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WordPress Events Calendar
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    • Monthly calendar view
    • List view
    • Daily agenda view
    • Event management
    • Venues and organizers
    • Timezones and all-day events
    • Gutenberg block
    • Add to Calendar
    • Categories and tags
    • Google Calendar import
    • Event submissions
  • Live Demo
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Documentation

Everything you need to set up and run Monthly Events Calendar. This events calendar documentation covers version 1.8; features added in a specific version are marked.

Getting started

Installation

Install the plugin, create your first event and publish the calendar in five minutes.

Read the guide →

Creating events

Every field on the event screen: dates, all-day, timezone, venue, organizers and colour.

Creating events →

Shortcode and block

Every way to put the calendar on a page, with all options.

Shortcode reference →

Setting it up your way

Settings

What each option under Events Calendar → Settings does.

Settings reference →

Page builders

Elementor, Divi, Kadence, Avada, Beaver Builder, WPBakery and Bricks.

Page builder guide →

Translation

Translate the calendar into your language with Loco Translate.

Translation guide →

Bringing events in

Import a calendar

Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple or any .ics link or file, and how Sync now works.

Import guide →

Event submissions

Add the Submit an Event form, choose who can use it and approve what comes in.

Submissions guide →

Other forms and code

Create events from Gravity Forms, another form plugin or your own code.

Create events from forms →

Moving and fixing

Switch from The Events Calendar

See your existing events instantly, then import them with slugs, images and SEO kept.

Switching guide →

Troubleshooting

Events not showing, calendar stuck loading, wrong times — and how to fix each.

Troubleshooting →

Developers

REST API, template overrides, hooks and the data model.

Developer docs →

How this events calendar documentation is organised

The guides above are task-based: each one starts from what you want to do. The features section explains what each part of the plugin does, with screenshots, and the blog has longer walkthroughs for specific kinds of sites. For questions not covered here, ask in the support forum — answers there help everyone.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0 or newer (tested up to the current release).
  • PHP 7.4 or newer.
  • The WordPress REST API must be reachable. Some security plugins turn it off for visitors; see troubleshooting.
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  • Features
    • Monthly calendar view
    • List view
    • Daily agenda view
    • Event management
    • Venues and organizers
    • Timezones and all-day events
    • Gutenberg block
    • Add to Calendar
    • Categories and tags
    • Google Calendar import
    • Event submissions
  • Live Demo
  • Docs
    • Installation
    • Creating events
    • Shortcode and block
    • Switch from The Events Calendar
    • Import a calendar
    • Troubleshooting
    • Event submissions
    • Page builders
    • Translation
  • Compare
    • vs The Events Calendar
    • vs Modern Events Calendar
    • vs Sugar Calendar
  • Blog
  • Download free