GatherPress Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

GatherPress is a flexible, community-powered event management plugin for WordPress. Whether you’re organizing a local meetup, global conference, or something entirely your own, GatherPress helps people come together.

💡 Features

Event scheduling (date, time, location, description)
Attendee registration (with optional anonymous listing)
Attendees can bring guests
Email notifications for attendees and non-attendees
Online and in-person event support (with mapping)
Full block editor support
Multisite-ready and fully internationalized

👉 See the full feature list
👉 Explore upcoming features

🚀 Quick Start

Install from WordPress.org

Go to Plugins > Add New
Search for GatherPress
Click Install, then Activate

Or Install from GitHub

Download the latest .zip from the Releases page, then upload it to your WordPress dashboard under Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.

📖 View installation guide
🛠️ View configuration guide

🧪 Try It Instantly

Use our Playground Environment to test GatherPress with real data — no setup required!

📺 Watch the intro demo
🧪 Learn more about Playground

🤝 Get Involved

GatherPress is built by and for the community — contributions are always welcome.

🧠 Read the Developer Docs
🛠️ Check out open issues
💬 Join us on WordPress Slack or GatherPress.org

📖 Contributor Guide

🛠️ Third-Party Libraries

Leaflet — interactive maps for venues
React-Modal — modal dialogs (currently in use, but being phased out)
React-Tooltip — tooltips (currently in use, but being phased out)

📸 Screenshots

Creating a new event
Editing an event
Settings screen

ℹ️ More Information

GatherPress is still in active development. Thank you for helping us build a better way to gather.

Installation

Installation from the WordPress repository

GatherPress is now available on the WordPress plugins repository and able to be installed like any other plugin.

Navigate to your site’s wp-admin area, and in the left-side menu click on Plugins > Add new plugin.
Search for gatherpress in the search box and click the Install button.
Activate the plugin.

Installation from GitHub

Since this plugin is in active development by the community, features and functionality are still evolving. For the latest updates to GatherPress, consult our GitHub page.

To find the latest release for installation, use the link under Releases > Assets to download gatherpress.zip.
Then go to your wp-admin plugins page and click on the Upload Plugin button.
Click on the Choose File button at the center of your screen to select the gatherpress.zip file you just downloaded.
Select the proper zip file, click Open, then Install Now.
Activate the plugin.

Requirements

To run GatherPress, we recommend your host supports:

PHP version 7.4 or greater.
MySQL version 5.6 or greater, or, MariaDB version 10.0 or greater.
HTTPS support.

Frequently Asked Questions

What external services are used in GatherPress?

Mapping Services: We use OpenStreetMap and Google Maps to display meeting locations on a map. To achieve this, we send the address to OpenStreetMap or Google Maps for rendering.
Calendar Integration: GatherPress also supports “Add to Calendar” functionality using Google Calendar and Yahoo! Calendar.

What about a PRO version?

As a Community powered plugin, GatherPress is already the PRO-version.

Because we strive for close-to-core development, love decisions – not options and follow a lot of well known best-practices within the WordPress space, we can and do focus on what matters most – powering our community’s event management needs.

Is GatherPress WordPress Multisite compatible?

Yes, GatherPress can be run on a network of sites. The additional database tables it needs, will be created automatically for each new site if the plugin is network-activated.

GatherPress can also be activated per site.