10 Best Add to Calendar Button Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Add to Calendar Button has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Add to Calendar Button
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Events Maker
Closest matchEvents Maker by dFactory
4.7 (33) 1,000+ active installsFully featured event management system including recurring events, locations management, full calendar, iCal feed/files, google maps and more.
Shares the calendar, Event, RSVP tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since January 30, 2017.
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RSVP and Event Management
Paid version available4.4 (58) 3,000+ active installsSimple Event Registration & RSVP Management for WordPress
Shares the calendar, RSVP tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.9 (38) 2,000+ active installsManage and display your events in a responsive calendar with multiple views, widgets and shortcodes. Color-coded categories and recurrence support.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated April 17, 2026.
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4.3 (46) 900+ active installsA powerful and flexible WordPress event calendar plugin that lets you display your events in multiple calendar views, just like Google Calendar.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block
4.7 (101) 10,000+ active installsAdd shortcode, block and Elementor widget functionality to The Events Calendar Plugin, so you can easily list and promote your events anywhere.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress
4.3 (69) 30,000+ active installsSmart event organizer and time-management tool with a clean minimalist design for featuring your timetables and upcoming events.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Event Calendar – Calendar
4.7 (107) 2,000+ active installsEvent Calendar plugin created for showing your events. Event Calendar is the best if you want to be original on your website.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since July 2, 2025.
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WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
4.0 (248) 20,000+ active installsLightweight, scalable and full-featured event listings & management plugin for managing events & tickets from the Frontend and Backend.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated July 22, 2026.
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4.9 (212) 10,000+ active installsAdd The Events Calendar shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Events Widget Element (Bricks Builder) to show events listing on any WordPress page using smart …
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Pie Calendar – Events Calendar Made Simple
4.7 (24) 1,000+ active installsEvents calendar - the simple way. Easily display any WordPress post as an event on a flexible front-end calendar. Supports any post type.
Shares the calendar, Event tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated May 13, 2026.
Switching from Add to Calendar Button: common questions
What is the best alternative to Add to Calendar Button?
Events Maker is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Add to Calendar Button alternative has the most users?
MotoPress, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Add to Calendar Button alternative is rated highest?
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 212 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Add to Calendar Button alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Add to Calendar Button score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Add to Calendar Button on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Events Maker is the closest match to Add to Calendar Button by the data we track, and MotoPress has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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