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Divi Banks

<h3>Quick Event Calendar – Simple, fancy event calendar.</h3>
Quick Event Calendar is a very simple, performant, and WordPress-integrated event calendar plugin. Quick Event Calendar allows you to add posts, events or any other custom post type to a flexible, responsive calendar which can be placed in a post, page or widget.
The calendar works on one page only using AJAX loading. All events (or posts) in one month are displayed under the calendar.
It is simple, and fast, with no bloated styles and visual scripts. Use the included themes to style your calendar. Use the default or the minimal theme to match your current WordPress theme appearance.
The calendar is feature-packed: works with custom posts, only needs one page, includes predefined themes and is responsive.
Add your own event using the <code>[qcc-form]</code> shortcode and display all events using the <code>[qcc-calendar]</code> shortcode.
<h3>Quick Event Calendar plugin can be used by:</h3>
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**Website Owners / Administrators: Anyone who runs a WordPress website can use this plugin to display events or custom post types in a calendar format on their site.
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Event Organizers: Individuals or organizations that host events can utilize this plugin to create an event calendar on their WordPress website, allowing visitors to easily view and potentially submit events.
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Bloggers / Content Creators: If you have a blog or website where you regularly publish content organized by date (e.g., posts, articles, news), you can use Quick Event Calendar to display this content in a calendar format.
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Business Owners: Small businesses, especially those in industries like hospitality, retail, or services, can use this plugin to showcase their events, promotions, or special offers in a visually appealing calendar layout.
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Community Organizations: Non-profit organizations, clubs, schools, or local communities can benefit from Quick Event Calendar to publicize their upcoming events, meetings, or activities on their WordPress website.
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Personal Websites / Blogs: Individuals running personal websites or blogs can use this plugin to display their schedule, milestones, or any date-based content in a calendar format.
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<h3>Key Features</h3>
See the features which are exclusive to the Quick Event Calendar plugin and understand why Quick Event Calendar is possibly the Best Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress.
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Simple and Performant: Quick Event Calendar is designed to be fast and lightweight, with no bloated styles or visual scripts, ensuring optimal performance.
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AJAX Loading: The calendar works on a single page, utilizing AJAX to load events for a specific month, providing a smooth and efficient user experience.
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Custom Post Type Integration: Display events from any custom post type, giving you the flexibility to organize and showcase your content as desired.
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Responsive Design: The calendar is fully responsive, ensuring a seamless experience across different devices and screen sizes.
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Predefined Themes: Quick Event Calendar includes predefined themes, allowing you to easily style your calendar to match your WordPress theme’s appearance.
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Customizable Colors: Tailor the calendar’s appearance by selecting accent colors, event colors, and background colors to match your site’s branding.
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<h3>How to Use Quick Event Calendar</h3>
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Install and Activate: Install and activate the Quick Event Calendar plugin from the WordPress plugin repository.
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Configure Settings: Navigate to the plugin settings and configure the desired options, such as selecting the post type, category (if applicable), and choosing which posts to display (published, scheduled, or future).
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Add Events: Use the <code>[qcc-form]</code> shortcode to display the calendar submission form on any post, page, or widget, allowing users to add new events.
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Display the Calendar: Use the <code>[qcc-calendar]</code> shortcode on any post, page, or widget to display the calendar with the selected events.
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Customize Appearance: Select one of the predefined themes and match the calendar’s colors with your site’s branding by adjusting the accent color, event color, and background color for the current day.
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<h3>Help with shortcodes</h3>
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Use the <code>[qcc-calendar]</code> shortcode in any post, page or widget to show the calendar.
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Use the <code>[qcc-form]</code> shortcode in any post, page or widget to show the calendar submission form.
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<h3>Help with template tags</h3>
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Use the <code><?php echo do_shortcode("[qcc-calendar]"); ?></code> code in any page template to show the calendar.
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Use the <code><?php echo do_shortcode("[qcc-form]"); ?></code> code in any page template to show the calendar submission form.
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<h3>Help with styling</h3>
Use the included themes to style your calendar. Use the default or the minimal theme to match your current WordPress theme appearance.
After installing the plugin, you need to configure it by selecting several options:
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Select the desired post type, the desired category (if post type is ‘post’) and which posts you want to show. For an event calendar, the default should be both published and scheduled/future posts.
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In case you want to use custom meta fields, the calendar works with preexisting meta fields. Using custom meta fields requires a third-party plugin to add new fields.
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After selecting the desired options, pick one of the predefined themes to match your site.
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After selecting a theme, you need to match your site’s colours with the calendar template.
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In your Configurator tab, select the accent colour, the event colour and the background colour for the current day.
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When you are done with the settings, use the <code>[qcc-calendar]</code> shortcode in any post, page or widget to show the calendar.

