Best calendar plugins for WordPress
The most popular calendar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. The Events Calendar leads with 600K+ active installs, ahead of Events Manager (60K+) and SimplyBook.me (30K+). All 622 plugins tagged “calendar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 calendar plugins
- 1.
The Events CalendarThe most installed calendar plugin, with 600K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 2,463 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Events Manager60K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 551 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
SimplyBook.me30K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 69 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
WP Event Manager20K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 251 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
WP Simple Booking Calendar10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 227 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
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The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 101 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Availability Datepicker
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 42 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 214 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 10.
Sugar Calendar10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 24 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
All 622 plugins tagged “calendar”

The Events Calendar
#95by Nexcess3 days ago
The Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.
- Installs
- 600K+
- Rating
- 4.2(2.5K)
- Downloads
- 17.1K/day

Events Manager
#617by Marcus (aka @msykes)3 days ago
Events calendar and booking system: bookings, reservations, appointments, scheduling, event registration, tickets and recurring events.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.2(551)
- Downloads
- 2.3K/day

SimplyBook.me
Up in the last 7 days:8#1,025by Really Simple Plugins1 month ago
Simply add a booking calendar to your site to schedule bookings, reservations, appointments and to collect payments.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 376/day

Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,051by jetmonsters2 months ago
Smart event organizer and time-management tool with a clean minimalist design for featuring your timetables and upcoming events.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.3(69)
- Downloads
- 170/day

WP Event Manager
#1,252by WP Event Manager9 days ago
Lightweight, scalable and full-featured event listings & management plugin for managing events & tickets from the Frontend and Backend.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.0(251)
- Downloads
- 502/day

WP Simple Booking Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,401by Roland Murg4 months ago
This booking calendar shows when something is booked or available. Use it to show when your holiday home is available for rent, for example.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(227)
- Downloads
- 98/day

The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,410by Event Calendar Newsletter2 months ago
Add shortcode, block and Elementor widget functionality to The Events Calendar Plugin, so you can easily list and promote your events anywhere.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(101)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Availability Datepicker
#1,441by inputwp8 months ago
Availability datepicker & booking calendar for any form. Configure business hours, time slots, date overrides and a booking window.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(42)
- Downloads
- 68/day

Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,540by Narinder Singh4 days ago
Add The Events Calendar shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Events Widget Element (Bricks Builder) to show events listing on any WordPress page using smart …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(214)
- Downloads
- 189/day

Sugar Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:21#1,544by Syed Balkhi4 days ago
Easily manage events and sell tickets on your WordPress site. Sugar Calendar is easy-to-use, reliable, and exceptionally powerful. See for yourself.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 455/day

Easy Appointments
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,619by Easy Appointments18 days ago
The easiest free WordPress booking plugin. Create beautiful appointment booking forms with flexible scheduling and email notifications.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(131)
- Downloads
- 255/day

Appointment Hour Booking
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,651by codepeople4 days ago
Appointment Hour Booking is a plugin for creating booking forms for appointments with a start time and a defined duration within a schedule.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(524)
- Downloads
- 338/day

Eventin
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,680by Arraytics7 days ago
Events calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(415)
- Downloads
- 481/day

Mang Board
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,388by Kitae Park3 days ago
MangBoard is bulletin board for your community website. (Gallery,Calendar,Forum, Form,FAQ)
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 122/day
WP FullCalendar
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,437by Marcus (aka @msykes)1 month ago
Uses the FullCalendar library to create a stunning calendar view of events, posts and other custom post types
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(96)
- Downloads
- 58/day

WP-Persian
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,544by Siavash6 years ago
Fast and Powerful plugin for Jalali calendar and Farsi language support in Wordpress and standard plugins.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(32)
- Downloads
- 20/day

EventON
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,747by Ashan Perera9 days ago
Beautiful responsive event calendar for WordPress. Unlimited events, repeating schedules, virtual events, maps, filters & AI. Clean design, SEO-ready.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.1(44)
- Downloads
- 195/day
Pretty Google Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,263by LBell10 months ago
Embedded Google Calendars that don't suck.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:5#3,355by Kieran O'Shea5 months ago
A simple but effective Calendar plugin for WordPress that allows you to manage your events and appointments and display them to the world.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.7(24)
- Downloads
- 36/day
The Events Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,364by Nexcess1 year ago
Add event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(61)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Easy Booking
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,432by Noushka9 days ago
A simple and flexible WooCommerce booking & reservation plugin to manage dates, availability and pricing on your products.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(63)
- Downloads
- 121/day

Bookit
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,531by Nexcess10 days ago
Appointment booking and event calendar for WordPress. Services, staff, availability, shortcodes, and email notifications. Prevents double-booking.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.8(24)
- Downloads
- 146/day

Events Calendar by FooEvents
Down in the last 7 days:15#3,593by FooEvents6 days ago
The simplest way to display any post, page or custom post type in a dynamic events calendar on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 112/day

