Alberto Gato Otero

<p>VentoCalendar is a powerful yet simple WordPress plugin for creating and managing events. It provides an intuitive interface for adding events with start and end dates, customizable colors, and an interactive calendar view.</p>
<p><strong>Free and privacy-friendly plugin:</strong> No ads, no tracking, no external services required. All your event data stays on your server. Developed with WordPress coding standards and best practices in mind.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom Event Post Type</strong> – Dedicated post type for events with all WordPress features</li>
<li><strong>Date & Time Management</strong> – Easy-to-use datetime picker for start and end dates</li>
<li><strong>Color Coding</strong> – Assign custom colors to events for better visual organization</li>
<li><strong>Interactive Calendar</strong> – Beautiful calendar with selectable view type (monthly calendar or event list), with “Add to my calendar” buttons for Google Calendar and Apple Calendar.</li>
<li><strong>Layout Options</strong> – Choose between basic, compact, or clean layouts to customize the calendar appearance</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Blocks</strong> – Two custom blocks for displaying calendars and event information</li>
<li><strong>Shortcodes</strong> – Flexible shortcodes for displaying calendars and event information anywhere</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> – Built-in REST API endpoints for custom integrations</li>
<li><strong>Responsive Design</strong> – Fully responsive calendar that works on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Internationalization Ready</strong> – Fully translatable with .pot file included</li>
</ul>
<h4>Gutenberg Blocks</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Calendar Block</strong> – Show a monthly calendar view with all your events</li>
<li><strong>Event Info Block</strong> – Display event date and time information using your WordPress date/time formats</li>
</ol>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[ventocalendar-calendar]</code> – Display full calendar view</li>
<li><code>[ventocalendar-start-date]</code> – Display event start date</li>
<li><code>[ventocalendar-end-date]</code> – Display event end date</li>
<li><code>[ventocalendar-start-time]</code> – Display event start time</li>
<li><code>[ventocalendar-end-time]</code> – Display event end time</li>
</ul>
<p>All shortcodes use the date and time formats configured in Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> General.</p>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Community organizations</li>
<li>Event venues</li>
<li>Churches and religious organizations</li>
<li>Schools and universities</li>
<li>Business event calendars</li>
<li>Conference websites</li>
<li>Workshop and class schedules</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy & Compliance</h3>
<p>VentoCalendar is designed with privacy and WordPress.org guidelines in mind:</p>
<h4>License</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>GPLv2 or later</strong> – This plugin is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later</li>
<li>Designed to comply with WordPress.org guidelines</li>
<li>All code is open source and available for review</li>
</ul>
<h4>No Obfuscated Code</h4>
<ul>
<li>All JavaScript, PHP, and CSS code is readable and unminified</li>
<li>No build process or compilation required</li>
<li>All source code is human-readable and editable</li>
<li>No hidden functionality or encrypted code</li>
</ul>
<h4>No External Services Required</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Self-hosted solution</strong> – All functionality runs on your WordPress server</li>
<li>No mandatory third-party services or API keys required</li>
<li>Vue.js library is bundled with the plugin and loaded locally (no CDN).</li>
<li>No external accounts, subscriptions, or paid services needed</li>
</ul>
<h4>No Advertising</h4>
<ul>
<li>The plugin does not display advertisements in the WordPress admin area or on the frontend.</li>
<li>No affiliate links or sponsored content are included.</li>
<li>All features are available without promotional notices or upsells.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy Friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li>The plugin does not collect, track, or transmit user data to external services</li>
<li>No analytics, tracking scripts, or cookies are added by the plugin</li>
<li>Event data is stored locally in the WordPress database and remains under the site owner’s control</li>
<li>The plugin operates entirely within the WordPress environment without external communication</li>
</ul>
<h4>What Data is Stored</h4>
<ul>
<li>Event information (titles, descriptions, dates, colors) – stored in WordPress database</li>
<li>All data remains on your server under your control</li>
<li>No external communication or data sharing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<h4>Architecture</h4>
<p>The plugin follows WordPress Plugin Boilerplate architecture with a centralized loader system. All hooks are registered through the main plugin class.</p>
<h4>REST API</h4>
<p><strong>Endpoint:</strong> <code>GET /wp-json/ventocalendar/v1/events</code></p>
<p><strong>Parameters:</strong><br />
* <code>start</code> (optional) – Start date filter (Y-m-d format)<br />
* <code>end</code> (optional) – End date filter (Y-m-d format)</p>
<p><strong>Response:</strong> Array of event objects with id, title, dates, times, color, and permalink.</p>
<h4>File Structure</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>admin/</code> – Admin-specific functionality (PHP, JS, CSS)</li>
<li><code>public/</code> – Public-facing functionality (PHP, JS, CSS)</li>
<li><code>includes/</code> – Core plugin classes</li>
<li><code>includes/blocks/</code> – Gutenberg block classes</li>
<li><code>includes/cpt/</code> – Custom post type definitions</li>
<li><code>languages/</code> – Translation files</li>
</ul>
<h4>Development</h4>
<p>No build process required. All files are unminified and ready for direct editing. The plugin uses standard WordPress enqueue functions for all assets.</p>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>This plugin is free. Donations are voluntary support for its development.</p>
<p>If you find VentoCalendar useful, you can support its development here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/albertogato" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate via Ko-fi</a></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin’s support forum on WordPress.org.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Built using <a href="https://github.com/DevinVinson/WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugin Boilerplate</a></li>
<li>Calendar powered by <a href="https://vuejs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Vue.js</a></li>
</ul>


VentoCalendar

A lightweight and intuitive events calendar plugin for WordPress.

