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.

Ashan Perera

<p><strong><a href="https://myeventon.com/lite" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Lite</a></strong> is the <strong><a href="https://myeventon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">#1 best selling Event Calendar plugin on Codecanyon</a></strong> (with 63k+ paid installations around the world since 2011). It delivers a clean, modern, and fully responsive calendar that looks professional out of the box — perfect for blogs, businesses, communities, schools, churches, or anyone sharing events.</p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DQewHs7XWJE?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></span></p>
<p>Display your events in a sleek, minimal, and responsive layout that’s designed to impress. Create unlimited events, choose from endless color options, and organize them with custom categories. Plus, the interactive Shortcode Generator makes it simple to add event calendars to any page or post—directly in the WP Block editor.</p>
<h3>Start Building Your Event Calendar Today!</h3>
<p>See EventON calendar in action at <strong><a href="https://demolite.myeventon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Lite Demo</a></strong> and experience its ease of use!</p>
<p>Ready to take your event calendar to next level and unlock advanced features like tickets, RSVP, Seats, and more?</p>
<p><strong>Check out </strong><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Full Version</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Addons</a></strong></p>
<p>Experience EventON Full version before you buy at <strong><a href="https://demo.myeventon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Full Demo</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://addons.myeventon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Addons Demo</a></strong>.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<p>Over the years we have added many amazing features to EventON.</p>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited events, colors and categories</li>
<li>Event location (with Google map) and event organizers</li>
<li>Set featured image for events</li>
<li>Single, Multiple day, and All-day events</li>
<li>Month- and year-long events</li>
<li>Virtual Events</li>
<li>Event Categories (5+ Event types & Tags)</li>
<li>Event Custom meta data</li>
<li>Event Attendance modes</li>
<li>Repeating events (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly & Custom)</li>
<li>Event time as visitor’s local time</li>
<li>Add to Google Cal and iCal </li>
<li>Feature and prioritize events</li>
<li>Sort & Filter events</li>
<li>Event Search</li>
<li>Related Events</li>
<li>Live Now Calendar View</li>
<li>Schedule View</li>
<li>Various Tile Views</li>
<li>Gradient Event Colors</li>
<li>Interactive Calendar Generator (Shortcode Generator)</li>
<li>Responsive for any device</li>
<li>Event Schema and JSON-LD for event SEO</li>
<li>Basic paypal payments support</li>
<li>OpenAI Integration for Event title, subtitle, description and X post</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ideal for</h3>
<ul>
<li>Event listings & community calendars</li>
<li>Workshops, webinars, meetups, or recurring classes</li>
<li>Church services, school activities, or local happenings</li>
<li>Blogs/sites wanting a beautiful free calendar without bloat</li>
</ul>
<p>See it live: <strong><a href="https://demolite.myeventon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Lite Demo</a></strong> !</p>
<h3>Other Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Various event interaction types: Do nothing, Slide down, Open a link, Open as lightbox, Open single event page</li>
<li>Jump months on calendar using Month jumper</li>
<li>Set different timezones for events</li>
<li>Set custom icons (by fontawesome)</li>
<li>Accessibile future repeat instances of event</li>
<li>Location & Organizer archive page</li>
<li>Various Widgets for sidebar</li>
<li>Learn more link for events</li>
<li>Ability to hide event end time</li>
<li>Support for various event status & attendance modes</li>
<li>Single event box anywhere you want on your website</li>
<li>Interactive Eventcard Designer with various layout</li>
<li>Quick edit and Bulk edit vital event data</li>
<li>Limit number of events on calendar</li>
<li>Load more events on calendar as you go</li>
<li>Show events from fixed month/year</li>
<li>Move month/year long events to top of the calendar</li>
<li>Show only featured events in the calendar</li>
<li>Hide featured events from calendar</li>
<li>Open eventcards on page load or as accordion style</li>
<li>Show month navigation at the bottom of the calendar</li>
<li>Hide all cancelled events</li>
<li>Hide past events by start or end time</li>
<li>Calendar filter as a dropdown list or multiple checkboxes</li>
<li>Various eventtop data to create desired event calendar styles</li>
<li>Make the calendar only visible to loggedin users with shortcode members_only=’yes’</li>
<li>Hide multiple occurance of events in event list months</li>
<li>Show only parts of events on single event box</li>
<li>Download all events as CSV or ICS</li>
<li>Various Google map styles and custom zoom level</li>
<li>Build-in easy language translations</li>
<li>Add custom CSS styles</li>
<li>Output just raw event data values using shortcode for any event (v2.2)</li>
</ul>
<h3>EventON Documentation & Support</h3>
<p>Stuck? Check out <a href="https://docs.myeventon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation Library</a>. You can also reach out via <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eventon-lite/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org forum</a>.</p>
<h3>Ready to Upgrade to EventON Full Version ?</h3>
<p>Ready to Upgrade to EventON Full Version?<br />
Grab the <strong><a href="https://myeventon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">The EventON Full</a></strong> version and elevate your event experience to the next level!</p>
<p>Why upgrade to EventON Full version?</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Full Integration:</strong> Access premium addons like Tickets, RSVP, Seats, and more to make your events unforgettable.</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Customizations:</strong> Unlock unique layouts, designs, and enhanced event features to personalize your events.</li>
