A powerful, modern, and flexible WordPress event calendar with advanced recurring events, mini calendar, iCal sync, and real-time AJAX filtering.

Easy Events Calendar : All-in-One Events Calendar with Social Event, Eventbrite, Meetup, Google & iCal Import Support

<p>✨ Easy Events Calendar is a powerful, modern, and flexible event management plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p>Create, manage, and display events with ease — whether they are internal events or imported from platforms like Eventbrite, Meetup, or Facebook.</p>
<p>⚡ Includes advanced recurring events, real-time AJAX event discovery, Mini Calendar widgets, and seamless &#8220;Add to Calendar&#8221; integration for a premium user experience.</p>
<p>📖 <a href="http://docs.xylusthemes.com/docs/easy-events-calendar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a>  | 🔗 <a href="https://xylusthemes.com/plugins/easy-events-calendar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Website</a></p>
<h3>🚀 Why Choose Easy Events Calendar?</h3>
<p>✔ No coding required<br />
⚡ Fast and performance optimized<br />
🔗 Supports internal + external events<br />
📱 Fully responsive design<br />
🔍 Advanced AJAX filtering system<br />
📆 Built-in Mini Calendar &amp; &#8220;Add to Calendar&#8221; Sync</p>
<h3>🚀 Core Features</h3>
<h3>🗂️ Internal Event Management</h3>
<ul>
<li>Create and manage events using custom post type (eec_events)</li>
<li>Clean and user-friendly admin interface</li>
<li>No dependency on third-party tools</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔁 Advanced Recurring Events</h3>
<ul>
<li>Supports Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly schedules</li>
<li>Automatically generates future event instances</li>
<li>Ideal for classes, webinars, and recurring events</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔍 Smart Event Discovery (AJAX Powered)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Real-time event filtering without page reload</li>
<li>Filter by Category, Tag, Venue, Organizer, Date Range, Day, and Time</li>
<li>Fast and smooth user experience</li>
<li>Option to display past events when upcoming events are not available</li>
</ul>
<p>👉 Shortcode:<br />
<strong>[eec_events_discovery]</strong></p>
<h3>🏷️ Event Organization</h3>
<ul>
<li>Categories and Tags support</li>
<li>Venue management 📍</li>
<li>Organizer management 👤</li>
<li>Dedicated archive pages</li>
</ul>
<h3>📅 Calendar Export &amp; Sync</h3>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Add to Calendar&#8221; buttons for individual events</li>
<li>Support for Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, and iCalendar (.ics) downloads</li>
<li>Global iCal feed link for syncing all upcoming events</li>
</ul>
<h3>🗓️ Mini Calendar &amp; Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li>Compact Mini Calendar view for sidebars</li>
<li>Includes a dedicated Mini Calendar widget</li>
<li>Built-in Feedback form for user engagement</li>
</ul>
<p>👉 Shortcode:<br />
<strong>[easy_event_calendar_mini]</strong></p>
<h3>🎨 Modern UI Design</h3>
<ul>
<li>Clean and professional layouts</li>
<li>Smooth animations and transitions</li>
<li>Modern glass-style interface</li>
</ul>
<h3>⚡ High Performance</h3>
<ul>
<li>Optimized SQL queries</li>
<li>Handles large event data efficiently</li>
<li>Fast pagination system</li>
</ul>
<h3>📱 Fully Responsive</h3>
<ul>
<li>Mobile-friendly layouts</li>
<li>Compact pagination for small screens</li>
<li>Works perfectly on all devices</li>
</ul>
<h3>🎨 Available Views</h3>
<p>📅 Calendar View – Full month layout<br />
🧱 Grid View – Card-based modern layout<br />
📋 List View – Clean listing format<br />
🧩 Staggered (Masonry) – Dynamic layout<br />
🎞️ Slider View – Interactive event slider<br />
🗓️ Mini Calendar – Compact sidebar calendar view</p>
<h3>🔗 Supported External Sources</h3>
<p>Easy Events Calendar also works seamlessly with the following third-party plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-eventbrite-events/" rel="ugc">Import Eventbrite Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-facebook-events/" rel="ugc">Import Social Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-meetup-events/" rel="ugc">Import Meetup Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-event-aggregator/" rel="ugc">WP Event Aggregator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/eventon-lite/" rel="ugc">EventON</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/" rel="ugc">Events Manager</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>⚙️ Installation</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via dashboard  </li>
<li>Activate the plugin  </li>
<li>Go to Settings &gt; Easy Events Calendar  </li>
<li>Start creating events from &#8220;Easy Events&#8221; menu  </li>
</ol>
<p>📌 Shortcodes:</p>
<p>Use the following shortcodes to display events on your website:</p>
<p><strong>[eec_events_discovery]</strong> – Displays AJAX-powered event discovery with filters.<br />
