PHP Event Calendar for WordPress

Check out the complete online events calendar demo. Feel free to play around, add new events, create recurring events, open a new calendar, search for events, or upload an image file for an event!

The PHP Events Calendar is developed by the good people at PHPEventCalendar.com. It can be used right out of the box as a standalone event calendar or can be customized to integrate seamlessly into your existing WordPress environment. The plugin was built with the FREE PHP Event Calendar Lite, a modern, responsive and multi-user calendar/scheduling application. Are you looking for additional functionality in your calendar, including scheduling recurring events, easy switching among multiple event calendars, double booking prevention, programming public or private calendar events, timely email reminders and more? Check out our premium add-ons. Our Event Calendar is supported by all major desktop web browsers as well as on mobile and tablet devices. Event Management Made Easy The PHP Event Calendar is designed for simplicity and ease of use. The look and feel is very similar to Google Calendar. Even you are new to WordPress, you can start managing events in less than five minutes! Create new events and edit existing ones or change calendar settings through an intuitive visual events management system instead of through arcane WordPress table editors. Perfect for people who are not tech savvy but want to create and manage online events quickly and easily. Great Software Comes with Great Support As perfectionists obsessed with quality and customer satisfaction, we apply advanced methodologies to thoroughly test our software to guarantee that it's easy to use and bug-free. Our team is always ready to help. Feel free to post a question at our dedicated product support forum. Need faster support turn-around? Add the premium add-on plugin and you’ll get access to premium support forums with a guaranteed maximum 24hr response time. Features: If you’re managing multiple calendars, each with numerous school or music events, or even if you're just a small business owner who’d like to list a series of upcoming free training courses, our PHP Event Calendar has your back. Musicians, sports organizations, universities, restaurants, art schools, and churches are among the many satisfied customers who use our event calendar. They all love how easy it is to get started with almost no training. If you have ever used Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook, you will feel very comfortable using the PHP Event Calendar. Here's a quick list of features:

• Manage events directly in the calendar with our intuitive events management instead of with old-school Wordpress table editors.
• View your events by day, week, month, or upcoming.
• Import events from other major calendars such as Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook.
• Organizers
• Upload custom images for your events
• Mobile and tablet support.
• Pick from dozens of colors to bring events to life!
• Make it easy for others to find your event by using Google Maps integration.
• Built with the most popular front-end framework for web and mobile.
• Professionally crafted, professionally designed and tested!

Looking for more features? Our premium add-ons include:

• Multiple Calendars - Multiple calendars with different colors, toggled with one click.
• Repeating Events - Fully customizable daily, weekly, monthly repeating events.
• Double Booking Prevention - Never have a scheduling conflict again!
• Agenda View – For an overview of upcoming events
• Email Reminders - Send event reminders through email.
• Subscribe to 3rd party Calendars - Subscribe and forget! No need to enter events manually into multiple calendars.
• Events can be set to be viewed by the public or for private access only.
• Easily search for events.
• And more...

For more information about PHP Event Calendar Premium Add-ons, check out our complete online event calendar demo.

Please follow these simple steps to install the plugin:

1. From the dashboard of your site, navigate to Plugins --> Add New.
2. Select the Upload option and hit "Choose File."
3. When the popup appears select the php-event-calendar-x.x.zip file from your desktop. (The 'x.x' will change depending on the current version number).
4. Follow the on-screen instructions and wait as the upload completes.
5. When it's finished, activate the plugin via the prompt. A message will show confirming activation was successful.

That's it! You can now access events calendar setting on the nav bar in admin dashboard. == Frequently Asked Questions == I don't see my calendar on my Web page! Please make sure to include below shortcode on your page. [php_event_calendar] Where can I see a working demo? A fully featured online event calendar demo is now available. Feel free to play around, add new events, create recurring events or new calendars, search for an event, or even upload an event image file! You can also check out the PHP Event Calendar website to learn more about us. Where do I enter events? You can enter events in two ways:

• Go to PHP Events Calendar > Events Management to manage events using user friendly interface.
• Go to PHP Events Calendar > Imports to upload events through a local .ics file or an URL that links to a .ics file.