Quick Event Calendar

Quick Event Calendar is a very simple, performant, and WordPress-integrated event calendar plugin.

David Artiss

🚀 If you have a wish to convert currencies “on the fly” within the text of a post or page then this is the plugin for you! It’s free to download, free to use and advert free – if you think you have to pay for something you’re doing it wrong!
So, let’s say you run a UK based site and will refer to currencies in GBP. However, the majority of visitors are from the US, so you may have a wish to also show the dollar equivalent. Using this plugin you can do this without having to work out the conversion and then re-visit it in future to take into account conversion changes.
Key features include…
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<li>No need to update exchange rates yourself – data is fetched from an Open Source API</li>
<li>Over 170 currencies supported</li>
<li>An easy to use shortcode for embedding directly into your posts and pages</li>
<li>A PHP function for those people who wish to add features in their theme</li>
<li>Results can be cached, reducing resources and improving response</li>
<li>Template to allow you to control how results are output</li>
<li>Administration screen allowing you to define defaults and to view current exchange rates</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
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👉 Please visit the <a href="https://github.com/morehawes/open-currency-converter" title="Github" rel="nofollow ugc">Github page</a> for the latest code development, planned enhancements and known issues 👈
<h3>Getting Started</h3>
🔑 Getting Your App Key
Open Currency Converter gets its data from the Open Exchange Rates website (which is not associated with this plugin nor the developer). This site requires an App Key to be specified for it to work. This is to prevent over-use of the exchange system and to provide premium features for users who wish to pay for them. Having a premium plan does not add any extra features to this plugin and is not a requirement.
To get your App Key…
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<li><a href="https://openexchangerates.org/signup/free" rel="nofollow ugc">Sign up on the Open Exchange Rates site</a> – this link will take you to the free option but the site does require personal information.</li>
<li>You should now be at <a href="https://openexchangerates.org/account" rel="nofollow ugc">your account screen</a>.</li>
<li>Click on the “App IDs” option in the side menu.</li>
<li>An App ID should be listed on the right hand side – copy this ID.</li>
<li>Head back to the admin of your website and select the Settings -> Open Currency menu.</li>
<li>Paste the App ID into the equivalent field at the top of the settings screen.</li>
<li>Click the “Save Changes” button.</li>
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Using the Shortcode
To add to your site simply use the <code>[convert]</code> shortcode. For example…
<pre><code>[convert number="100" from="gbp" to="cad"]
</code></pre>
This would convert 100 GBP to CAD.
⚠️ Disclaimer
The exchange rate data is provided for free via the <a href="http://openexchangerates.org/" title="Open Source Exchange Rates" rel="nofollow ugc">Open Source Exchange Rates</a> project. Its accuracy and availability are never guaranteed, and there’s no warranty provided.
<h3>🖥 The Options Screen</h3>
Once the plugin is activated two new administration screens will be present.
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<li>Open Currency – This appears under “Settings” and allows you to specify default settings for any currency conversion</li>
<li>Exchange Rates – Shown under the “Tools” menu, this displays the current exchange rates along with a list of all the valid exchange codes</li>
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Before using this plugin it is highly recommended that you review the Options screen and change any values, as appropriate. You will also need to sign up for and enter an App Key before conversions will work.
<h3>🗜 Using the Shortcode</h3>
The shortcode of ‘[convert]’ has the following parameters that you may specify…
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<li>number – The number that you wish to convert from one currency to another. This is required</li>
<li>from – The currency code that you wish to convert from (see the admin options for a list of valid codes). If you do not specify this value then the default from the options screen will be used</li>
