ready Events Calendar & Event Listing Embed an events calendar using a block, shortcode, Elementor widget, or Beaver Builder module Display an event listing as a list or grid view Filter events by date range or calendar Accessible calendar views with full keyboard navigation and ARIA labels Fully responsive and mobile-friendly for all screen sizes Set the calendar’s starting day of the week Choose 12 or 24-hour time display Organize all your events under your events calendar. Upgrade to Pro for multiple calendars to segment events by category, location, or type Event Registration & RSVP Management Set event capacity and display remaining spots to encourage signups Let attendees submit and update their event registration (RSVP) Send automated confirmation emails with check-in codes Manage attendee registration and check-ins from WordPress admin Export your full attendee list Sell Event Tickets & Event Booking with WooCommerce Use any WooCommerce payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, and more) to sell tickets directly from your WordPress site Create multiple ticket types per event (e.g. General Admission, VIP, Early Bird) Set individual pricing, capacity, and availability for each ticket type Offer free tickets or paid tickets Set ticket sale windows — open and close ticket sales on specific dates Set a maximum number of tickets per order Show or hide remaining ticket quantities to create urgency Add terms and conditions per ticket type Require buyers to have a WordPress account, or auto-create one at checkout Automated ticket confirmation email with check-in code sent on purchase Automated refund confirmation emails Manage all ticket orders and attendees from your WordPress admin Track tickets sold and total earnings with built-in reporting Export your full attendee list Calendar Sync & Sharing Let visitors add events to Google Calendar, iCalendar, Outlook 365, or Outlook Live Auto-detect visitor timezone for virtual and international events Social sharing built in Event SEO & Structured Data EventKoi Lite automatically outputs JSON-LD structured data for every event, helping your events appear in Google Search rich results and event snippets. Structured data is built in, no configuration needed. Page Builder Integrations Elementor: Embed an events calendar or event data using native Elementor widgets Beaver Builder: Embed an events calendar or event data using native Beaver Builder modules Block editor and shortcode support Shortcode builder: Build shortcodes with multiple queries to display a calendar or list of events Block Editor: Add an events calendar, event query loop block or event data block directly in the WordPress editor Import events from The Events Calendar Switching from The Events Calendar? Import your events in minutes with our built-in migration tool Event titles, descriptions, dates, times, and timezones All-day and multi-day event settings Venue and location data Organizer information Event categories Recurrence rules (converted to EventKoi’s recurring event format) Google Maps embed settings Featured images Duplicate events detector. Re-running the importer won’t create duplicates. Get advanced features with EventKoi Pro Recurring events Create advanced rules for events that repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, Edit individual event instances (custom name, location, description, and more) Automatically create a dedicated event series page Custom fields Add custom fields and field groups to any event Import custom fields from The Events Calendar Multiple event calendars Lite includes one calendar. Pro unlocks unlimited calendars so you can segment events by type, department, location, or audience Advanced Elementor and Beaver Builder integrations Build custom templates and use Loop features to build queryable event lists. Priority support 30-day money-back guarantee Get EventKoi Pro → Helpful links EventKoi documentation EventKoi blog Support Forum (please check existing threads before starting a new one) Contact us (for non-support related questions) External services This plugin can connect to the Google Maps JavaScript API in order to display interactive maps inside event and calendar views. It sends your configured Google Maps API key (if provided) along with requests made by the visitor’s browser when viewing a page that contains an embedded map. No personal data is sent by the plugin itself, but Google may collect usage data in accordance with their policies. This connection only happens if maps are enabled in the plugin settings and a page with an event location map is viewed. This service is provided by Google LLC: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.

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