10 Best Events Made Easy Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Events Made Easy has 1,000+ 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 Events Made Easy
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Events Manager
Closest matchEvents Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more!
4.2 (551) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar and booking system: bookings, reservations, appointments, scheduling, event registration, tickets and recurring events.
Shares the bookings, events tags on WordPress.org. About 60 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.6, last updated today.
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4.9 (82) 8,000+ active installsWith this lightweight plugin you can create an event list.
Shares the events tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated August 19, 2026.
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Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
4.5 (167) 7,000+ active installsSell event tickets with WooCommerce. Event registration, recurring events, RSVP, attendee management & event calendar — free.
Shares the events tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.6, last updated today.
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Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (409) 10,000+ active installsEvents calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
Shares the events tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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RSVP and Event Management
Paid version available4.4 (58) 3,000+ active installsSimple Event Registration & RSVP Management for WordPress
About 3 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.6, last updated August 14, 2026.
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MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory
4.4 (37) 2,000+ active installsAll-in-one membership, directory, events and donations for organizations. Secure member profiles, renewals, upgrades and limit member only access to c …
About 2 times the installs, last updated August 27, 2026.
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Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
4.7 (269) 10,000+ active installsFeature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.
Shares the memberships tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 2 days ago.
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Newsletter
Paid version availableNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
About 200 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 events tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated August 18, 2026.
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4.5 (108) 10,000+ active installsThe Events Calendar Elementor widgets help you manage and display an upcoming events list with date, time, venue and event ticket booking details.
Shares the events tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.6, last updated today.
Switching from Events Made Easy: common questions
What is the best alternative to Events Made Easy?
Events Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Events Made Easy alternative has the most users?
Newsletter, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Events Made Easy alternative is rated highest?
VS Event List, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 82 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Events Made Easy 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 Events Made Easy 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 Events Made Easy 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 Manager is the closest match to Events Made Easy by the data we track, and Newsletter has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on October 22, 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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