<strong>[easy_events_calendar]</strong> – Shows the classic events calendar view.<br />
<strong>[easy_event_calendar_mini]</strong> – Displays the compact Mini Calendar.</p>
<h3>📜 Changelog</h3>
<h4>1.1.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>ADDED: Event location map on the event details page.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>FIXED: Grid, Row, Slider, and Masonry layouts switching to Month view on mobile.</li>
<li>FIXED: Mini Calendar active date highlighting and event fetching.</li>
<li>IMPROVED: Better support for EventON, MEC, Meetup, and Eventbrite in the Advanced Filters.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>FIXED: Issue with past events not displaying when navigating to previous months in the calendar view.</li>
<li>FIXED: Mobile layout responsiveness and text overlapping issues in the Mini Calendar event list.</li>
<li>FIXED: Empty description tooltip fallback text in the calendar view.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: The event search bar now correctly filters by the selected event source.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Strengthened AJAX security with stricter data sanitization and nonce verification.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Resolved PHPCS warnings for better code quality and WordPress coding standards compliance.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>ADDED: Custom Recurring events Option.</li>
<li>ADDED: &#8220;Add to Calendar&#8221; integration with Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, and iCalendar (.ics) file download.</li>
<li>ADDED: iCal feed link for all upcoming events.</li>
<li>ADDED: Mini Calendar view.</li>
<li>ADDED: Mini Calendar widget for sidebars.</li>
<li>ADDED: Feedback form.</li>
<li>ADDED: Advanced event filters including Category, Tag, Location, Organizer, Date From, Date To, Day, and Time.</li>
<li>ADDED: Option to display past events when no upcoming events are available.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Completely modernized and premium admin GUI, replacing basic design settings.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Enhanced security through improved data sanitization.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>ADDED: New &#8220;Related Events&#8221; support with term-based matching (Category, Tag, Venue, Organizer) to automatically display related events.</li>
<li>ADDED: Advanced &#8220;Upcoming Events&#8221; widget with 10 unique styles (Timeline, Masonry, List, Card Grid, Badge, etc.), fully customizable from the admin panel.</li>
<li>ADDED: AJAX filtering and layout toggle in [eec_events_discovery] shortcode with live search and Grid/List view switching.</li>
<li>ADDED: Custom post type for internal events.</li>
<li>ADDED: Custom taxonomies — Category, Tag, Organizer, and Venue.</li>
<li>ADDED: Full support for recurring events with instance-based date handling.</li>
<li>ADDED: Randomized professional placeholder images for events without featured images.</li>
<li>ADDED: Design customization settings including Colors, Typography, and Header visibility controls.</li>
<li>FIXED: Tooltip positioning and visibility issues.</li>
<li>FIXED: Security and input sanitization improvements across all inputs.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Enhanced metadata support including venue addresses, Google Maps (latitude/longitude), and organizer contact details.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Organizer taxonomy changed to hierarchical for better admin experience.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Unified event data retrieval logic for improved performance.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Added compatibility support for WordPress 7.0.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>ADDED: New slider layout.</li>
<li>ADDED: Support for multiple widgets.</li>
<li>ADDED: Option to hide the header.</li>
<li>ADDED: Category parameter support in the shortcode.</li>
<li>IMPROVEMENTS: Security and code quality improvements.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>ADDED: Support for EventOn plugin.</li>
<li>ADDED: Support for Events Manager plugin.</li>
<li>FIXED: Issue with event ordering in Masonry(Staggered) layout.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Updated plugin branding and improved overall presentation.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Initial release</li>
<li>Display support for Eventbrite, Meetup, Facebook Events, and WP Event Aggregator</li>
<li>Includes 4 unique views: Calendar, Grid, Row, and Masonry</li>
<li>Load More feature with pagination settings</li>
<li>Button text and colour customisation options</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Upgrade Notice</h3>
<h4>1.1.0</h4>
<p>Major update with Internal Events, Recurring System, and AJAX Event Discovery.</p>


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