Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

Description

Events Manager is a full-featured event calendar, bookings and registration management plugin for WordPress based on the principles of flexibility, reliability and powerful features!

• Demo
• Documentation
• Tutorials

Main Features

• Beautiful calendars, search pages, lists, grids and booking forms to enhance your site events.
• Easy event registration (single day with start/end times)
• Recurring and long (multi-day) event registration
• Bookings Management (including approval/rejections, export CVS, and more!)
• Multiple Tickets
• Fully-featured graph and statistics including bar/line/pie with comparison and stacking
• MultiSite Event Support
  • Cross-Network Event Sharing – show your events and booking fromss on other subsites or main site
  • Network-wide Global Booking Management
  • BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Support
  • Create modular (independent) event subsites or inter-networked events
• Multiple Location Types
  • Physical Locations
  • Online Events (URLs)
  • Zoom Webinars/Meetings Integration
• BuddyPress & BuddyBoss Support
  • Submit Events
  • Group Events
  • Personal Events
  • Activity Stream
  • more on the way
• Guest/Member Event submissions
• Assign event locations and view events by location
• Event categories
• Easily create custom event attributes (e.g. dress code)
• Google Maps (see our API usage recommendations)
• Advanced permissions – restrict user management of events and locations.
• Widgets for Events, Locations and Calendars
• Fine grained control of how every aspect of your events are shown on your site, easily modify templates from the settings pages and template files
• iCal Feed (single and all events)
• Add to Google Calendar buttons
• RSS Feeds
• Compatible with SEO plugins
• Timezone Support – create events in different timezones
• Plenty of template tags and shortcodes for use in your posts and pages
• Actively maintained and supported
• Lots of documentation and tutorials
• And much more!

Data Privacy and GDPR Compliance

We provide the tools to help you be GDPR compliant, including:

• export/erasure of data via the WordPress Privacy Tools, including booking, event and location data
• consent checkboxes on our booking, event and location forms on the frontend
• settings to control what can be exported/erased as well as where/when to place consent requests
• sample text for your site privacy policy describing what Events Manager does with personal data

Premium Features

We have a premium Pro add-on for Events Manager which not only demonstrates the flexibility of Events Manager, but also adds some important features including but not limited to:

• WooCommerce integration (sold separately)
• PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net and Offline Payments
• Custom booking forms
• Individual Attendee custom forms
• Upload fields for bookings, attendees and users
• Printable Invoices and Tickets
• Send PDF tickets/invoices by email automatically
• Check In/Out
• QR Scanning
  • Manage bookings on your phone
  • Check In/Out users
• Waitlists
• Automation – ultimate flexibility in automation!
  • Triggers:
  • X time before/after events start
  • When a booking status changes
  • When a booking was booked x time ago
  • Actions
  • Send Webhook (Zapier, MS Automation and many other services)
  • Send Email
  • Send WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram notifications
• WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram integration and interactive flows
• Coupon Codes
• Custom booking email per event and gateway
• Faster support via private Pro forums

For more information or to go pro, visit our plugin website.

Additional Plugin Integrations

Whilst there’s many third party integrations with our own plugin, here’s some we’ve integrated ourselves!

• Included in Events Manager (automatic integration)
  • BuddyPress
  • WP FullCalendar
  • Thrive Automator
• Additional Add-Ons
  • Zoom
  • WPML Multilingual Sites

