Best event plugins for WordPress
The most popular event 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 Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress (30K+) and WP Events Manager (30K+). All 171 plugins tagged “Event” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 event plugins
- 1.
The Events CalendarThe most installed event plugin, with 600K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 2,463 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 69 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WP Events Manager30K+ active installs. Rated 2.7 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
WP Event Manager20K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 251 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Event Organiser20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 140 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 101 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 214 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 8.
SportsPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 369 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
VS Event List8K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 82 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
EventPrime7K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 86 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
All 171 plugins tagged “Event”

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

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 Events Manager
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,068by ThimPress2 months ago
The all in one Events Manager for WordPress: create and manage events, sell event tickets online easily. No Coding Required.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 2.7(13)
- Downloads
- 162/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

Event Organiser
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,258by Stephen Harris9 days ago
Create and maintain events, including complex reoccurring patterns, venue management (with Google Maps or OpenStreetMap), calendars and customisable e …
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(140)
- Downloads
- 591/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

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

SportsPress
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,746by ThemeBoy3 months ago
SportsPress is an extendable all-in-one sports data plugin that helps sports clubs set up and manage a league or club site quickly and easily.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(369)
- Downloads
- 120/day

VS Event List
#2,335by Guido2 months ago
With this lightweight plugin you can create an event list.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.9(82)
- Downloads
- 58/day

EventPrime
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,556by Metagauss3 days ago
AI Events Calendar plugin for creating free or paid events. Supports Event Types, Bookings, Tickets, Venues, Performers, AI abilities, and a lot more.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.4(86)
- Downloads
- 543/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
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
Themify Event Post
Up in the last 7 days:3#4,209by themifyme3 months ago
This plugin will add Event post type.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/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

Events Calendar for Google
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,883by Rupinder Kaur10 months ago
Events Calendar for Google implements google calender to your wordpress website using different style and layouts. Get connected to your audience usin …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(20)
- Downloads
- 33/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

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

Logbook
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,264by Takayuki Miyauchi8 years ago
This plugin is for logging users' activities. You can check anytime who and what has changed.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Event Organiser Posterboard
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,294by Stephen Harris5 years ago
Adds an 'event board' to display your events in a responsive posterboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Events Manager WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,302by ThimPress2 months ago
WP Events Manager Woocommerce Plugin - Support paying for booking of WP Events Manager plugin with the payment system provided by WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/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
Event Block
Down in the last 7 days:20#6,214by Automattic3 years ago
Quickly create simple event cards and invitations
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Events Maker by dFactory
Down in the last 7 days:23#6,850by dFactory9 years ago
Fully featured event management system including recurring events, locations management, full calendar, iCal feed/files, google maps and more.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Events Block
Up in the last 7 days:23#7,074by Cool Plugins2 months ago
Create and display a dedicated Event block directly inside Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

CP Multi View Events Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:27#7,137by codepeople9 days ago
A powerful and flexible WordPress event calendar plugin that lets you display your events in multiple calendar views, just like Google Calendar.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.3(46)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,257by fergbrain7 years ago
This plugin allows you to setup a series of dates to count to or from in terms of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Event SEO
Up in the last 7 days:8#7,986by Xylus Themes2 months ago
Automatically generate Google Event Rich Snippet Schema (JSON-LD) for events using popular calendar plugins.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Event Organiser CSV
Down in the last 7 days:34#8,129by Stephen Harris11 years ago
Import & export events from/to CSV format
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
OpenAgenda
Up in the last 7 days:12#9,919by openagenda6 months ago
Display calendars from https://openagenda.com on your site.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Event Calendar by Timely
Down in the last 7 days:9#10,073by Timely Calendar Team1 year ago
Attract, engage, and grow your audience with Timely’s free event calendar app. The calendar plugin for WordPress trusted by event managers worldwide.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Localendar Calendar for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:40#10,087by Thomas Griffin7 years ago
Thanks for checking out the localendar calendar plugin for WordPress. We have been powering web calendars for thousands of sites for over 16 years, an …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.7(19)
- Downloads
- 6/day

RSVPMaker
Down in the last 7 days:82#11,279by davidfcarr20 days ago
Event and email marketing. Register guests and collect payment by PayPal or Stripe. Send invitations and newsletters.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 34/day

HT Politic
Down in the last 7 days:101#11,649by DevItems3 months ago
HT Politic is a Political WordPress Plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Sched Event Management Software
Up in the last 7 days:13#11,670by Sched LLC4 years ago
Easily manage and promote events! Complete with mobile apps, multiple event calendar views, customization, speaker/sponsor directories and more!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Eveeno
#12,043by babo20151 year ago
WordPress plugin for embedding eveeno registration forms and upcoming events lists.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPEM
Up in the last 7 days:123#12,901by WP Event Manager9 days ago
WP Event Manager Rest API
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

CiviEvent Widget
Down in the last 7 days:20#12,967by Andie Hunt8 years ago
Display widgets for CiviCRM events: the next public event or a whole list. Embed widgets as shortcodes, too!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Bulk Edit Events
Up in the last 7 days:144#15,075by Jose Vega19 days ago
Modern Bulk Editor for Events, create and edit events in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. No need to export/import, all the changes are applied live.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

RSVPify Event RSVP & Registration Embed
Down in the last 7 days:56#15,099by RSVPify1 year ago
Easily embed your event’s online RSVP or event registration form on any page or post to allow guests to seamlessly RSVP from any WordPress-powered web …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Live Blogging
Down in the last 7 days:61#15,617by chrisnorthwood14 years ago
Live Blogging is a plugin that allows you to insert micro/live blogs into posts with automatic updating of the content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Event Timeline Feed
Up in the last 7 days:16#16,070by ScriptsTown3 months ago
Create and showcase event timelines on your WordPress website available in multiple layouts with clean, elegant, and responsive design.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Just Events
Up in the last 7 days:249#16,191by WPExplorer5 days ago
Adds an Event post type to your WordPress powered site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Social Profile Frame Generator
Down in the last 7 days:9#16,619by Jose Varghese2 months ago
All-in-one profile picture frame generator. Allows users to upload their photo, apply a frame, customize with zoom/rotate/bokeh, and download.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 9/day

AM Events
Up in the last 7 days:27#17,431by Atte Moisio9 years ago
Manage and display your events. Allows fully customizable layouts and includes a widget for upcoming events.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Events Calendar Plus
Up in the last 7 days:124#17,576by Event Espresso1 month ago
Display a beautiful events calendar with customizable views, coloring, filtering, date formats, images, and optimized for mobile on your own website.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

CitySpark Events and Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:156#18,234by Ty Davis6 months ago
© 2026 CitySpark. All Rights Reserved
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Event CLNDR
Down in the last 7 days:50#19,132by i4nd908 years ago
An uncomplicated event manager with a highly customisable (developer-friendly) front-end calendar utilising CLNDR.js.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Events Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:20#19,508by dianuj12 years ago
Event management system using jquery -ui datepicker,timepicker addon,provides short-code,widget support.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MegaCalendar
#19,756by megabase20 days ago
A flexible calendar and event list for communities, businesses and organizations.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(30)
- Downloads
- 11/day