Description
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Preview on WordPress Playground
Launch an interactive demo with WordPress, the plugin, and sample events already configured – no installation required! Click the link above to explore all features in your browser.
Try PlanIt Premium live (full Premium features)
Launch PlanIt Event Manager Premium on InstaWP
Use this link to open a temporary WordPress sandbox with PlanIt Premium and the free companion pre-configured—explore week/year views, recurring events, and other Premium-only tools. (This is separate from the WordPress Playground preview above, which showcases the free plugin from WordPress.org.)
PlanIt Event Manager is the perfect free event calendar plugin for WordPress. This comprehensive event calendar solution makes it easy to create, manage, and display events on your website with beautiful calendar views and intuitive event management tools. Whether you’re organizing conferences, workshops, concerts, or any type of event, this event calendar provides everything you need to keep your visitors informed.
With powerful calendar views, list displays, venue management, and seamless WordPress integration, PlanIt Event Manager is the ideal event calendar for businesses, organizations, and bloggers. The responsive design ensures your event calendar looks perfect on all devices, while the flexible customization options let you create the perfect event calendar experience for your site.
Upgrade to Premium for advanced features like Week View, Year View, Photo View, Map View, Recurring Events, Custom Fields, Event Series, Featured Events, CSV Import, and much more!
Visit https://landtechwebdesigns.com/planit-event-manager-premium to upgrade.
Free Version Features
- Event Calendar Views: Stunning Day and Month calendar views to display your events beautifully
- List View: Display events in a clean, chronological list format for easy browsing
- Event Management: Complete event calendar management – create, edit, and delete events with full details
- Venues & Organizers: Manage venues and organizers separately for better event calendar organization
- Event Categories & Tags: Organize your event calendar with categories and tags for better navigation
- Hide Past Events: Automatically hide past events from your event calendar to keep it current
- Google Maps Integration: Display venue locations on interactive maps in your event calendar (requires API key)
- iCal & Google Calendar Export: Export events from your event calendar to external calendar applications
- Responsive Event Calendar Design: Your event calendar looks perfect on all devices – desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Event Calendar Widget: Upcoming events widget for sidebars to showcase your event calendar
- Event Calendar Shortcodes: Easy calendar and list embedding anywhere on your site
- Event Calendar Search & Filter: Powerful search and filtering to help visitors find events quickly
- Featured Images: Add beautiful images to events in your event calendar
Premium Features (Available in Premium Version)
- Week View – See your week at a glance
- Year View – Annual overview
- Photo View – Visual grid with event images
- Map View – Interactive map with event locations
- Recurring Events – Create repeating events automatically
- Custom Fields – Add unlimited custom data to events
- Event Series – Group related events together
- Featured Events – Highlight important events
- CSV Import – Bulk import events from spreadsheet
- The Events Calendar Import – Migrate from other plugins
- Event Cost/Price – Display event pricing
- Event Website – Link to external event pages
- Event Timezone – Per-event timezone support
- RSS Feed – Events RSS feed
- Advanced Widgets – Featured Events, Event Series, Countdown widgets
- RSVP door check-in – QR manifest printing and mobile-friendly check-in for confirmed RSVPs (Premium)
External services
This plugin makes use of the following third-party services:
Google Maps JavaScript API
What it is: Google Maps JavaScript API for displaying event locations.
Data sent: The user’s browser sends the site’s API key and the visitor’s IP address to Google when viewing a map.
InstaWP (optional Premium live demo)
What it is: InstaWP provides temporary WordPress sites. The “Launch PlanIt Event Manager Premium on InstaWP” link in this readme opens their launcher so you can try PlanIt Premium without installing it on your own server.
Data sent: Your browser loads InstaWP; standard web data (for example IP address, referrer) may be processed per InstaWP’s policies.
Try It Live
👆 Click the preview link at the top of this page to try PlanIt Event Manager instantly – no installation required!
The live preview includes:
* WordPress and plugin pre-configured and ready to explore
* 6 sample events (conferences, workshops, concerts, webinars)
* 3 venues with full address details
* 3 organizers with contact information
* Event categories and tags
* A demo page showcasing calendar and list views
Direct Preview Links:
* Preview free plugin on WordPress Playground
* Launch PlanIt Premium live demo on InstaWP (week/year views, recurring events, and more)
* View on WordPress.org (includes Preview button for the free plugin)
Blocks
This plugin provides 7 blocks.
