🎉 Welcome to Easy Events Calendar

Easy Events Calendar is a powerful, modern, and flexible event management plugin for WordPress.

Create, manage, and display events effortlessly — whether they are internal events or imported from platforms like Eventbrite, Facebook, Meetup, or WP Event Aggregator.

Now with built-in Internal Events, Recurring Events, Mini Calendar, “Add to Calendar” Sync, and AJAX-powered Event Discovery 🚀

🔌 Supported Event Sources

This plugin works seamlessly with:

✅ Import Eventbrite Events
✅ Import Facebook Events
✅ Import Meetup Events
✅ WP Event Aggregator
✅ EventON
✅ Events Manager

You can also create and manage your own events directly inside WordPress — no third-party dependency required.

🗂️ Internal Event Management

Create events directly from your WordPress dashboard using the built-in custom post type:

✔ No external plugin required
✔ Clean and easy-to-use interface
✔ Full control over event data

🔁 Advanced Recurring Events

Create repeating events easily:

✔ Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly support
✔ Automatic future event generation
✔ Custom occurrence management
✔ Perfect for classes, webinars, and regular events

📅 Calendar Export & Sync

Let users save events to their personal calendars:

✔ “Add to Calendar” buttons (Google, Yahoo, Apple/iCal)
✔ Single event iCalendar (.ics) download
✔ Global iCal feed link for syncing all upcoming events

🔍 Smart Event Discovery (AJAX Powered)

Let users explore events in real-time without page reload:

✔ Filter by Category, Tag, Venue, Organizer, Date Range, Day, and Time
✔ Live search functionality
✔ Grid/List view toggle
✔ Option to show past events
✔ Fast and smooth UX

👉 Use shortcode:
[eec_events_discovery]

🎨 Available Views

📅 Calendar View – Full month calendar layout
🗓️ Mini Calendar – Compact sidebar calendar widget
🧱 Grid View – Modern card-based layout
📋 List View – Clean vertical listing
🧩 Staggered (Masonry) – Dynamic grid layout
🎞️ Slider View – Interactive event slider

🏷️ Event Organization

✔ Categories and Tags
✔ Venue Management 📍
✔ Organizer Management 👤
✔ Dedicated archive pages

✨ Key Features

✔ Internal + External event support
✔ AJAX-powered filtering system
✔ Multiple layouts and styles
✔ Fully responsive and mobile-friendly
✔ High-performance optimized queries
✔ Modern UI with smooth animations
✔ Completely modernized, premium admin GUI

⚡ Performance Optimized

Built with performance in mind:

✔ Optimized SQL queries
✔ Efficient event data handling
✔ Fast pagination system
✔ Secure data sanitization

🚀 How to Use

1. Install and activate Easy Events Calendar
2. Go to Settings → Easy Events Calendar
3. Create events or connect external sources
4. Add shortcode to any page or widget:

• [easy_events_calendar]
• [eec_events_discovery]
• [easy_event_calendar_mini]

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📌 Shortcodes

[easy_events_calendar] → Display calendar view
[eec_events_discovery] → AJAX-powered event discovery
[easy_event_calendar_mini] → Display compact mini calendar widget

🎯 Why Choose Easy Events Calendar?

✔ No coding required
✔ Works with popular event import plugins
✔ Supports internal event management
✔ Advanced recurring system
✔ Real-time filtering experience
✔ Built-in “Add to Calendar” sync
✔ Modern and flexible layouts

📜 Changelog

= 1.1.1 =

– ADDED: Recurring events support.
– ADDED: “Add to Calendar” integration with Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, and iCalendar (.ics) file download.
– ADDED: iCal feed link for all upcoming events.
– ADDED: Mini Calendar view & widget for sidebars.
– ADDED: Feedback form.
– ADDED: Advanced event filters including Category, Tag, Location, Organizer, Date From, Date To, Day, and Time.
– ADDED: Option to display past events when no upcoming events are available.
– IMPROVEMENTS: Completely modernized and premium admin GUI, replacing basic design settings.
– IMPROVEMENTS: Enhanced security through improved data sanitization.

= 1.1.0 =

– Added Internal Events system
– Added Recurring Events (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
– Added AJAX Event Discovery shortcode
– Added Related Events feature
– Added Upcoming Events widget (10 styles)
– Improved performance and query handling
– Enhanced design customization options
– Security and bug fixes

= 1.0.0 =

– Initial release