<li><strong>More Event Views:</strong> Enjoy flexible display options with grid, weekly, or yearly views tailored to your needs.</li>
<li><strong>Multi View Switcher:</strong> Seamlessly switch between different event views for versatile event displays.</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Search Capabilities:</strong> Easily find events with advanced search options, including taxonomies, subtitles, and postmeta values.</li>
<li><strong>Quick Event Editing:</strong> Enable the edit event icon for effortless event updates right from the event top.</li>
<li><strong>Zoom OAuth Integration:</strong> Seamlessly integrate with Zoom for smooth virtual event management.</li>
<li><strong>Link from Anywhere:</strong> Direct users to single event pages from anywhere, simplifying navigation.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Organizers:</strong> Assign several organizers to an event for collaborative planning.</li>
<li><strong>Enhanced Filters:</strong> Use event filter reset and active features for a more dynamic search experience.</li>
<li><strong>Autonomous Functions:</strong> Automate event management by auto-moving past events to trash and marking them as completed.</li>
<li><strong>Virtual Event Content:</strong> Add engaging post-event virtual content to keep your audience connected.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Google Map Styles:</strong> Personalize event locations with unique Google Map styles.</li>
<li><strong>EventCard Designer:</strong> Choose from 7 layouts to create visually appealing event cards.</li>
<li><strong>EventTop Designer:</strong> Customize the top section of your events for a standout look.</li>
<li><strong></strong><strong><a href="https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/setup-use-multi-data-types/" rel="nofollow ugc">Multi Data Types</a></strong> Support: Create versatile content types that can be reused across multiple events and updated all at once for consistent event management.</li>
<li><strong></strong><strong><a href="https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/setup-language-corresponding-events/" rel="nofollow ugc">Language corresponding event</a>:</strong> Assign languages to events and create calendars that display events in specific languages for targeted audience engagement.</li>
<li><strong>Dedicated Support:</strong> Receive expert assistance via helpdesk.ashanjay.com to ensure your events run smoothly.</li>
<li><strong>Support for All EventON Addons:</strong> Maximize your event potential with full compatibility with all EventON addons.</li>
</ul>
<p>For complete list of features –> <strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/lite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Comparisons</a></strong></p>
<h3>EventON Addons</h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://myeventon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">The EventON Full</a></strong> + <strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Addons</a></strong> = Super charge your event calendar with tickets, countdowns, seats etc. Explore all our addons at <strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventON Addons</a></strong></p>
<p>Our Most Popular Addons:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/full-cal/" rel="nofollow ugc">FullCal Addon</a></strong> – Display your calendar in a grid style</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/event-tickets/" rel="nofollow ugc">Event Tickets</a></strong> – Sell tickets to your events with this addon that is powered by Woocommerce and pay only payment processing fees.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/action-user/" rel="nofollow ugc">ActionUser</a></strong> – Allows front-end event submission to users, curate user permissions to calendar and front-end Event Manger</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/rsvp-events/" rel="nofollow ugc">RSVP Events</a></strong> – This allow your attendees to RSVP without the need of tickets. </li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/daily-view/" rel="nofollow ugc">DailyView Addon</a></strong> – If you have many events, this is the perfect addon to show just the events that are taking place today.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/weekly-view/" rel="nofollow ugc">WeeklyView Addon</a></strong> – Display events for a week at a time using our WeeklyView Addon.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/yearly-view/" rel="nofollow ugc">YearlyView Addon</a></strong> – Show 12 months, an entire year of events in one setting in an elegant yearly calendar view.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/events-map/" rel="nofollow ugc">EventMap Addon</a></strong> – Add a google map API based map with all the events on monthly or all upcoming basis and show your events on a map format.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/speakers-schedule/" rel="nofollow ugc">Speakers & Schedule Addon</a></strong> – Setup speakers and their schedule for the event that is seamlessly integrated on EventCard.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/event-slider/" rel="nofollow ugc">Event Slider Addon</a></strong> – Convert your events into a beautifully crafted slider of events that place events on spotlight.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/seats/" rel="nofollow ugc">Seats Addon</a></strong> – Convert your regular event tickets into interactive and handpickable seats from the seat map.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/event-countdown/" rel="nofollow ugc">Event Countdown Addon</a></strong> – Display a real-time countdown timer for events to increase demand for your events and drive audience attention.</li>
</ul>
<p>Our Newest Addon!</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/check-ins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Check-ins</a></strong> – Boost your events with Check-Ins: a fast, user-friendly addon delivering seamless guest check-ins and real-time attendance insights.</li>
</ul>
<p>Check out <strong><a href="https://www.myeventon.com/addons/" rel="nofollow ugc">all EventON Addons</a></strong>.</p>


EventON – Events Calendar

Create beautiful, responsive event calendars with unlimited events, repeating schedules, virtual support, and a sleek minimal design!

VentoCalendar vs EventON – Events Calendar