7.0.1

• Added recurring events functionality, which now hosts one page for all events of that recurrence type.
• Added recurrence booking form picker including a calendar and dropdown selection.
• Added support for true timezone-relative calendar and recurrence selection listings via the calendar_timezone attribute.
• Added support for searching in timezone-relative scopes for events using the timezone_scope attribute.
• Added admin support for viewing bookings belonging to recurring events.
• Added conversion features to transfer repeated (previously called “recurring”) events into recurring events.
• Added 302 redirection functionality for converted repeated > recurring events.
• Moved booking form JS into externally and dynamically loaded JS file.
• Added month skipping navigation in calendars allowing skipping months with no events.
• Added multiple calendar UI display tweaks/fixes to eventful and today months.
• Fixed blank calendar dates showing display dates.
• Added different calendar header option via the calendar_header attribute.
• Added setStartOfMonth() and setEndOfMonth() to EM_DateTime.
• Added timezone display options in EM_DateTime::getDate() and getDateTime() functions.
• Changed selectize JS to dispatch a CustomEvent object from parent element with detail containing selectize objects.
• Post ID is now optional for events.
• Fixed loading order of translated string assignments so they occur after init, while hard-coding potentially required strings during previously translated actions/filters.
• Updated readme “tested up to”.
• Namespaced Selectize and the .selectize() functions to EM_Selectize and .em_selectize() respectively to avoid collisions with other plugins.
• Fixed phone input button styling clashes in manual bookings and potentially other pages.
• Moved EM_Scripts_and_Styles out of events-manager.php into its own class.
• Added EM\Scripts_and_Styles::add_js_var() allowing for footer localization.
• Added em_wp_localize_script_footer allowing plugins to override EM localized script vars.
• Added a catch exception in EM_DateTime::modify().
• Renamed some PHP variables in overriding methods (minor).
• Added multi-layer recurrence patterns including exclusions so events can have multiple recurrence patterns.
• Added event_type field allowing for recurrences, repeated, and recurring event types.
• Changed recurring event saving logic to prevent deletion unless explicitly rescheduled or removed.
• Added cancellation/deletion options for recurrences not included in newly rescheduled patterns.
• Improved event update logic so that only new recurrences are added during rescheduling.
• Changed vocabulary from “recurring events” to “repeating events” for clarity and future compatibility.
• Updated ticket logic to support recurrence/override patterns while maintaining parent-child relationships.
• Added Recurring_Sets and Recurring_Set objects to handle recurrence data.
• Rewritten recurring event logic for greater flexibility and future extensibility.
• Added EM_Ticket::get() for cache-friendly ticket retrieval.
• Added EM_DateTimeZone::getCity().
• Deprecated recurrence_ fields in events table.
• Added em_event_recurrences table.
• Changed ticket deletion so it requires an event save.
• Added nonce safeguards for disabling RSVP/bookings, deleting recurrences, and rescheduling tickets.
• Added em_datepicker_format() function to output datepicker format.
• Fixed uploader validation issues in JS and PHP caused by blank default extensions settings for event/location image uploads.
• Added non-escape option to allow HTML sub-values in attendees mulitple column data views on bookings table.
• Removed JS requirement for asset selectors to be wrapped by em in dynamic asset loading.
• Improved dynamic asset loading by pre-loading asset groups before firing onload events.
• Improved booking form JS by encapsulating container scopes within functions and events rather than scoping at the document level.
• Fixed phone input field JS error.
• Fixed missing uploader field minified CSS files.
• Fixed calendars showing the wrong month when there’s a long event starting in an earlier month.
• Fixed ticket caching issue when saving events, which caused the event editor/page to show outdated ticket data such as prices.
• Added EM_Event->just_disabled_rsvp to detect RSVP being disabled during an event save process.

6.6.4.4

• Re-added cancellation checks before processing a booking, previously added in 6.6.4.2 and removed in .3 due to urgent validation reports.
• Fixed image validation issues introduced in 6.6.4.2

6.6.4.3

• Fixed bug in 6.4.4.2 showing events as cancelled when attempting to make a booking

6.6.4.2

• Fixed map display issues when using empty [locations_map] and [events_map] shortcode.
• Fixed improper loading of default permitted upload extensions which can cause fatal errors in Pro form builder.
• Fixed grouped events list pagination breaking due to incorrect AJAX action command.
• Fixed category searches not persisting between AJAX reloads.
• Fixed and removed ability to book an event in the trash, reported by Revan Arifio via PatchStack.
• Fixed breaking change in BuddyBoss groups due to updated function use for BuddyPress integration.

6.6.4.1

• Changed EM_Mailer so that send() can be called statically and non-statically to avoid legacy errors.
• Removed redundant EM_Booking->process_meta() function already in EM_Object.
• Fixed booking meta processing issues omitting certain field keys with special non-alphanumeric characters.
• Fixed potential PHP fatal error when exporting CSV reports.
• Fixed image size validation issues in visual uploader.
• Fixed PHP notice when validation fails for phone numbers during booking user initial registration.
• Tweaked UI visuals to improve sizing and compatibility.
• Fixed issue where undo upload deletion options were not appearing.
• Fixed uploader booking admin views loading uploaded files twice for preview in editor/viewer modes.
• Improved EM_Ticket_Booking->update_meta() so it deletes array keys that aren’t defined anymore.
• Improved EM_Booking->update_meta() so a third parameter $subkey restricts deletion to a specific key in a meta group.
• Added further encapsulation of data in uploader to avoid dependence on $_REQUEST data and allowing for multi-dimensional layers of a booking (such as a multi-booking upload).

