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Create, promote, and sell out events online .

The Events Calendar gives you everything you need to build, manage, and grow events on WordPress, without sending your audience to a third-party platform.

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Trusted by event Organizers worldwide
From solo organizers running community meetups to agencies managing client events, The Events Calendar powers real events at every scale.
800K+
Active installs
1B+
Events
4.8★
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What you can build

Easily manage your calendars, events, and tickets on WordPress.

Run everything from a single neighborhood event to a full calendar of multi-venue operations, all on one platform.

ESSENTIAL EVENT TOOLS

Display & manage events your way

Your calendar should look like yours, not a generic embed. Choose from month, list, week, day views—or map, summary, photo views. All fully responsive and customizable to match your site's design.

  • 01
    Calendar display options
    Choose from month, list, week, day, photo, map, or summary views.
  • 02
    Event search & filters
    Help attendees find events by category, tag, or custom event fields.
  • 03
    Event submissions
    Let your community add events directly. Once you approve, they appear on your calendar.
  • 04
    Recurring events
    Set recurring events once, then manage each individually or bulk edit.
Tec Views
ADVANCED TICKETING OPTIONS | PRO & ELITE PLANS

Sell tickets and manage attendees

Sell free and paid tickets directly from your site with advanced ticketing features. No third-party checkout, no commission on sales, and no sending your attendees somewhere else to complete registration.

  • 01
    Zero-commission ticketing
    Sell unlimited tickets on your site. Keep 100% of revenue—no per-ticket fees.
  • 02
    QR code check-in
    Scan attendees in with their phone or printed ticket. Check-in works offline too.
  • 03
    Custom attendee registration forms
    Collect dietary restrictions, t-shirt sizes, or session preferences without extra tools.
  • 04
    WooCommerce integration
    Sell tickets alongside products in one checkout. Apply coupons and bundle discounts.
Tec Ticketing
MULTI-VENUE TOOLS

Run events across multiple locations and venues

Scale from single-location events to managing dozens of venues without rebuilding your setup.

  • 01
    Multi-venue management
    Build and manage multiple venues and events without limits on scale or complexity.
  • 02
    Venue-specific seat maps (Elite plan)
    Create interactive seating maps for each venue with sections, zones, and per-section pricing. Available on the Elite plan.
  • 03
    Revenue splitting (Pro & Elite plans)
    Configure revenue splits so partners and co-hosts earn their share automatically. Available on Pro & Elite plans.
Tec Ticketing
PROMOTER EMAIL MARKETING | ELITE PLAN

Promote your event with email marketing & analytics

Send the right message at the right time with confirmations, reminders, and follow-ups automatically triggered by attendee actions. Available on the Elite plan.

  • 01
    Promoter email marketing
    Trigger automated emails when events are published, updated, or approaching attendance dates.
  • 02
    Audience segmentation
    Target VIP attendees differently than general admission—send the right message to the right audience.
  • 03
    Branded email templates
    Customize templates to match your brand. No generic platform branding in every email you send.
  • 04
    Email performance analytics
    Track open rates, clicks, and conversions to see which campaigns actually drive ticket sales.
Tec Email Marketing
Pricing

One simple price. Complete event platform.

Renews annually—cancel any time.

Sell tickets, promote events, keep attendees coming back.

  • Everything in Essentials
  • No ticket commission fees
  • WooCommerce ticket sales integration
  • Split revenue with community organizers
  • Custom attendee registration forms
  • Ticket QR codes and tailored check-in app
  • Attendee management and reports
  • Event importing (200 imports/day)
For organizers running at scale
Elite
$ 599 /year

Full control over revenue, attendance, and event experience.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Branded email templates
  • Automated marketing emails
  • Custom venue seat maps
  • Customer seat selection
Not ready to commit? Try it for 48 hours, free.
No credit card required—just an email address where we can send login info.
FAQ

Questions, answered

Want to know more? Check out our FAQs for answers to common questions.

The Events Calendar is a WordPress event management plugin that helps site owners create, promote, and sell tickets for online and in-person events. First launched in 2009, it's the most installed event management tool in the WordPress ecosystem—with 800,000+ active installs powering over 1 billion events. As part of Nexcess, The Events Calendar is backed by decades of experience building tools for serious web professionals.
The Events Calendar is built for businesses, venues, agencies, universities, and organizations that need a reliable way to manage events on WordPress. Whether you're running a community calendar, a conference series, or a full ticketing operation, it gives you the flexibility and control to grow without switching platforms.
Yes. The Events Calendar is built to scale with your operation—from a handful of local events to a high-traffic ticketing platform—especially when paired with managed hosting for WordPress from Liquid Web. It handles recurring events, high-demand ticket sales, large attendee volumes, and traffic spikes without requiring you to rebuild or switch platforms.
Yes. The Events Calendar includes built-in ticketing tools that let you sell unlimited free and paid tickets directly from your WordPress site—with no third-party checkout and no commission on sales. You keep full ownership of your attendee data, ticket revenue, and customer relationships.
Yes. The Events Calendar Essentials includes flexible recurring event management—daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or any custom interval. You can manage each occurrence individually, set exceptions, and let attendees register for a single event or an entire series.
Yes. The Events Calendar Elite includes a drag-and-drop seating map builder that lets you define sections, general admission zones, and assigned seating—with integrated ticket pricing per section and QR code check-in sync. All without leaving WordPress.
Yes. The Events Calendar is built for agencies and freelancers managing event sites for clients. Use it and enjoy an events tool with no hosting lock-in and no proprietary dependencies.
Unlike third-party ticketing platforms, The Events Calendar keeps everything on your site: your attendee data, your ticket revenue, and your brand. No sending your audience to someone else's checkout, no commission on ticket sales, and no platform dependency that puts your event data out of reach.