Changelog

Monthly Events Calendar changelog

1.8

• New: Front-end event submissions. Add the Submit an Event block or the [wp_monthly_events_submit] shortcode, choose which roles can submit and which publish without approval, and optionally let visitors submit without logging in. Event submissions
• New: Approve or reject from the notification email or the Events list. People are emailed when their event is approved.
• New: An Event Submitter role for people who should only submit events.
• New: Built-in spam protection for the form, with no CAPTCHA and no outside service.
• New: Show one category on a calendar: [wp_monthly_events category="music"], or the Category setting on the block. Shortcode reference
• New: Event pages with a venue include Event structured data for search engines.
• Developers: ecwp_submit_event() creates events from other form plugins and custom code, plus a REST endpoint and hooks. Create events from forms

1.7

• New: Import from Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar or any iCal (.ics) link or file, under Events Calendar → Import Calendar. Handles timezones, all-day events, repeating events (one event per date, 12 months ahead), locations and descriptions. Calendar import
• New: Saved calendars sync again with one click. Nothing is duplicated, and events you edited or deleted on your site are left as you made them. Import guide
• Faster: The calendar’s scripts and styles load only on pages that show a calendar or an event, and the calendar script is about half the size.
• Privacy: Fonts and icons are served from your site. The plugin makes no requests to Google.
• Improved: The day view lists the day’s events under the timeline.
• Fix: Block themes show the theme’s header and footer on event pages, the /events/ archive and category pages.
• Fix: Visitors whose browser reports an older timezone name (such as Asia/Calcutta) see times in their own timezone.
• Fix: After switching from The Events Calendar, old /venue/ and /organizer/ addresses redirect to your calendar.
• Accessibility: Screen-reader labels for search, month and day buttons, a keyboard-friendly day view, and better text contrast.

1.6

• New: Use your existing The Events Calendar events right away. They show in Monthly Events Calendar read-only, with nothing to import and nothing changed in The Events Calendar. Switching guide
• New: Events Calendar → Switch from TEC imports categories, venues, organizers and events, keeping slugs, featured images and Rank Math / Yoast SEO settings. Safe to run again. Old /event/ addresses redirect to the imported events, and /venue/ and /organizer/ addresses redirect to your calendar.
• New: Each event has its own timezone and an all-day option. Timezones
• New: The event archive (/events/) shows the calendar.
• New: Pages using the [tribe_events] shortcode show Monthly Events Calendar while The Events Calendar is deactivated.
• Fix: Events that span a whole month now show in that month.
• Fix: Quick Edit and other saves outside the edit screen no longer erase an event’s dates, website and colour.
• Developers: dates are stored as local time plus timezone, with one row per occurrence in a new table, ready for recurring events. Events from 1.5 are converted automatically. New REST endpoint /ecwp/v1/events. Developer docs

Upgrade note: 1.6 converts event dates to the new format the first time your site loads after updating. It’s automatic, but back up your site first, as with any update that changes data.

1.5

• New: Compatible with the Loco Translate plugin.
• Fix: The text domain now matches the plugin slug, so translations and language packs load correctly.

1.4

• New: Gutenberg block for inserting the calendar (the shortcode still works). Block
• Compatibility: PHP 7.4 or newer required.

1.3

• Fix: Month and upcoming views now resolve event dates reliably across timezones; past events no longer appear under upcoming, and events show in the correct month.
• Fix: Moving from December to January (and back) now goes to the right year.
• Security: The settings endpoint is restricted to administrators, and settings are sanitized on save.

1.1

• WordPress version compatibility updates.

1.0.0

• First release.