WP Swings

<p><strong>Enable this event WordPress plugin to create event-based products. With features like The events calendar, Check-in management, Recurring events, Event locations, and more, you can manage everything with ease.</strong></p>
<p>WordPress event plugin can quickly create and manage events on your website. You can create both real and virtual events as well as selling tickets on your WooCommerce stores. This WordPress tickets plugin is capable of easy event creation and its management, displaying your <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/product/portrait-sketching-online-live-session/?utm_source=wpswings-giftcards-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gift-cards-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">event’s live location</a> over product page, letting you conveniently set the <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/all-event-listing/?utm_source=wpswings-giftcards-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gift-cards-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">event recurring date and time</a> for any event, <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/shop/?utm_source=wpswings-giftcards-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gift-cards-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">easy check-in</a> process by using a QR Code and various other enticing features that will satisfy all your event management needs.</p>
<p>Go for the Premium <a href="//wpswings.com/product/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/?utm_source=events-org-page&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=events-pro)" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>WooCommerce event Plugin</strong></a> if you are seeking for the additional features like  <strong>Google meet integration</strong>, <strong>Zoom integration</strong>, <strong>Google map integration</strong>, <strong>event alerts</strong>, <strong>display your events on multiple location</strong>, <strong>recurring [daily, weekly and monthly] events</strong>, <strong>show organizer/attendees details</strong>, <strong>share events on facebook</strong>, <strong>track ticket status</strong> etc.</p>
<p>This plugin is one of the excellent WordPress events plugin, merchants can manage their entire process from WooCommerce store and be their own boss.</p>
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<h3>WORDPRESS EVENT PLUGIN’S KEY FEATURES INCLUDE:</h3>
<h4>1) External CSS Field</h4>
<p>Merchants will get a dedicated field in the WooCommerce event tickets plugin settings where they can enter their own external CSS stylesheets. This allows store owners the ability to customize the appearance of event tickets, event pages, and templates without editing the plugin files or using inline styles.</p>
<h4>2) Event Date Offset</h4>
<p>This functionality of the WooCommerce events plugin allows you to set a buffer period before and after the event begins. This is useful for accommodating setup or wrap-up time for admins, offering early access, or providing a grace period around the official event duration.</p>
<h4>3) Enhanced Event Tickets Tab for Users:</h4>
<p>The events tickets tab has been enhanced to cater to users’ requirements, booking events on your platform. Customers can view all past and future events, transfer tickets, and view/download PDF tickets. All the elements of the event tickets dashboard are dynamic, so the admins can customize the name and colour to meet the standards of their online event platform. The admin can also change the colour for the event listing page to match the colour of the event dashboard. This will help you maintain the uniformity across your online event store.</p>
<h4>4) Event Sharing:</h4>
<p>The admin can allow their customers to share the listed events on different platforms by sharing the link of the single event page, customers can share it with their friends and family.</p>
<h4>5) Template Customization:</h4>
<p>The merchants can customize the event ticket templates, wherein they can hide/show the details of their customers on the tickets. This allows them to safeguard the details of their customers.</p>
<h4>6) Custom Fields:</h4>
<p>The administrator can utilize this setting to add custom fields to any specific event products. The catch here is that –  you have the premium version you can add as many fields as you like, but with the free WordPress events plugin, merchants can add only two custom fields.</p>
<h4>7) Set Price for Specific User Type:</h4>
<p>Set the price on the user type and add/remove the base price. WordPress events feature allows you to create user types like adult, child, teacher, and student.  After the enhancement, customers can easily purchase tickets for different user types at the same time.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The admin can add only two user types if you have the free version of the WooCommerce events plugin.</p>
<h4>8) Transfer Ticket PDF:</h4>
<p>The Event Calendar plugin allows you to transfer your tickets for an event along with an email with attached PDF tickets. This is a hassle-free transfer process for event tickets that builds customer loyalty.</p>
<h4>9) Email Reminder Before Event:</h4>
<p>WooCommerce events plugin, merchants are allowed to send an email reminder to their customers before an event to notify customers that the event will start or x no. of days left to the event. Marketers can customize the content for the mail as per the requirements of your online event-organizing company. Admins can utilize shortcodes to customize the start date, site name, and product name.</p>
<h4>10) Recurring Event:</h4>
<p>By utilizing this feature of WooCommerce Event Tickets Manager, the admins can set the recurring settings for a particular event daily. The admins can now also set a particular time slot for recurring events.</p>
