A beautiful and interactive block for displaying speaking events organized by year with collapsible sections.

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A WordPress plugin built specifically to help professional public speakers get more speaking gigs.

Pablo Moratinos

The Speaking Events block provides a clean and organized way to showcase speaking engagements, conferences, and presentations. Events are automatically grouped by year and displayed in collapsible sections for easy navigation.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Year-based Organization: Events are automatically grouped by year with collapsible sections.</li>
<li>Comprehensive Event Data: Capture event date, venue/location, event name, presentation title, and event URL.</li>
<li>Clean Admin Interface: Easy-to-use form fields in the block editor for adding and managing events.</li>
<li>Smart Sorting: Events are sorted chronologically within each year, with most recent years displayed first.</li>
<li>Interactive Frontend: Year headers act as toggle buttons to expand/collapse event listings.</li>
<li>Clickable Links: Event URLs are automatically converted to clickable links.</li>
<li>Responsive Design: Optimized for both desktop and mobile viewing.</li>
<li>Smooth Animations: Professional expand/collapse animations enhance user experience.</li>
<li>Accessible: Proper ARIA attributes and keyboard navigation support.</li>
<li>Customizable Colors: Choose background and text colors for year headers.</li>
<li>Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation to any language.</li>
<li>RTL Support: Compatible with right-to-left languages.</li>
</ul>
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>Personal portfolios and professional websites.</li>
<li>Speaker profiles and biography pages.</li>
<li>Conference organizers showcasing past events.</li>
<li>Academic professionals displaying speaking history.</li>
<li>Corporate websites highlighting team expertise.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translating This Plugin</h3>
The Speaking Events plugin is translation-ready. To contribute translations:
<ol>
<li>Visit the plugin’s translation page on WordPress.org.</li>
<li>Select your language and start translating.</li>
<li>All translations are automatically included in plugin updates.</li>
</ol>
For manual translations: 
1. Extract strings using <code>wp i18n make-pot</code>. 
2. Create <code>.po</code> files using Poedit or similar tools. 
3. Compile to <code>.mo</code> files and place in <code>/languages/</code> directory.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support and feature requests, please visit Pablo Moratinos’ website at https://pablomoratinos.es.

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