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<a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brelandr/planit-event-manager/main/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">Preview on WordPress Playground</a>
Launch an interactive demo with WordPress, the plugin, and sample events already configured – no installation required! Click the link above to explore all features in your browser.
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<a href="https://app.instawp.io/launch?s=planit---demo&d=v2" rel="nofollow ugc">Launch PlanIt Event Manager Premium on InstaWP</a>
Use this link to open a temporary WordPress sandbox with PlanIt Premium and the free companion pre-configured—explore week/year views, recurring events, and other Premium-only tools. (This is separate from the WordPress Playground preview above, which showcases the free plugin from WordPress.org.)
PlanIt Event Manager is the perfect free event calendar plugin for WordPress. This comprehensive event calendar solution makes it easy to create, manage, and display events on your website with beautiful calendar views and intuitive event management tools. Whether you’re organizing conferences, workshops, concerts, or any type of event, this event calendar provides everything you need to keep your visitors informed.
With powerful calendar views, list displays, venue management, and seamless WordPress integration, PlanIt Event Manager is the ideal event calendar for businesses, organizations, and bloggers. The responsive design ensures your event calendar looks perfect on all devices, while the flexible customization options let you create the perfect event calendar experience for your site.
Upgrade to Premium for advanced features like Week View, Year View, Photo View, Map View, Recurring Events, Custom Fields, Event Series, Featured Events, CSV Import, and much more!
Visit <a href="https://landtechwebdesigns.com/planit-event-manager-premium" rel="nofollow ugc">https://landtechwebdesigns.com/planit-event-manager-premium</a> to upgrade.
<h4>Free Version Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Event Calendar Views: Stunning Day and Month calendar views to display your events beautifully</li>
<li>List View: Display events in a clean, chronological list format for easy browsing</li>
<li>Event Management: Complete event calendar management – create, edit, and delete events with full details</li>
<li>Venues & Organizers: Manage venues and organizers separately for better event calendar organization</li>
<li>Event Categories & Tags: Organize your event calendar with categories and tags for better navigation</li>
<li>Hide Past Events: Automatically hide past events from your event calendar to keep it current</li>
<li>Google Maps Integration: Display venue locations on interactive maps in your event calendar (requires API key)</li>
<li>iCal & Google Calendar Export: Export events from your event calendar to external calendar applications</li>
<li>Responsive Event Calendar Design: Your event calendar looks perfect on all devices – desktop, tablet, and mobile</li>
<li>Event Calendar Widget: Upcoming events widget for sidebars to showcase your event calendar</li>
<li>Event Calendar Shortcodes: Easy calendar and list embedding anywhere on your site</li>
<li>Event Calendar Search & Filter: Powerful search and filtering to help visitors find events quickly</li>
<li>PlanIt Event Search (AI, opt-in): Natural-language event search block and shortcode for visitors when AI is enabled under Events → Settings</li>
<li>Featured Images: Add beautiful images to events in your event calendar</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Features (Available in Premium Version)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Week View – See your week at a glance</li>
<li>Year View – Annual overview</li>
<li>Photo View – Visual grid with event images</li>
