Marcin Wosinek

<p>A comprehensive event management plugin that adds a custom “Event” post type to WordPress. Create, manage, and display events with start times, end times, and all-day event options.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom Event Post Type:</strong> Dedicated content type for events with all standard post features</li>
<li><strong>Event Metadata:</strong> Track event start time, end time, and all-day events</li>
<li><strong>Author Support:</strong> Full author attribution and author archives</li>
<li><strong>Category & Tag Support:</strong> Organize events using standard WordPress taxonomies</li>
<li><strong>REST API Enabled:</strong> Full support for Gutenberg block editor and headless WordPress</li>
<li><strong>Admin Meta Box:</strong> Easy-to-use datetime inputs in the WordPress admin</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Formatting:</strong> Event times displayed in your site’s configured date/time format</li>
<li><strong>Theme Integration:</strong> Events automatically use your theme’s single post template</li>
<li><strong>Fair Pricing Model:</strong> No premium tiers or hidden features – everything is included</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Event Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>📅 Start Date & Time – When your event begins</li>
<li>🏁 End Date & Time – When your event concludes</li>
<li>⏰ All-Day Events – Flag for events that span entire days</li>
<li>👤 Author Attribution – Track who created each event</li>
<li>🏷️ Categories & Tags – Organize events your way</li>
<li>🖼️ Featured Images – Add visual appeal to your events</li>
<li>✍️ Full Content Editor – Use Gutenberg blocks for rich event descriptions</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Perfect For:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Event venues and organizers</li>
<li>Community calendars</li>
<li>Conference and workshop organizers</li>
<li>Businesses hosting events</li>
<li>Educational institutions</li>
<li>Any organization that needs event management</li>
</ul>
<p>The plugin integrates seamlessly with WordPress’s native features, using the block editor, REST API, and standard template hierarchy.</p>
<h3>0.5.0</h3>
<h3>Minor Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>83743d6: Add a workflow to copy the event</li>
</ul>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>3a60309: Add lenght dropdown to the event content type.</li>
<li>97fd67d: Add support for user groups.</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.4.3</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>9b83592: Link to RSVP confirmation if plugin is available</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.4.2</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>ccb5d6a: Add list of upcomming events</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.4.1</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>2ee1396: Integrate event & schedule blocks—reference event dates in block</li>
<li>1bfddd0: Fix data formating in translated date</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.4.0</h3>
<h3>Minor Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>8f0db61: Move start & end dates to separate table</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.3.3</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>4ed3721: Add location to fair-events</li>
<li>ee8bef8: Simplify showing the dates in event-dates block</li>
<li>2e270f0: Add translations for PL, DE & ES</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.3.2</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>8c3c2fe: Fix the category search in event-list block</li>
<li>46fbaaf: Fix the filtering in event-list block</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.3.1</h3>
<h3>Patch Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>c8f06d5: Fix slug setting page</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.3.0</h3>
<h3>Minor Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add slug setting</li>
<li>Improve edit UX</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.2.0</h3>
<h3>Minor Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>f39c6fb: Add list view block with patterns support</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>This plugin is built with modern WordPress development practices:</p>
<ul>
<li>PSR-4 autoloading with namespaces</li>
<li>Singleton pattern for plugin initialization</li>
<li>WordPress coding standards (WPCS)</li>
<li>Proper sanitization and security measures</li>
<li>REST API integration</li>
<li>Uses WordPress’s template hierarchy</li>
<li>Supports both classic and block themes</li>
</ul>
<p>The plugin is open source and contributions are welcome on GitHub: https://github.com/marcin-wosinek/fair-event-plugins</p>


Fair Events

Event management plugin with custom post type for events.

