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CMSB Kalender is a lightweight availability calendar for WordPress. It reads events from one Google Calendar iCal URL and displays the current month as available or booked.
Included in this WordPress.org version:
<ul>
<li>Shortcode <code>[cmsbkalender]</code></li>
<li>One Google iCal calendar</li>
<li>Current month display</li>
<li>Free/booked color display</li>
<li>Mobile layout</li>
<li>Optional legend</li>
<li>Custom labels for available and booked days</li>
<li>Server-side iCal loading with configurable cache time</li>
</ul>
Larger CMS-Buttler calendar versions with extended functionality are available as separate products outside this WordPress.org plugin package: https://cms-buttler.de/cmsb-kalender/
<h3>More powerful CMS-Buttler calendar versions</h3>
The WordPress.org version is intentionally focused on a clear and lightweight free/booked month view. It is suitable when you only need to publish basic availability from one Google Calendar.
The larger CMS-Buttler calendar products are separate packages outside this WordPress.org plugin and are designed for halls, clubs, venues, municipalities, rental locations, sports facilities, and organizations that need more control over public availability.
Compared with many simple calendar plugins, the larger CMS-Buttler calendar versions focus on privacy-conscious occupancy display instead of publishing every event detail. They can show that a day is booked while hiding names, internal notes, rental details, or private information.
Additional capabilities available in the larger CMS-Buttler calendar products may include:
<ul>
<li>Multiple months instead of only the current month</li>
<li>Half-day and partial-day occupancy with diagonal day display</li>
<li>Configurable split hour for morning and afternoon bookings</li>
<li>Mouseover details for events that are allowed to be public</li>
<li>Privacy rules for private, confidential, and default-visibility Google Calendar events</li>
<li>Keyword-based hiding for event titles and descriptions</li>
<li>Description trimming from an internal marker such as <code>Intern:</code></li>
<li>Optional booked label when hidden event details are suppressed</li>
<li>Extended design controls for colors, borders, legend, navigation, and day shape</li>
<li>Manual synchronization for testing calendar changes immediately</li>
<li>Sync status with information about loaded, skipped, changed, and recurring events</li>
<li>Recurring Google Calendar event handling</li>
<li>Website-side calendar cache clearing without changing the Google Calendar itself</li>
<li>Larger package options for agencies or operators managing more complex calendar setups</li>
</ul>
These larger versions are especially useful when the public website should answer the visitor’s main question quickly: “Is this date available or already booked?” At the same time, internal information can remain inside Google Calendar.
More information is available at https://cms-buttler.de/cmsb-kalender/
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin can use Google Calendar / Google iCal when a calendar URL is configured by the site administrator.
Google Calendar / Google iCal: 
The plugin requests the iCal URL entered by the site administrator in order to load calendar events. The request is made server-side from the WordPress installation to the configured iCal URL. Data processed by Google depends on the calendar configuration and Google’s policies. 
Service provider: Google LLC 
Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms 
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

CMSB Kalender

Display Google Calendar availability as a simple free/busy calendar with a WordPress shortcode.

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Add the calendar you already use to Any WordPress site! Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Airbnb and more… no API keys or complicated setup required.
Using a simple shortcode, you can turn any iCalendar subscription (ICS) feed (Google Calendar, Microsoft Office 365, Apple iCloud, Airbnb, Vrbo, and many more) into a seamlessly integrated, auto-updating, zero-maintenance WordPress calendar.
Continue to manage your events in the calendar software you’re already using! You’ll automatically have an up-to-date calendar in your WordPress website with no extra work.
Display your calendar in month, list or week view. Many additional customization options are available. See our <a href="https://icscalendar.com/user-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Guide</a> for full details.
No API keys required!
Works with ANY calendar software that generates a public iCalendar subscription link.
<h4>Live Preview</h4>
You can preview your own calendar in any ICS Calendar view at our website: <a href="https://icscalendar.com/preview/" rel="nofollow ugc">icscalendar.com/preview</a>
<h4>Shortcode Builder</h4>
We’ve made it easier than ever to get started using ICS Calendar with our new online shortcode builder: <a href="https://icscalendar.com/shortcode-builder/" rel="nofollow ugc">icscalendar.com/shortcode-builder</a>
<h4>Language Support</h4>
All date strings (days of the week, months, etc.) are automatically translated into your site’s configured language (under Settings > General > Language) and date/time formats using core WordPress functionality. All text content for the calendar itself is displayed as-is from the feed.
ICS Calendar includes built-in translation files for the following languages: Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
Please <a href="https://icscalendar.com/support/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a> if you would like us to add support for your language!
This plugin includes the PHP ICS Parser library by Jonathan Goode, John Grogg and Martin Thoma (MIT license).

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I've never said this before, but this plugin actually has too many updates. It will have updates daily, and sometimes multiple updates in a single day. It's had 16 updates so far in March! It works well but please do like a month of development and then roll out a new version after testing. It's getting kind of crazy.


Too Many Updates

Excellent plugin and it just works. Was able to plug in an Outlook Office 365 ics file and it just works.

That's it, the plugin just works!

Thanks for sharing with us.

Just friggin works!


Lovely functionality and appearance straight out of the box.



I wanted to tweak the UX to have 2x calendars showing with interleaved events.. it just handles it perfectly.



Many thanks for an excellent plugin.


Unbelievably Useful

Add the calendar you already use to Any WordPress site! Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, iCloud and more… no API keys or complicated setup required.

CMSB Kalender vs ICS Calendar