<li>Map View – Interactive map with event locations</li>
<li>Recurring Events – Create repeating events automatically</li>
<li>Custom Fields – Add unlimited custom data to events</li>
<li>Event Series – Group related events together</li>
<li>Featured Events – Highlight important events</li>
<li>CSV Import – Bulk import events from spreadsheet</li>
<li>The Events Calendar Import – Migrate from other plugins</li>
<li>Event Cost/Price – Display event pricing</li>
<li>Event Website – Link to external event pages</li>
<li>Event Timezone – Per-event timezone support</li>
<li>RSS Feed – Events RSS feed</li>
<li>Advanced Widgets – Featured Events, Event Series, Countdown widgets</li>
<li>RSVP door check-in – QR manifest printing and mobile-friendly check-in for confirmed RSVPs (Premium)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin makes use of the following third-party services:
<h3>Google Maps JavaScript API</h3>
What it is: Google Maps JavaScript API for displaying event locations.
Data sent: The user’s browser sends the site’s API key and the visitor’s IP address to Google when viewing a map.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>InstaWP (optional Premium live demo)</h3>
What it is: InstaWP provides temporary WordPress sites. The “Launch PlanIt Event Manager Premium on InstaWP” link in this readme opens their launcher so you can try PlanIt Premium without installing it on your own server.
Data sent: Your browser loads InstaWP; standard web data (for example IP address, referrer) may be processed per InstaWP’s policies.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://instawp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">InstaWP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://instawp.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>WordPress AI / Connectors (optional)</h3>
What it is: When you enable AI under Events → Settings → AI, PlanIt uses WordPress 7.0’s WP AI Client and your site’s configured connector (for example OpenAI or Anthropic via Settings → Connectors). PlanIt does not ship API keys.
Data sent: Prompt text and event context (titles, dates, venue names, categories, excerpts) for admin assist; for the public Event Assistant and Event Search blocks, upcoming event titles/dates/URLs and the visitor’s question or search phrase. Visitor IP is used locally for rate limiting only and is not sent to the AI provider. RSVP emails, payment data, and attendee PII are not sent to AI providers.
When: Only when you opt in via settings and a connector is configured.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/wordpress-ai/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress AI documentation</a></li>
<li>Review your chosen connector plugin’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (for example OpenAI or Anthropic policies on their respective sites).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Try It Live</h3>
👆 Click the preview link at the top of this page to try PlanIt Event Manager instantly – no installation required!
The live preview includes: 
* WordPress and plugin pre-configured and ready to explore 
* 6 sample events (conferences, workshops, concerts, webinars) 
* 3 venues with full address details 
* 3 organizers with contact information 
* Event categories and tags 
* A demo page showcasing calendar and list views
Direct Preview Links: 
* <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brelandr/planit-event-manager/main/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">Preview free plugin on WordPress Playground</a> 
* <a href="https://app.instawp.io/launch?s=planit---demo&d=v2" rel="nofollow ugc">Launch PlanIt Premium live demo on InstaWP</a> (week/year views, recurring events, and more) 
* <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/planit-event-manager/" rel="ugc">View on WordPress.org</a> (includes Preview button for the free plugin)