<h4>11) Barcode Scanning For WordPress Event Ticket:</h4>
<p>The admins can utilize this WordPress event plugin to provide the customers with a safe and secure experience. The unique ticket code can now be shown in the form of a scannable barcode. This helps the admins to prevent any fraudulent activities.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: The admins can only enable the Barcode Scanning feature when the Check-in QR Code feature is disabled.</p>
<h4>12) Enable/Disable Shipping Charges:</h4>
<p>With WordPress Event Tickets Plugin, the admins get a chance to decide whether they want a certain event/item to have shipping charges inclusive or not. They get a chance to enable/disable the shipping charges.</p>
<h4>13) My Event Tab in the My Account Section:</h4>
<p>This event calendar WordPress plugin allows a separate section for the users to see their personal orders and to list the purchased tickets of the client. Customers can check their purchased events in the “My Events” tab in the “My Account” section to give their customers a more personalized experience.</p>
<h4>14) Hide/Remove Expired Event:</h4>
<p>WordPress event plugin removes the expired event from the account to keep your customers updated. Removed events can be recovered from the Trash section. Expired Event is permanently deleted when you clear your trash section.</p>
<h4>15) WordPress Event Ticket Stock Management:</h4>
<p>This WordPress events plugin uses the default WooCommerce event ticket stock system to show customers the number of available event tickets. The merchant can manage the stock of the tickets from the admin panel. You can also see how many event tickets are sold and track if you are running out of stock with the help of a WordPress event calendar.</p>
<h4>16) Set Location For Events With Google Maps:</h4>
<p>The events WordPress plugin provides a high-level view of your offline events with Event Manager WordPress by showing the exact location of events to the user in the front end. The plugin is integrated with Google Maps and lets WooCommerce store owners show the live location of the events on their store.</p>
<h4>17) Download WooCommerce Event Tickets As PDF:</h4>
<p>The WooCommerce Event Tickets Manager allows the customer to download the WooCommerce event tickets as PDFs for offline use. When customers buy event tickets for an event from your WooCommerce store they send an email with a PDF attachment of the ticket. The customers can also download the ticket from the <strong>My Account tab.</strong></p>
<h4>18) WordPress Events Calendar:</h4>
<p>This WordPress Events Calendar plugin comes with an interactive calendar widget. The widget shows your customers the names of upcoming, past, and present ongoing events in a list or grid.</p>
<h4>19) Edit Your Ticket Content With A Breeze:</h4>
<p>The Event tickets Plugin gives merchants an easy-to-use editor to update the content of the tickets mailed to customers. You can very easily edit the subject and the main body of your WooCommerce event tickets. The editor also lets you use the shortcode to insert the name of your site in emails.</p>
<h4>20) Validate Event Check-in Using Emails:</h4>
<p>The users must use the email address from which they received the event ticket. By entering the email addresses users can validate their check-in for the events they plan to participate in by enabling the WordPress event tickets.</p>
<h3>LIVE  DEMO OF WORDPRESS EVENTS PLUGIN:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/?utm_source=wpswings-events-pro&utm_medium=events-org-page&utm_campaign=frontend-demo" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Event Tickets Manger Frontend Demo</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/request-for-personal-demo/?utm_source=wpswings-events-pro&utm_medium=events-org-page&utm_campaign=backend-demo" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Event Tickets Manager  Backend Demo</strong></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Event Features Live Preview</h3>
<ul>
<li>See The Events’ Live Location Feature in Action – <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/product/portrait-sketching-online-live-session/?utm_source=events-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=events-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress events plugin Demo</a>.</li>
<li>Allow Your Customers To Share Your Events On Facebook – <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/product/portrait-sketching-online-live-session/?utm_source=events-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=events-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress events plugin Demo</a>.</li>
<li>Set The Price Based On The User Type – <a href="https://demo.wpswings.com/event-tickets-manager-for-woocommerce-pro/product/carnival/?utm_source=events-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=events-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress events plugin Demo</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>WITH THIS WORDPRESS EVENT MANAGER YOU CAN:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Provide the customers with a secure experience – scannable barcodes containing the unique ticket code.</li>
<li>Track the check-in status of attendees using the WordPress calendar plugin.</li>
<li>Allow the customers to validate their check-ins using emails.</li>
<li>The Event Tickets Manager Plugin supports multisite compatibility.</li>
<li>Enables the admin to show the list of events over different pages using shortcodes.</li>
<li>Show the event location to customers at the front end.</li>
</ul>