thingsym

<p>Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.<br />
You can filter by registered Custom Post Type or Taxonomy on widgets.</p>
<h4>Descriptions of Widgets</h4>
<h4>Recent Posts (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a list of the most recent custom posts.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the list of recent custom posts.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type</strong> – if selected, filter by a custom post type. (e.g. post).</li>
<li><strong>Number of posts to show (at most 15)</strong> – enter the number of posts to display.</li>
<li><strong>Display post date?</strong> – if checked, display post date.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Archives (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a list of archive links for each month that has custom posts.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the list of archive links.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type</strong> – if selected, filter by a custom post type. (e.g. post).</li>
<li><strong>Archive Type</strong></li>
<li><strong>Display as dropdown</strong> – if checked, this box causes the archives to be displayed in a drop-down box.</li>
<li><strong>Show post counts</strong> – if checked, this box causes a count of the number of posts for each archive period.</li>
<li><strong>Order</strong></li>
</ul>
<h4>Categories (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a list of categories that has custom posts.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the list of categories.</li>
<li><strong>Taxonomy</strong> – if selected, filter a custom taxonomy (e.g. category).</li>
<li><strong>Display as dropdown</strong> – if checked, this box causes the categories to be displayed in a dropdown box.</li>
<li><strong>Show post counts</strong> – if checked, this box causes the count of the number of posts to display with each category.</li>
<li><strong>Show hierarchy</strong> – if checked, shows parent/child relationships in an indented manner.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Calendar (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a calendar of the current month.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the calendar.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type</strong> – if selected, filter by a custom post type. (e.g. post).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Recent Comments (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a list of the most recent comments.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the list of recent comments.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type</strong> – if selected, filter by a custom post type. (e.g. post).</li>
<li><strong>Number of comments to show (at most 15)</strong> – enter the number of comments to be displayed.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tag Cloud (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>display a list of the top 45 that has used in a tag cloud.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the tag cloud.</li>
<li><strong>Taxonomy</strong> – if selected, filter a custom taxonomy (e.g. post_tag).</li>
<li><strong>Show tag counts</strong> – if checked, this box causes the count of the number of tags to display with each tag.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search (Custom Post Type)</h4>
<p>A search form for your site.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – description that appears over the search.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type</strong> – if selected, filter by a custom post type. (e.g. post).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Hooks</h4>
<p>Custom Post Type Widgets has its own hooks. See the reference for details.</p>
<p>Reference: <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets#hooks" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets#hooks</a></p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>If you have any trouble, you can use the forums or report bugs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Forum: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-widgets/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-widgets/</a></li>
<li>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets/issues</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Contribution</h4>
<p>Small patches and bug reports can be submitted a issue tracker in Github. Forking on Github is another good way. You can send a pull request.</p>
<p>Translating a plugin takes a lot of time, effort, and patience. I really appreciate the hard work from these contributors.</p>
<p>If you have created or updated your own language pack, you can send gettext PO and MO files to author. I can bundle it into plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets" rel="nofollow ugc">VCS – GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-widgets/" rel="ugc">Homepage – WordPress Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-post-type-widgets" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate Custom Post Type Widgets into your language.</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can also contribute by answering issues on the forums.</p>
<ul>
<li>Forum: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-widgets/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-widgets/</a></li>
<li>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets/issues</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Patches and Bug Fixes</h4>
<p>Forking on Github is another good way. You can send a pull request.</p>
<ol>
<li>Fork <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Post Type Widgets</a> from GitHub repository</li>
<li>Create a feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature</li>
<li>Commit your changes: git commit -am ‘Add some feature’</li>
<li>Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature</li>
<li>Create new Pull Request</li>
</ol>
<h4>Contribute guidlines</h4>
<p>If you would like to contribute, here are some notes and guidlines.</p>
<ul>
<li>All development happens on the <strong>develop</strong> branch, so it is always the most up-to-date</li>
<li>The <strong>master</strong> branch only contains tagged releases</li>
<li>If you are going to be submitting a pull request, please submit your pull request to the <strong>develop</strong> branch</li>
<li>See about <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/" rel="nofollow ugc">forking</a> and <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/" rel="nofollow ugc">pull requests</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Test Matrix</h4>
<p>For operation compatibility between PHP version and WordPress version, see below <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/custom-post-type-widgets/actions" rel="nofollow ugc">Github Actions</a>.</p>


Custom Post Type Widgets

Perfect!!! Just what I needed.

Solid and helpful plugin that does exactly what it says it will do. Just what I needed too! Thanks. :-)

Excellent!

Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.

Fair Events vs Custom Post Type Widgets