How do I remove an event from calendar? Go to PHP Events Calendar > Events Management to add, modify or remove any event. How do I export Google Calendar or Outlook events to .ics file? Go to PHP Event Calendar > Imports in the admin dashboard and check out the screenshot links that explain how to export to an .ics file. What is an .ics file? From Wikipedia: iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics. iCalendar is used and supported by Google Calendar, Apple Calendar (formerly iCal), IBM Lotus Notes, Yahoo! Calendar, Evolution (software), eM Client, Lightning extension for Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, and partially by Microsoft Outlook and Novell GroupWise. Is WordPress user role supported? Lite version

• only administrator can use the calendar
• calendar management is not available in lite
• new calendar can not be created

Premium version

• Administrator and Editor can use calendars
• Calendar create, edit
• Administrator can manage all users' calendar
• Editor can only manage his calendars

Where can I purchase PHP Event Calendar add-ons? The add-ons can be directly purchased on the PHP Event Calendar website. There are two (2) license types available, and all licenses include 1 year of access to support and updates. What add-ons are available, and where can I read more about them? Currently, the following add-ons are available for The Events Calendar:

• Complete add-on bundle at 50% off - limited time only!
• Recurring events
• Multiple events calendar
• Overlap/Double-booking prevention
• Event agenda view
• Events email reminders
• 3rd party calendar events synchronization

I've got suggestions. Where should I send them? Great! Please visit our technical support and submit your ideas and suggestions.

1.6

• Removed PHPMailer class
• Switch to the PHPMailer library included in WordPress

1.5.9

• Changed how files are referenced work with all setups of WordPress including sub-directory setup
• Use WordPress current version of jQuery files
• Introduced "pec" function name prefix to avoid potential naming collison
• Remove DEBUG flag for error reporting

1.5.8

• Import security fix. Replace Uploadify with jQuery File Upload
• Minor cosmetic update

1.5.5

• Fixed event detail popup content alignment issue
• Fixed a bug interferes with Screen Options widget

1.5.4

• Fixed a critical bug that prevents guests from viewing public events
• Internal ternary bug fix

1.5.3

• Non-default admin now can also manage calendar events
• Both Administrator and Editor can manage calendars (premium only)
• Editor can only manage his calendars (premium only)
• Added header_sent validation before setcookie;
• Partial fix tenary operators issues
• Delete unnecessary folders

1.5.1

• Remove file upload for security reason.

1.5

• Calendar view now persists (per popular requests)
• Database structure update to support newer MySQL v5.6
• Bug fixes

1.4.2

• Added link to instruction for shortcode
• Added Uservoice link bubble to lower right corner for user feedback
• Added "Manage Event" link to plugin page
• Hide toolbar completely from the user front-end
• Center event thumbnails in month view

1.4.1

• Fixed a bug that causes missing database tables during upgrade.
• Set lightbox z-index to higher number so it appears on top of dimmed overlay
• Upcoming events widget (premium add-on only)

1.4

• Default view type is now available in Calendar settings dialog!
• Event image upload no longer displays broken image in preview
• Added Event organizer field
• Faster switch between event view types

1.3

• Event image upload using Uploadify
• Upcoming events view
• Front-end CSS enhancement
• Better small screen and mobile support
• Introducing premium add-ons
• Individual event detail view update to prevent CSS conflict
• Tested up to WordPress 4.0!

1.2.1

• Strip slashes when display escaping single quote from database

1.2

• Added front-end individual event view
• Google Map integration
• Display URL as hyperlink in front-end event view
• UI enhancement that addresses unwanted border in calendar navigation
• Minor Bug fixes

1.1

• Interactive event management admin dashboard is now available!
• Event color picker
• Minor UI enhancements

1.0 Initial Release