PlanIt Event Manager – Responsive Event Calendar & Management Plugin

Free WordPress event calendar with calendar views, event management, venues, and organizers. The perfect event calendar solution for any website.

ThemeAtelier

Foysal Imran

Abdul Aziz

Sakhawat Hossain

Eventful is an add-on for <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/" rel="ugc">The Events Calendar</a> that lets you showcase your events using modern, responsive layouts designed for real-world event websites.
Display events in sliders, carousels, grids, or lists with an optional filter bar, and customize the look to match your website — no coding required.
Built specifically for The Events Calendar, Eventful works seamlessly with your existing events and categories while giving you flexible display options that look great on all devices. With support for popular page builders like Elementor and Gutenberg, Eventful makes it easy to highlight upcoming events, workshops, conferences, and community activities in a clean, professional, and engaging way.
Key Highlights: 
– Works with the free version of The Events Calendar 
– Display events in sliders, carousels, grids, lists, and timelines 
– Mobile-friendly, responsive layouts for all screen sizes 
– Easy to configure with a simple and intuitive settings panel 
– Shortcode and block support for flexible placement 
– Lightweight and performance-optimized
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bkQ3CtPX5hY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
👁️<a href="http://wpeventful.com/lite-version-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo</a> | 📖<a href="https://wpeventful.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> | 🚀<a href="http://wpeventful.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro!</a> | 👩🏼‍💻<a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eventful/" rel="ugc">Support</a> | 🌟<a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eventful/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">Rate This Plugin</a>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Multiple Layouts : Create unlimited events sliders, events carousels, events grids, events minimal list, and vertical timeline layouts across your website</li>
<li>Beautiful Event Templates to Start : 9+ Professionally Pre-designed event templates to setup your event layout quickly.</li>
<li>Responsive columns : customize how many events appear on desktop, tablet, and mobile</li>
<li>Equalize box height for uniform display</li>
<li>Set custom margins between events</li>
<li>Fully responsive and mobile-friendly design</li>
<li>Works seamlessly with any theme and The Events Calendar plugin</li>
<li>Display by :
<ul>
<li>Latest, Featured or Specific Event</li>
<li>Exclude Specific Event</li>
<li>Category or Tag</li>
<li>Keyword</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Filter by Categories, Tags.</li>
<li>Sort by: Title, Event Start Date, ID, Slug, Random</li>
<li>Hide Free Events: Easily exclude events that don’t have a price set.</li>
<li>Hide Events Without Featured Images: Automatically hide events missing a thumbnail for a cleaner layout.</li>
<li>Ascending / Descending order option</li>
<li>Advanced Shortcode Generator with 300+ visual customization options</li>
<li>Effortless shortcode copy-paste for posts, pages, and builders</li>
<li>Show / Hide elements:
<ul>
<li>Title, image, description, excerpt</li>
<li>Venue, organizer, time, date, category</li>
<li>Read More button, meta fields, social sharing</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop content order: image, title, meta, buttons, etc.</li>
<li>5 meta separator styles</li>
<li>Display full content, excerpt with limit, or short content</li>
<li>Read More button: custom text, style, and color</li>
<li>Content alignment: Left, Center, Right</li>
<li>Full typography control: 840+ Google Fonts, font size, spacing, color, and weight</li>
<li>Unlimited color customization for all elements</li>
<li>Image control:
<ul>
<li>Set dimensions (width/height)</li>
<li>Hard crop and adaptive height</li>
<li>Retina-ready support</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>30+ slider/carousel settings including:
<ul>
<li>Speed control</li>
<li>Autoplay on/off</li>
<li>Stop on hover</li>
<li>Loop mode (endless)</li>
<li>Multiple items to scroll</li>
<li>Touch swipe and mouse drag control</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>1 arrow style and 3 position options</li>
<li>Pagination color, speed, and style options</li>
<li>Events Schema SEO Support</li>
<li>Global color scheme options for easier branding customization.</li>
<li>Events Showcase and Filter bar Block for Gutenberg editor</li>
<li>Events Showcase and Filter bar Block Elementor Widget</li>
<li>Page Builder support: Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, WPBakery, Brizy, and others</li>
<li>Multilingual ready: WPML, Polylang</li>
<li>RTL support</li>
<li>Multisite compatible</li>
<li>Accessibility-ready</li>
<li>SEO optimized and speed-friendly</li>
<li>Supports all major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge</li>
<li>Clean and intuitive admin panel</li>
<li>No coding required — easy for non-tech users</li>
<li>Extensive documentation and step-by-step video tutorials</li>
<li>Friendly and fast developer support</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Choose Eventful?</h3>
Unlike basic event shortcode plugins, Eventful gives you complete design control with rich layout styles, advanced filters, flexible display options, and full builder compatibility—so you can create event showcases that match your brand and boost engagement.
Whether you’re running a nonprofit, school, church, conference, or local community calendar—Eventful helps you present your events in a way that looks professional, feels intuitive, and helps your visitors take action.
<h3>Pro Demo</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-carousel/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Slider</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-ticker-carousel/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Ticker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/multi-row-carousel/" rel="nofollow ugc">Multi-row Carousel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-grid/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Grid</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-masonry/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Masonry</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-list/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events List</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/events-timeline/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/vertical-timeline/" rel="nofollow ugc">Vertical Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/ajax-live-filter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Filter Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/ajax-events-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Live Search</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/event-content-positions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Content Positions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/pre-made-event-templates/" rel="nofollow ugc">Event Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpeventful.com/event-details-in-popup/" rel="nofollow ugc">Events Popup</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
Eventful uses <a href="https://appsero.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Learn more about how <a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero collects and uses this data</a>.
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Events Slider, Events Carousel, Events Grid, Events Timeline and Events Filter Bar for The Events Calendar – Eventful

Events slider, carousel, grid, list & timeline with filter bar. Eventful is a The Events Calendar addon with Gutenberg block & shortcode support.

PlanIt Event Manager – Responsive Event Calendar & Management Plugin vs Events Slider, Events Carousel, Events Grid, Events Timeline and Events Filter Bar for The Events Calendar – Eventful