<h3>WORDPRESS EVENT MANAGER PLUGIN COMPATIBILITIES:</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress tickets plugin is compatible with Gutenberg Block, allowing the merchants to easily utilize shortcodes to add different elements to different pages.</li>
<li>WordPress Events Plugin is compatible with <a href="https://wpml.org/purchase/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a> multilingual support.</li>
<li>Compatibility of Mautic Integration that offers a complete management solution for your WooCommerce events data.</li>
<li>WordPress Calendar Plugin is now Compatible with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-direct-checkout/" rel="ugc">Direct Checkout for WooCommerce</a>, which simplifies the checkout process.</li>
<li>WooCommerce event ticket system is now compatible with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-gift-cards-lite/" rel="ugc">Ultimate Gift Cards for WooCommerce</a> and <a href="https://wpswings.com/product/gift-cards-for-woocommerce-pro/?utm_source=wpswings-org-page&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gift-cards-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Gift Cards For WooCommerce Pro</a></li>
<li>The event ticket system is now compatible with the <a href="https://wpswings.com/product/wallet-system-for-woocommerce-pro/?utm_source=wpswings-event-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wallet-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Wallet System for WooCommerce</a>, enabling the customers to utilize the negative balance to shop.</li>
</ul>
<h3>FEEL EMPOWERED WITH EVENTS MANAGER PRO</h3>
<p><strong>1) Zoom Integration:</strong> Admin can host different events/sessions on Zoom’s platform.<br />
<strong>2) WhatsApp Integration:</strong> Allowing merchants to send their customers ticket details and event notifications via WhatsApp messages.<br />
<strong>3) Google-Meet Integration:</strong> Admin can allow customers and participants to attend online events through the G-Meet link.<br />
<strong>4) Stay Updated Via Event Alerts:</strong> Admins can keep their customers updated. Customers can notify them about upcoming events using the “Subscribe” button.<br />
<strong>5) Display Multiple Locations:</strong> Display multiple locations for a single event. There is no limit on the locations, you can list as many locations as you like.<br />
<strong>6) Set Recurring Events:</strong> Admins can set the recurring date for any event very conveniently; events can recur daily, weekly, or monthly.<br />
<strong>7) QR Codes For Seamless Check-Ins:</strong> The WooCommerce Event Tickets plugin allows customers an easy check-in process by using a QR Code.<br />
<strong>8) Fully Customizable PDF Tickets:</strong> Offers fully customizable PDF tickets. This allows the users to create event tickets the way they want.<br />
<strong>9) Multiple Layouts for Tickets PDFs:</strong> Allows users to select from multiple layout options for ticket PDFs when creating and managing events.</p>
<h3>TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES OF THE WORDPRESS EVENTS PLUGIN:</h3>
<p>The Events Calendar plugin lets the merchant add events as WooCommerce products and create ticketing websites with WordPress.</p>
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<h3>See What Garden Rock Music Band is Saying About The WordPress Event Plugin:</h3>
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<p>Perfect customer service by WP Swings; the plugin works as expected; and the service from WP Swings is great! <a href="https://wpswings.com/case-studies/gardenrock/?utm_source=wpswings-event-case-study&utm_medium=event-org-page&utm_campaign=event-case-study" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>See Event Tickets Manager Case Study</strong></a></p>
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<h3>Additional Useful Content</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpswings.com/blog/woocommerce-sell-events-ticket/?utm_source=wpswings-event-org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=event-blog" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>How To Sell WooCommerce Event Tickets</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOQ6udnFN8" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Video – WordPress Events Plugin: How To Create Recurring Events</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/xjKPLNhKF1A?si=H_aR4tJWc66IvVPT" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Video – WordPress Event Tickets Manager Tutorial</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/MREAAZL5k_s?si=eJ7rznT7uXbcomRQ" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Video – How To Create a Ticketing and Appointment</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/9KyB4qpal6M?si=r0yXpAJSMp1llAPY" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Video –  How To Add Events On WordPress Website?</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h3>SUPPORT</h3>
<p>If you need support or have questions, kindly use our online chat window <a href="https://wpswings.com/?utm_source=wpswings-official&utm_medium=events-org-page&utm_campaign=official" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>here</strong></a> or connect with us to <a href="https://wpswings.com/submit-query/?utm_source=wpswings-events-query&utm_medium=events-org-page&utm_campaign=query" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Generate a ticket</strong></a></p>
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<p>If our documentation doesn’t contain the solution to your problem, you can visit the <a href="https://forums.wpswings.com/?utm_source=wpswings-forums&utm_medium=events-org-page&utm_campaign=forum" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>WP Swings Forums Community</strong></a></p>
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