تقویم فارسی
Up in the last 7 days:27#3,649by Mohammadreza Ahm5 days ago
Convert WordPress dates to Jalali calendar with Gutenberg support, Persian digits, and 3rd-party plugin integrations.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 153/day
Add to Calendar Button
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,675by Add to Calendar1 month ago
Create beautiful buttons, where people can add events to their calendars. Highly customizable. As shortcode or via a convenient block.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 58/day

Import Eventbrite Events
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,809by Xylus Themes1 month ago
Import Eventbrite Events into WordPress website and/or Event Calendar. Nice Display with shortcode & Event widget.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(52)
- Downloads
- 56/day

Import Social Events
Up in the last 7 days:8#4,035by Xylus Themes10 days ago
Display Facebook events on your WordPress site with auto-updating feeds using Live Feed Builder or Events Importer. No API key needed.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(116)
- Downloads
- 78/day

Rox Appointment Booking
Up in the last 7 days:336#4,128by Roxnor6 days ago
WordPress booking plugin for appointments & events. Control scheduling, calendars, orders, time slots, WooCommerce appointments & payments with ease.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 300/day
RSVP and Event Management
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,179by WP Chill2 months ago
Simple Event Registration & RSVP Management for WordPress
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(58)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Events Calendar for GeoDirectory
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,215by Stiofan25 days ago
Events Calendar add-on for GeoDirectory allows to extend your GeoDirectory powered website with a versatile event manager.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 54/day

Spiffy Calendar
#4,235by Spiffy Plugins6 months ago
Manage and display your events in a responsive calendar with multiple views, widgets and shortcodes. Color-coded categories and recurrence support.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(38)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Persian Date
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,257by Mahdi Yousefi [MahdiY]3 months ago
تاریخ شمسی برای وردپرس
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(16)
- Downloads
- 14/day
MotoPress Appointment Booking
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,277by jetmonsters5 days ago
MotoPress Appointment Booking makes it easy for time and service-based businesses to accept bookings and appointments online.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(21)
- Downloads
- 53/day

MembershipWorks
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,461by MembershipWorks12 days ago
All-in-one membership, directory, events and donations for organizations. Secure member profiles, renewals, upgrades and limit member only access to c …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(37)
- Downloads
- 58/day

UseStrict’s Calendly Embedder
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,748by Vinny5 days ago
Simple but powerful embedding for Calendly.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 93/day

Calendar.online / Kalender.digital
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,908by kalender.digital3 months ago
Plugin for the integration of a free calendar from Calendar.online or Kalender.digital
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Hydra Booking
Down in the last 7 days:31#4,918by Themefic4 days ago
A complete appointment scheduling and booking calendar for WordPress — integrates with WooCommerce, Google Calendar, Zoom, and more.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 85/day

Event Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,980by totalsoft1 year ago
Event Calendar plugin created for showing your events. Event Calendar is the best if you want to be original on your website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(107)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Tockify Events Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,014by Tockify2 months ago
Tockify Calendar is a modern attractive website calendar. Beautiful. Intuitive. Super-Customizable. Lightning Fast.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(20)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Booqable Rental Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,162by Booqable Rental Software5 months ago
Booqable - WordPress Rental Plugin
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(10)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Quick Event Manager
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,273by brightvesseldev2 days ago
Simple event manager. No messing about, just add events and a shortcode and the plugin does the rest for you.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(67)
- Downloads
- 107/day

Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar by vcita
Up in the last 7 days:26#5,617by vcita1 month ago
Let clients schedule meetings with you online! No more back & forth emails
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(117)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Pie Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,631by Jonathan Jernigan1 month ago
Events calendar - the simple way. Easily display any WordPress post as an event on a flexible front-end calendar. Supports any post type.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(24)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Ajax Archive Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,673by osman sorkar1 year ago
Ajax Archive Calendar .
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Hydrogen Calendar Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:56#6,034by LBell14 days ago
The free, simple, lightweight way to embed beautiful, fully customizable ICS calendars into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Styled Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,083by The Styled Calendar Team2 months ago
Add a fully customized, mobile-responsive Google Calendar embed to your website in just a few simple clicks - no Google Calendar API configuration req …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(19)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Appointment Booking Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:37#6,147by codepeople13 days ago
Appointment Booking Calendar is an appointment calendar for accepting online bookings from a set of available time-slots in a calendar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(92)
- Downloads
- 77/day

Private Google Calendars
Up in the last 7 days:5#6,229by michielve11 months ago
Display private and public Google Calendars on your Wordpress website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Event Post
Up in the last 7 days:4#6,354by Bastien Ho1 month ago
The only WordPress plugin using native posts as full calendar events with begin and end date, geolocation, color and weather.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(35)
- Downloads
- 43/day

Yoga Schedule Momoyoga
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,419by Stefan | Momoyoga1 month ago
Display your Momoyoga class and event schedule directly on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 19/day