<li>to – The currency code that you wish to convert to (see the admin options for a list of valid codes). If you do not specify this value then the default from the options screen will be used.</li>
<li>dp – How many decimal places the output should be. This should be numeric or the word “match”. The latter is the default and will mean that the output will match the number of decimal places that the number was.</li>
<li>template – See the later section, “Using Templates”, for further information</li>
<li>thousands_separator – The character that should be used to separate thousands in the output. This is a single character, such as a comma or period. If not specified then the default from the options screen will be used.</li>
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Example of use are…
<pre><code>[convert number=49.99 from="gbp" to="usd"]
</code></pre>
This would convert 49.99 from UK pounds to US dollars and output the result to 2 decimal places.
<pre><code>[convert number=50 from="usd" to="gbp"]
</code></pre>
This would convert 50 from US dollars to UK pounds and output the result without any decimal places.
If the conversion can’t be done then an appropriate error message will be output instead. If you wish to suppress these messages then you need to use a template (see the later section on this) – in this case no output will be generated in the case of an error.
You can specify the thousands separator either through the options screen or by using the <code>thousands_separator</code> parameter (default is a comma). This will be used to format the output of the conversion result:
<pre><code>[convert number=50 from="usd" to="gbp" thousands_separator="."]<h3>🧩 Using Templates</h3>
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The template option allows you to specify other information to be output along with the conversion result. None of the template will be output if any error occurs, including any error messages, allowing you to suppress any conversion text in the case of a problem.
The template text must include <code>%result%</code> where you wish the output to appear.
Here’s an example…
<pre><code>The retail price is $49.99[convert number=50 from=“use” to=“gap” template=" (approx.%result%) GBP”].
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Normally, this would print a result such as…
<pre><code>The retail price is $49.99 (approx. 79.11 GBP).
</code></pre>
However, if an error occurs then it will print as…
<pre><code>The retail price is $49.99.
</code></pre>
You may also include the template between opening and closing shortcode tags. For example…
<pre><code>The retail price is $49.99[convert number=50 from=“use” to=“gap”] (approx. %result% GBP)[/convert].<h3>Using the Function Call</h3>
</code></pre>
If you wish to perform a currency conversion within your theme, rather than within a post or page, then you can use a PHP function call. The function name is <code>get_conversion</code> and will return the result back.
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<li>All of the shortcode parameters are valid, except for the template which isn’t required</li>
<li>The parameters are specified in any order and are separated with an ampersand</li>
<li>You should not add quotes around each parameter value, as you do with the shortcode</li>
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For example…
<pre><code><?php echo get_conversion( 'number=49.99&from=gbp&to=usd' ); ?><h3>🌍 Global conversion variables</h3>
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For the use of developers, 2 global variables have been added which, if assigned within your site code, will override the conversion codes.
The variables are <code>global_convert_from</code> and <code>global_convert_to</code>.
This is useful if, say, you have multiple versions of the site in different languages – you can then assign these global variables depending on which site is being viewed and all currency will be converted based upon these settings.
These will only override the options screen and not specific parameters specified with a shortcode or function call.

Open Currency Converter

Not bloated and to the point. A developers dream!

Thanks for your contribution to the Wordpress ecosystem.

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💵 Convert currencies within the text of a post or page.

Quick Event Calendar vs Open Currency Converter