by Nexcess 4.2 (2,454 reviews)

The Events Calendar

Name: The Events Calendar
Rating: 4.2 (2454 reviews)
Author: Nexcess

The Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.

The Events Calendar ranks #94 among WordPress.org plugins with 600,000+ active installations, is #1 of 1,875 in the Calendar & Events category, a 4.2/5 rating from 2,454 reviews, and was last updated Sep 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v6.17.4.1 Current Version v6.17.4.1

Updated 5 days ago Last Update on 10 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1 of 1,875 in Calendar & Events Top 1% by installs Actively maintained

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Active Installs

600K+

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Downloads

80.8M

+9,904 today

Support Resolved

87%

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (2,454 reviews)

Next Milestone 700K

Total Progress 87%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

2,454 reviews

Overall 84%

1,827 (74%)

136 (6%)

89 (4%)

75 (3%)

327 (13%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

46 known vulnerabilities on record · 19 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Aug 24, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.17.3

CVE-2026-78265 · Fixed in v6.17.3
Jul 6, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.16.5.1

CVE-2026-13390 · Fixed in v6.16.5.1
Jun 8, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.16.3

CVE-2026-49772 · Fixed in v6.16.3
Mar 9, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.17.1

CVE-2026-3585 · Fixed in v6.15.17.1
Feb 25, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.16.1

CVE-2026-2694 · Fixed in v6.15.16.1
Jan 20, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.13.1

CVE-2025-15043 · Fixed in v6.15.13.1
Jan 6, 2026

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.13

CVE-2025-69352 · Fixed in v6.15.13
Nov 4, 2025

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.10

CVE-2025-12192 · Fixed in v6.15.10
Nov 4, 2025

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.10

CVE-2025-12197 · Fixed in v6.15.10
Oct 30, 2025

The Events Calendar [the-events-calendar] < 6.15.10

CVE-2025-12175 · Fixed in v6.15.10

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.17.4.1
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2026
Requires WP: 6.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Nexcess

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 2,454
Support Threads: 53
Resolved: 87%

Keywords

Event calendar events organizer schedule

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, businesses, venues, and organizations who need to publish in-person or virtual events. It provides an events calendar system with views, taxonomies, exporting, and customization options built into WordPress.

Rapidly create events
Saved venues & organizers
Calendar month view with tooltips
Event List view and Day view
Block Editor support
Google Calendar and iCal exporting
WP REST API endpoints
Events Taxonomies (Categories & Tags)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about The Events Calendar

First, make sure that you're running the latest version of The Events Calendar. If you’re running Events Calendar PRO or any other add-ons, make sure those are current / running the latest code as well. The most common issues we see are either plugin or theme conflicts. You can test if a plugin or theme is conflicting by manually deactivating other plugins until just The Events Calendar is running on your site. If the issue persists from there, revert to the default Twenty Twenty theme. If the issue is resolved after deactivating a specific plugin or your theme, you’ll know that is the source of the conflict. Note that we aren’t going to say “tough luck” if you identify a plugin/theme conflict. While we can’t guarantee 100% integration with any plugin or theme out there, we will do our best (and reach out the plugin/theme author as needed) to figure out a solution that benefits everyone.

Users of the free The Events Calendar should post their questions in the plugin's WordPress.org forum, which we visit about once a week. Please make sure to read our sticky post providing an overview of the support we provide free users BEFORE posting. If you find you're not getting support in as timely a fashion as you wish, you might want to consider purchasing a license for Events Calendar Pro. If you're already an Events Calendar Pro user, you're entitled access to our actively-monitored Premium Support on our website. We can provide a deeper level of support here and hit these forums on a daily basis during the work week. Generally, except in times of increased support loads, we reply to all tickets within 24-48 hours during the business week.

The Events Calendar is our cornerstone plugin, and it’s required in order to run any of our premium calendar add-ons, including Events Calendar Pro, Community Events, Filter Bar, and others. In other words, Events Calendar Pro runs alongside The Events Calendar and enhances it with extra features, including recurring events, additional calendar views, calendar shortcodes, advanced widgets, custom event fields and more.

The following add-ons are available for The Events Calendar: Events Calendar Pro, for adding premium calendar features like recurring events, advanced views, cool widgets, shortcodes, additional fields, and more! Event Aggregator, a service that effortlessly fills your calendar with events from Meetup, Google Calendar, iCalendar, Eventbrite, CSV, and ICS. Event Tickets (free), which allows you to sell tickets and collect RSVPs to events. It can run alongside The Events Calendar or as a standalone plugin that adds ticket and RSVP functionality to WordPress posts and pages. Event Tickets Plus, which allows you to sell tickets for your events using your favorite e-commerce platform. Promoter, automated email communication made just for The Events Calendar and Event Tickets. Stay in touch with your attendees every step of the way. Community Events, for allowing frontend event submission from your readers. Filter Bar, for adding advanced frontend filtering capabilities to your events calendar. Eventbrite Tickets, for selling tickets to your event directly through Eventbrite.

Yes! The Events Calendar has a built-in CSV import tool. If you want to step it up and automatically import events from Google Calendar, Meetup, Eventbrite and more, check out Event Aggregator.

You'll want to use our Event Tickets plugin for that. This free plugin works alongside The Events Calendar and lets you create RSVPs and tickets for events. Event Tickets integrates with PayPal so you can collect payments for tickets, while our premium solution, Event Tickets Plus fully integrates with WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads. If you want to include digital tickets like Apple Wallet passes and PDF tickets check out Event Tickets Wallet Plus.

Unfortunately, no. However, you can use event categories or tags to create calendar views that only display certain events. For example, you could create a direct link to a calendar view that only shows events categorized as “Fitness,” like this example from our demo site. With Events Calendar Pro, you can use shortcodes to embed your calendar on other WordPress pages and posts, then filter that calendar by category.

This is available with the Community Events add-on to facilitate submissions. Install Community Events alongside The Events Calendar and a page will be added to your WordPress site with a form that visitors can use to submit events. As the calendar owner, you have full control over whether event submissions are published immediately or require moderation first. If you want to let users sell tickets for the events they submit, check out Community Tickets. It runs with The Events Calendar, Community Events, and Event Tickets and empowers visitors to create and sell tickets, splitting the profits with you.

The Events Calendar is our cornerstone plugin, and it’s required in order to run any of our premium calendar add-ons, including Events Calendar Pro, Community Events, Filter Bar, and others. In other words, Events Calendar Pro runs alongside The Events Calendar and enhances it with extra features, including recurring events and event Series, additional calendar views, calendar shortcodes, advanced widgets, custom event fields, a duplicate event tool, and more.

Make sure you are reporting in a safe and responsible way. We take security very seriously. If you discover a security issue, please bring it to our attention right away! Below you will find all the methods to report security vulnerabilities: Report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program Check our Bug Bounty Program Reach out directly to us on security [at] stellarwp.com.