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

Description

✨ Easy Events Calendar is a powerful, modern, and flexible event management plugin for WordPress.

Create, manage, and display events with ease — whether they are internal events or imported from platforms like Eventbrite, Meetup, or Facebook.

⚡ Includes advanced recurring events + real-time AJAX event discovery for a premium user experience.

📖 Documentation | 🔗 Plugin Website

🚀 Why Choose Easy Events Calendar?

✔ No coding required
⚡ Fast and performance optimized
🔗 Supports internal + external events
📱 Fully responsive design
🔍 Advanced AJAX filtering system

🚀 Core Features

🗂️ Internal Event Management

• Create and manage events using custom post type (eec_events)
• Clean and user-friendly admin interface
• No dependency on third-party tools

🔁 Advanced Recurring Events

• Supports Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly schedules
• Automatically generates future event instances
• Ideal for classes, webinars, and recurring events

🔍 Smart Event Discovery (AJAX Powered)

• Real-time event filtering without page reload
• Filter by Category, Tag, Venue, and Organizer
• Fast and smooth user experience

👉 Shortcode:
[eec_events_discovery]

🏷️ Event Organization

• Categories and Tags support
• Venue management 📍
• Organizer management 👤
• Dedicated archive pages

🎨 Modern UI Design

• Clean and professional layouts
• Smooth animations and transitions
• Modern glass-style interface

⚡ High Performance

• Optimized SQL queries
• Handles large event data efficiently
• Fast pagination system

📱 Fully Responsive

• Mobile-friendly layouts
• Compact pagination for small screens
• Works perfectly on all devices

🎨 Available Views

📅 Calendar View – Full month layout
🧱 Grid View – Card-based modern layout
📋 List View – Clean listing format
🧩 Staggered (Masonry) – Dynamic layout
🎞️ Slider View – Interactive event slider

🔗 Supported External Sources

Easy Events Calendar also works seamlessly with the following third-party plugins:

• Import Eventbrite Events
• Import Social Events
• Import Meetup Events
• WP Event Aggregator
• EventON
• Events Manager

⚙️ Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via dashboard
2. Activate the plugin
3. Go to Settings > Easy Events Calendar
4. Start creating events from “Easy Events” menu

📌 Shortcodes:

Use the following shortcodes to display events on your website:

[eec_events_discovery] – Displays AJAX-powered event discovery with filters.
[easy_events_calendar] – Shows the classic events calendar view.

📜 Changelog

1.1.0

• ADDED: New “Related Events” support with term-based matching (Category, Tag, Venue, Organizer) to automatically display related events.
• ADDED: Advanced “Upcoming Events” widget with 10 unique styles (Timeline, Masonry, List, Card Grid, Badge, etc.), fully customizable from the admin panel.
• ADDED: AJAX filtering and layout toggle in [eec_events_discovery] shortcode with live search and Grid/List view switching.
• ADDED: Custom post type for internal events.
• ADDED: Custom taxonomies — Category, Tag, Organizer, and Venue.
• ADDED: Full support for recurring events with instance-based date handling.
• ADDED: Randomized professional placeholder images for events without featured images.
• ADDED: Design customization settings including Colors, Typography, and Header visibility controls.
• FIXED: Tooltip positioning and visibility issues.
• FIXED: Security and input sanitization improvements across all inputs.
• IMPROVEMENTS: Enhanced metadata support including venue addresses, Google Maps (latitude/longitude), and organizer contact details.
• IMPROVEMENTS: Organizer taxonomy changed to hierarchical for better admin experience.
• IMPROVEMENTS: Unified event data retrieval logic for improved performance.
• IMPROVEMENTS: Added compatibility support for WordPress 7.0.

1.0.3

• ADDED: New slider layout.
• ADDED: Support for multiple widgets.
• ADDED: Option to hide the header.
• ADDED: Category parameter support in the shortcode.
• IMPROVEMENTS: Security and code quality improvements.

1.0.2

• ADDED: Support for EventOn plugin.
• ADDED: Support for Events Manager plugin.
• FIXED: Issue with event ordering in Masonry(Staggered) layout.

1.0.1

• Updated plugin branding and improved overall presentation.

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Display support for Eventbrite, Meetup, Facebook Events, and WP Event Aggregator
• Includes 4 unique views: Calendar, Grid, Row, and Masonry
• Load More feature with pagination settings
• Button text and colour customisation options

🚀 Upgrade Notice

1.1.0

Major update with Internal Events, Recurring System, and AJAX Event Discovery.