- PlanIt Calendar
- PlanIt Event List
- PlanIt RSVP
- PlanIt Event Submission
- PlanIt PayPal Checkout
- PlanIt Stripe Checkout
- PlanIt WooCommerce Tickets
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Events > Settings to configure the plugin
- Open Events > Documentation for full tabbed in-admin help (shortcodes, WooCommerce tickets, payments, Premium vs. free)
- Start creating events!
FAQ
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Does PlanIt work as a full-featured event calendar?
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Yes! PlanIt Event Manager is a complete event calendar solution for WordPress. It includes calendar views (Day and Month), list views, event management, venues, organizers, and all the essential features you need for a fully functional event calendar.
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What makes this event calendar different from other plugins?
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PlanIt Event Manager is designed specifically to be the most user-friendly event calendar for WordPress. With intuitive event calendar management, beautiful calendar views, and seamless integration, it’s the perfect event calendar solution for any website. Plus, it’s completely free with an optional premium upgrade for advanced features.
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How do I display my event calendar?
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You can display your event calendar using the shortcode
[twec_calendar]or visit the events archive page. Customize the view:[twec_calendar view="month"]for month view or[twec_calendar view="day"]for day view. The event calendar automatically integrates with WordPress themes. -
Can this event calendar handle recurring events?
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Recurring events are available in the Premium version. The free event calendar includes comprehensive event management for single events. Upgrade to Premium for advanced recurring event calendar features.
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Can I hide past events from my event calendar?
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Yes! Go to Events > Settings and enable “Hide Past Events” to automatically hide past events from your event calendar. This keeps your event calendar current and focused on upcoming events.
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Does the event calendar work on mobile devices?
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Absolutely! The event calendar is fully responsive and works perfectly on all devices – desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones. Your event calendar will look great on any screen size.
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What are the requirements for this event calendar?
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WordPress 5.0 or higher and PHP 7.2 or higher. No external dependencies required for basic event calendar functionality. Google Maps integration requires a free Google Maps API key.
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Does PlanIt record a history of Stripe or PayPal payments?
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Yes. Successful Stripe Checkout sessions and PayPal captures logged via webhooks are stored in a dedicated payment history table (Events Payments) so you can list many buyers over time per event—separate from the single-payment summary fields saved on each event post for backward compatibility.
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Are older payments imported into the payment log?
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No. Charges completed before this feature was introduced are not backfilled automatically; only completions processed after upgrading will appear.
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Can shop managers or other roles use Events Payments / Emails instead of Administrators?
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By default those screens require the manage_options capability. Developers can widen access with
twec_manage_payment_log_cap(Events Payments) andtwec_manage_emails_cap(Events Emails). The latter also usesoption_page_capability_twec_settings_groupso customized roles can submit the Emails settings form safely.
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Contributors & Developers
“PlanIt Event Manager – Responsive Event Calendar & Management Plugin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.13
- Admin (Plugins): Try Premium (live demo) added to plugin action links (InstaWP), in addition to row meta — matches visibility of Settings / Documentation.
1.0.12
- Readme: PlanIt Premium live demo link (InstaWP) in the plugin Description, External services, and Try It Live so wordpress.org/plugins/planit-event-manager showcases both the free Playground preview and the Premium sandbox.
- Admin:
PLANIT_PREMIUM_LIVE_DEMO_URLplus Premium live demo link in Plugins row meta.
1.0.11
- REST:
planit/v1/events/quick-add—statususessanitize_callbackso onlydraftorpublishis accepted (defaults todraft). - REST:
planit/v1/recurrence/preview— routeargsincludesanitize_callbackfornonce,post_id,rrule, andexdates; preview merges JSON body with REST parameters when the client sends standard form-encoded or query params.
1.0.10
- Payments:
wp_twec_payment_logtable (dbDelta); Events Payments admin list (WP_List_Table) with filters (event, gateway, date range, search). Row detail view viapayment_id. - Stripe / PayPal: webhooks call
TWEC_Payment_Log::insert_*idempotently; legacy event meta and actions unchanged. - Emails: Events Emails for RSVP reminder subject/body templates and HTML payment receipts (Stripe + PayPal when payer email is present); placeholders via
TWEC_Email_Templates; optional BCC-to-admin field. twec_db_version+TWEC_Payment_Log::maybe_install()onplugins_loadedfor upgrades that skipped activation hooks.- Note: Stripe/PayPal charges before upgrading are not backfilled—only subsequent successful webhooks generate log rows.