6.6.4

• Fixed security vulnerability allowing SQL injection responsibly disclosed by mikemyers via WordFence Security Services.
• Added em_bookings_table_display_hidden_input hook to bookings table.
• Fixed missing bookings for person/user view of bookings.
• Added possibility for multiple person search in bookings, allowing viewing of bookings from more than one user programmatically.
• Updated plugin header with license and updated copyright year.
• Added HTML props to booking editor view allowing access to booking sections by ticket ID via JS.
• Fixed PHP notices with interfering plugins via the_content.
• Fixed PHP fatal error when installing/upgrading in WP versions < 6.1.
• Fixed PHP fatal error due to plugin conflict invoking parse_query in different ways.
• Fixed translation issue in calendar modal title not using localized domain.
• Fixed missing div in templates/forms/event-editor.php.
• Changed maps-global.php to store map JSON data as an application/json script element rather than a regular div to improve SEO and coding standards.
• Migrated partial use of jQuery in maps.js (minor).
• Fixed not_all_day conditional placeholder showing same result as all_day.
• Fixed EM taking over ‘scheduled’ posts view for any CPT type and showing all posts instead.
• Fixed BuddyPress group nav links generating PHP error due to deprecated function.
• Fixed events BuddyPress group link not showing in groups nav bar since a recent EM update.
• Fixed calendar advanced search disappearing when filters are chosen and first search is initiated.
• Fixed taxonomy single term pages showing up blank on some themes when overriding formatting is enabled.
• Changed EM_Taxonomy_Frontend to use static binding.
• Fixed duplicate map placeholders showing in AJAX calls when searching.
• Fixed non-AJAX pagination persistence issues when coupled with search form.
• Added has_search support to events_list, events_map, events_list_grouped, locations_map, locations_list shortcodes allowing for search forms to be added above.
• Optimized code by removing redundant/duplicate code fragments and centralized shortcode and list generation using em_output_events_view() and em_output_locations_view().
• Fixed maps JS display bug after an AJAX search.
• Fixed search form JS issues when searching with non-AJAX mode.
• Fixed minor attendee form aesthetic issues in booking editor.
• Fixed consent functionality preventing event submission forms from going through.
• Fixed phone number field setting saving issues for restricting countries.
• Added support for EM_Object->add_error() for EM_Exceptions.
• Implemented new uploader UI and further integration with FilePond by pqina.
• Completely revamped uploading API via EM\Uploads\Uploader and EM\Uploads\API classes.
• Added update_meta function for updating individual EM_Ticket_Booking object meta items.
• Added em_ticket_booking_save filter for EM_Ticket_Booking object.
• Added new JS/CSS loading module which loads individual assets only when needed via JS.
• Fixed countries list inconsistency if adding blank files consecutively followed by another call without adding blanks.

6.6.3

• Fixed JS error preventing full bookings table admin AJAX functionality in certain languages such as French.
• Fixed SQL ordering issues causing empty attendee and ticket views in bookings admin area.
• Added ‘booking’ array arg to em_bookings_table_get_booking_allowed_actions filter.
• Fixed WPML error when duplicating an event.

6.6.2

• Added aria-label to ticket selection.
• Disabled phone module for PHP versions 8.0 due to compatibility issues.
• Fixed consent not passing validation if marked required yet checked.
• Fixed ordering issues in booking admin tables, including the inability to order booking fields in a ticket view.
• Fixed general orderby failing to apply if passed with an ASC or DESC definition.
• Fixed status filtering issues in booking admin tables.
• Changed some PHP array declarations to bracket shortform.

6.6.1

• fixed some initial phone number display issues overlapping country selectors on front-end
• fixed fatal error in settings page

6.6

• Added communications consent. Ask or require users to consent to being contacted, with history of last acceptance or revocation accross all bookings/user (if admin has caps)
• Added international phone number input field and validation, see the Phone Numbers section on Settings > General
• Fixed bookings not showing in bookings table when in Multisite Global Mode
• Fixed scope filter saving issues in booking/event-booking admin tables
• Changed default scope to ‘future’ for booking/event-booking admin tables
• Transitioned known booking meta keys from legacy to new format for storage, with plans to phase out support for previous format of x… for arrays, opting for _x|… instead (‘registration’, ‘attendees’, ‘coupon’, ‘booking’, ‘zoom’, ‘test’, ‘discounts’, ‘surcharges’)
• Updated countries list to include more translations, file-separated storage for optimal loading, and extra missing countries – Kosovans, we’ve migrated the KV country code to the more recognized XK code including migrating previous location data
• Moved admin-settings.js into external included file rather than inline.
• Transitioned phone numbers into real feature.
• Added example real-time input in settings.
• Added EM_Booking->get_meta(), EM_Booking->update_user_meta(), and EM_Booking->get_user_meta().
• Added em_bookings_get_sql_orderby_joins filter for custom ordering options.
• Added EM_DateTime::create() for chaining quick dates.
• Added em_person_display_summary_bottom action.
• Updated intlTelInput to 23.0.8.
• Fixed selectize.js not allowing custom data- properties in non-multiple selectize dropdowns.
• Fixed JS modal.remove() JS error in list tables introduced in dev versions.
• Moved all JS UI setups (datepicker, time, tippy, phone, selectize) into em_setup_ui_elements() for easy reloading in containers.
• Added em_nouser_booking_details_modified action.
• Moved data privacy/consent into own classes folder with parent/child structure and standardized functionality between privacy/comms consent.
• Transitioned known booking meta keys into newer piped format to break up arrays rather than underscores including (registration, attendees, coupon, booking, zoom, test, discounts, surcharges).
• Fixed some display issues on view person bookings admin page.
• Fixed PHP warnings on empty graphs in booking dashboards.
• Fixed empty graph data when viewing booking data as event admins without manage_others_bookings capabilities.
• Added more WP_Screen compatibility on front-end in case other plugins load template.php but not WP_Class which results in a fatal error.
• Fixed backend events with bookings admin tables linking to front-end.
• Fixed …