Karl Barndt

Etika Event Manager is a lightning-fast, zero-maintenance way to display an event schedule on your WordPress site. Simply add your events in the dashboard, and the plugin takes care of the rest. Once midnight passes on the final day of an event, it automatically hides itself from your public page—no manual deletion required!
Built the “WordPress Way,” it uses native core functions to keep your site fast, secure, and bloat-free.
<h4>Comprehensive Feature List</h4>
<ul>
<li>Zero-Maintenance Auto-Expiration: Events disappear automatically from the frontend the moment their final date passes.</li>
<li>Multi-Day Event Support: Add unlimited dates and times to a single event using a clean, repeatable field interface. The plugin automatically sorts them chronologically.</li>
<li>Smart Time Display: Add start and end times, or use the handy “?” toggle for open-ended events (e.g., “7:00 pm – ?”).</li>
<li>Automatic Google Maps Links: Just type an address or venue name, and the plugin generates a secure, clickable “View on Map” link for your users.</li>
<li>Anti-Spam Email Protection: Enter an email address instead of a ticket URL, and the plugin automatically scrambles it to hide it from spam bots while generating a clean “Contact Organizer” button for real users.</li>
<li>Featured Image Support: Upload event flyers or photos using the native WordPress Featured Image meta box.</li>
<li>Customizable Pagination: Easily set how many events should display per page from a dedicated Settings screen.</li>
<li>Smart Sidebar Navigation Widget: Use the <code>[etika_sidebar_list]</code> shortcode to display a compact list of all upcoming events. It mathematically calculates which paginated page an event lives on and creates an anchor link to jump the user directly to it!</li>
<li>Translation Ready: Fully localized and ready to be translated into any language.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin generates a link to Google Maps to help users find event locations easily.
<ul>
<li>What the service is and what it is used for: Google Maps is used to provide a clickable “View on Map” link based on the location address you enter for an event in the backend.</li>
<li>What data is sent and when: This plugin does not make background API calls to Google. However, when a visitor clicks the “View on Map” link on the front end, they are redirected to Google Maps, and the event’s location (the address text) is passed via the URL so Google can display the correct map location.</li>
<li>Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li>Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms</li>
</ul>

Etika Event Manager

A lightweight, zero-maintenance event manager that automatically hides past events.

Stachethemes

A powerful and feature-rich calendar solution that takes your event management to the next level.
What sets Stachethemes Event Calendar apart is its unique approach to the classic event calendar concept. With a focus on ease of use and comprehensive event details, this plugin empowers you to create fully detailed and informative events effortlessly.
Whether you’re organizing conferences, workshops, concerts, or any other type of event, this powerful plugin offers the flexibility and functionality to meet your needs.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Driven by React for outstanding performance and user experience.</li>
<li>WordPress REST API Intergation.</li>
<li>Plugin code (e.g. layouts, forms, dashboard menus) is loaded on-demand.</li>
<li>Fully translatable.</li>
<li>Multi-site ready.</li>
<li>Google Maps integration.</li>
<li>OpenStreetMap integration.</li>
<li>Front-end Dashboard. Manage your calendar and events directly from the front-end .</li>
<li>Built-in comments form.</li>
<li>Facebook comments form.</li>
<li>Color customizable.</li>
<li>Repeatable events.</li>
<li>Media Slider for displaying event images.</li>
<li>Event schedules.</li>
<li>Event attachments.</li>
<li>Schema.org Context Integration</li>
<li>Physical & Virtual locations.</li>
<li>Create event categories, organizers and guests.</li>
<li>Event single page.</li>
<li>Social share links.</li>
<li>Multi-user support. Allow users to have their own private calendars and events.</li>
<li>Set read and edit permissions for your events allowing only certain users to view or edit them.</li>
<li>Views – Agenda Month, Week, Day, Grid, Box Grid.</li>
<li>Event Slider widget.</li>
<li>Event List widget.</li>
<li>Block Editor support.</li>
<li>Shortcodes support.</li>
<li>GDPR Compliant.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Font Awesome: Used for icons throughout the plugin.</li>
<li>TinyMCE: Used as a Text editor for the events description.</li>
<li>Google Maps: Map provider.</li>
<li>OpenStreetMap: Map provider.</li>
<li>Thanks to Jakub Roztocil for the RRule JavaScript library https://github.com/jkbrzt/rrule .</li>
<li>Thanks to Volodymyr Agafonkin for the Leaflet JavaScript library https://leafletjs.com/ .</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third Party Services</h3>
This plugin makes use of the following third-party services:
<ul>
<li>
Google Maps: Used for displaying the event location on the map. 
This service is used only if the event has physical location added. 
Can be replaced with OpenStreetMap.
<ul>
<li>Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
OpenStreetMaps: Used for displaying the event location on the map. 
This service is used only if the event has physical location added. 
Can be replaced with Google Maps.
<ul>
<li>Terms of Use: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Nominatim: Used for geocoding the location goordinates. 
This service is called only when “Find on Map” feature in the admin panel is used.
<ul>
<li>Terms of Use: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
TinyMCE: Rich Text editor for the event description. 
The library is included with the plugin and the local library is loaded by default. 
However, you can set up the plugin to load the library from CDN.
<ul>
<li>Terms of Use: https://www.tiny.cloud/end-user-license-agreement</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.tiny.cloud/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Facebook comments: Used for displaying event comments 
This service is optional and can be replaced with the calendar’s built-in comments section.
<ul>
<li>Terms of Use: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy</li>
</ul>
<h3>Source Repository</h3>
https://github.com/stachethemes/stec-lite
<h3>Premium</h3>
Check out our premium plugin, Stachethemes Event Calendar:
</li>
</ul>
Live Demo: https://stachethemes.com/calendar/full-calendar/ 
Codencayon: https://codecanyon.net/item/stachethemes-event-calendar-wordpress-events-calendar-plugin/16168229 
Documentation: https://stachethemes.com/calendar/documentation/ 
Support: https://stachethemes.ticksy.com/

Stachethemes Event Calendar Lite

Stachethemes Event Calendar Lite is a WordPress Calendar Plugin that allows you to easily create, manage and display events on your website.

Etika Event Manager vs Stachethemes Event Calendar Lite