- Docs:
REST-API.md— documentsPOST /wp-json/planit/v1/recurrence/preview(RRULE preview);POST /wp-json/planit/v1/rsvp/checkin(staff check-in) and the equivalent/rsvp-scanalias; plus howplanit/v1interacts with Premium licensing. - REST: RSVP staff check-in routes include per-user minute rate limiting (see
REST-API.md; filtertwec_rsvp_checkin_rate_limit_per_minute).
1.0.9
- Wrap
TWEC_Post_Typesinif ( ! class_exists( 'TWEC_Post_Types' ) )so activating the free plugin while PlanIt Event Manager Premium is already active no longer fatals (the free activation hook still loads this file; the class may already be registered by Premium’s copy under a different path).
1.0.8
- JSON-LD Event schema and Open Graph / Twitter tags on single event pages (optional under Events > Settings).
- Public iCal feed URL for “subscribe” to upcoming events; optional
twec_event_categoryfilter (documented on settings). - Block editor: “PlanIt Calendar” and “PlanIt Event List” dynamic blocks, plus a block pattern (heading + calendar).
- REST:
planit_eventobject onwp/v2/twec_eventand collection argstwec_after/twec_before(see REST-API.md in the plugin). - Dashboard widget: events in the next 7 days. Onboarding checklist on the Dashboard (dismissible). “Duplicate” row action for events. Print stylesheet tweaks for calendar and event pages.
1.0.7
- Fix companion detection: the premium plugin’s main file is
planit-event-manager-premium.php(notplanit-event-manager.php). The free package now checks the correctactive_pluginsbasename so, when premium is active, the free runtime is skipped and duplicateTWEC_*class fatals do not occur.
1.0.6
- Prevent fatal redeclaration of
TWECif PlanIt Event Manager Premium loads first (or both class files are included):class TWECis only declared if not already defined, and the free main file bails ifclass_exists( 'TWEC' )before includingclass-twec.php.
1.0.5
- Fix fatal “Cannot redeclare class TWEC” when activating PlanIt Event Manager Premium while the free plugin is already active: the free bootstrap is skipped during that activation request (GET/POST bulk, and basic WP-CLI).
1.0.4
- Free build no longer defines shared TWEC_PLUGIN_DIR / TWEC_VERSION; it uses PLANIT_EVENT_MANAGER_* only. This allows PlanIt Event Manager Premium to load its own
includes/twec-functions.phpwhen the free plugin is already active (fixes a fatal “failed to open stream” on premium activation).
1.0.3
- When PlanIt Event Manager Premium is active, the free plugin stays activated but does not load a second copy of the calendar (avoids duplicate admin menus and PHP errors). A short notice can appear on the Plugins screen.
- New constants: PLANIT_EVENT_MANAGER_VERSION, PLANIT_EVENT_MANAGER_DIR, and related, always defined for activation hooks.
1.0.2
- Tested with WordPress 6.9.4
- Updated live preview blueprint for WordPress 6.9.4
- Added review request notice – asks users for feedback after 7 days of usage
- AJAX-based dismissal with Yes, No/Support, and Dismiss options
1.0.1
- Tested with WordPress 6.9.1
- Blueprint preview link updated to use GitHub raw URL for improved reliability
1.0.0
- Initial release of the PlanIt Event Manager event calendar
- Event calendar views: Day and Month calendar views (Week, Year, Photo, Map views available in Premium)
- Event calendar list view with pagination
- Venue and organizer management for your event calendar
- Event categories and tags for event calendar organization
- Google Maps integration for event calendar (requires API key)
- iCal and Google Calendar export from your event calendar
- Event calendar widget support: Upcoming Events widget
- Event calendar shortcodes: [twec_calendar] and [twec_list]
- Hide past events option for your event calendar
- Responsive event calendar design for all devices
- Security: Proper nonce verification and capability checks
- Security: All output properly escaped to prevent XSS
- Performance: Optimized database queries for better event calendar performance
- Performance: Efficient meta_query usage with DATE type comparisons





