GetSiteCalendar Lite

A WordPress events calendar that just works. Site Calendar Lite is the free events plugin built for community groups, clubs, churches, schools and small venues — sites that need a beautiful calendar without the bloat or the enterprise pricing.
Publish your first event in minutes. Embed the calendar with one shortcode. Let visitors RSVP without forcing them to create an account. Subscribe to your event feed in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. All free, all GPL, all maintained by the team that built it.
Free features
<ul>
<li>Custom post types: Events, Venues, Organizers</li>
<li>Five views: Month grid + List (Week, Day, Photo are Pro)</li>
<li>Single-event pages with venue and organizer details</li>
<li>Featured-image thumbnails in every view, with category-coloured icon fallbacks for events without an image</li>
<li>Categories and tags</li>
<li>Featured events with visual highlight</li>
<li>Tickets (one or more ticket types per event, each with label, price, capacity, and max-per-order)</li>
<li>Attendees list in wp-admin showing every front-end RSVP</li>
<li>Free RSVP form with attendee capture and basic confirmation email</li>
<li>ICS feed for calendar app subscriptions (Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook)</li>
<li>Add-to-calendar buttons (Google, Outlook, .ics download)</li>
<li>JSON-LD schema for SEO</li>
<li>REST API for headless / external integrations</li>
<li>Customisable colours: primary, accent, event-link, and Week view chip colour</li>
<li><code>[getsitecalendar]</code> shortcode for the full calendar UI</li>
<li><code>[getsitecalendar_list]</code> shortcode for upcoming-events lists</li>
<li><code>[getsitecalendar_search]</code> shortcode for filter forms</li>
</ul>
Upgrade to Site Calendar Pro for:
<ul>
<li>Week, Day and Photo views with toolbar switcher</li>
<li>Full recurring-event series management (skip / override per occurrence)</li>
<li>Multi-ticket-type RSVP with capacity gauges and CSV export</li>
<li>Paid tickets via Stripe Checkout and WooCommerce</li>
<li>Custom fields engine with front-end filter UI</li>
<li>CSV bulk import with smart venue/organizer auto-create</li>
<li>Front-end event submission for logged-in users</li>
<li>Compact upcoming-events widget and Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Door check-in with QR codes and mobile scanner</li>
<li>Dedicated Pro Calendar Scanner role for door staff</li>
<li>Branded HTML confirmation emails with custom From / Reply-To</li>
<li>Sequential <code>PCAL-</code> order numbers for unified audit trail</li>
<li>Priority email support</li>
</ul>
Site Calendar Pro is a separate commercial add-on available from <a href="https://getsitecalendar.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">getsitecalendar.com</a>.
<h3>External services</h3>
Site Calendar Lite does not send analytics, telemetry, or any data about your site back to its authors. The only external service the plugin interacts with is:
Google Maps embed (single-event pages)
When a single-event page is rendered and the event has a venue with an address, the plugin embeds a Google Maps iframe so visitors can see the venue location and get directions. The embed uses Google’s public <code>https://www.google.com/maps?output=embed</code> endpoint and does not require an API key.
<ul>
<li>What data is sent: The venue address only (no visitor data, no event details, no attendee data). The browser — not the server — is what loads the iframe, so the request originates from the site visitor, not from your WordPress installation.</li>
<li>When it’s sent: Each time a single-event page is rendered that has a venue with a non-empty address. Events without a venue address do not embed the map.</li>
<li>Provided by: Google LLC.</li>
<li>Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms</li>
<li>Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
If you do not wish to embed Google Maps on event pages, simply leave the venue’s address field empty — the map will not be rendered.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
Site Calendar Lite stores attendee names and email addresses (provided via the RSVP form) in your own WordPress database, in the <code>pcal_attendee</code> custom post type. No data is sent to third parties from the server side. Site owners are responsible for their own privacy policy and GDPR compliance. See also the External services section above for information about Google Maps iframe embeds on single-event pages.

The friendly events calendar for WordPress. For community groups, clubs, churches and small venues — free RSVP, ICS feed, mobile-ready.

Vieww

Vieww Events Calendar is a WordPress events calendar plugin for venues, community groups, churches, schools and small businesses. Show upcoming events in a card grid, a filterable list or a full month calendar — with recurring events, an interactive events map and full design controls built in.
Pick from three views — a card grid for what’s coming up, a filterable list with date ranges, or a full month calendar visitors can click through. On phones, visitors get tap-to-open event cards and a quick toggle between calendar and list, so they don’t lose their place.
What your visitors get:
<ul>
<li>A polished calendar that matches your brand</li>
<li>Three views to choose from — grid, list, or month calendar — and you can mix them across different pages</li>
<li>Tap-to-open event cards on mobile so they don’t have to leave the page to see the details</li>
<li>A built-in events map so they can see at a glance where things are happening</li>
<li>Add-to-calendar links — Google Calendar plus a downloadable file for Apple, Outlook and others</li>
</ul>
What you get:
<ul>
<li>Add events in under a minute — title, date, time, venue, description, done</li>
<li>Recurring events — set an event to repeat on the days you choose</li>
<li>Pick your own colours, fonts and spacing from a single design panel</li>
<li>Dark mode — off, auto (follows the visitor’s system preference), or always on</li>
<li>Address autocomplete — start typing a venue and pick from suggestions; the location pin and details fill in for you</li>
<li>One-click cache control whenever you need a fresh copy of your event list</li>
</ul>
Shortcodes you can drop into any page or layout:
<ul>
<li><code>[vieww_calendar_view]</code> — the interactive month calendar</li>
<li><code>[vieww_list]</code> — a filterable list with date-range and pagination</li>
<li><code>[vieww_calendar]</code> — a 3-column grid of upcoming events</li>
<li><code>[vieww_events_map]</code> — a map of upcoming events with clustering</li>
</ul>
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses the following third-party services. Each is optional or only triggered by an admin action:
<ul>
<li>Google Fonts (https://fonts.googleapis.com) — only when you choose a Google Font in Events > Design > Typography. System fonts are the default. <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a> · <a href="https://developers.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms</a></li>
<li>OpenStreetMap map tiles (https://tile.openstreetmap.org) — front-end only, when a page renders an event map. <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a> · <a href="https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tile policy</a></li>
<li>Nominatim geocoding (https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org) — admin only, when you save an event with a new venue or click “Geocode Now”. Sends the venue text. <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a> · <a href="https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms</a></li>
<li>Photon venue autocomplete (https://photon.komoot.io) — admin only, while typing into the Location/Venue field. Sends the partial text. <a href="https://www.komoot.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy</a></li>
</ul>
To opt out: leave fonts on System Font, fill latitude/longitude manually, and don’t use the autocomplete dropdown — no external requests will be made.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please use the WordPress.org support forums for this plugin.

Vieww Events Calendar – Recurring Events, Event Map & Calendar Plugin

A WordPress events calendar with grid, list and month views, recurring events, an events map and full design customisation. Mobile-friendly.

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