10 Best Calendar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Calendar has 2,000+ 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 Calendar
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EventPrime
Closest matchEventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings, Tickets & AI
4.5 (84) 7,000+ active installsAI Events Calendar plugin for creating free or paid events. Supports Event Types, Bookings, Tickets, Venues, Performers, AI abilities, and a lot more.
Shares the Event, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.2 (20) 2,000+ active installsEvents Calendar for Google implements google calender to your wordpress website using different style and layouts. Get connected to your audience usin …
Shares the Event, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated December 30, 2025.
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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, event calendar tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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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, event calendar tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 6 days ago.
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Quick Event Manager
Paid version available4.9 (67) 1,000+ active installsSimple event manager. No messing about, just add events and a shortcode and the plugin does the rest for you.
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated October 28, 2025.
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Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform
4.5 (24) 10,000+ active installsEasily manage events and sell tickets on your WordPress site. Sugar Calendar is easy-to-use, reliable, and exceptionally powerful. See for yourself.
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (397) 10,000+ active installsEvent calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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EventON – Events Calendar
4.1 (44) 6,000+ active installsBeautiful responsive event calendar for WordPress. Unlimited events, repeating schedules, virtual events, maps, filters & AI. Clean design, SEO-ready.
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 3 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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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, events tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.7, last updated July 22, 2026.
Switching from Calendar: common questions
What is the best alternative to Calendar?
EventPrime is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Calendar alternative has the most users?
WP Event Manager, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Calendar 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 Calendar 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 Calendar 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 Calendar 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
EventPrime is the closest match to Calendar by the data we track, and WP Event Manager has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. EventPrime shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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