10 Best Events Manager Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Events Manager sits at #2 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. 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 Manager
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WP Event Manager
Closest matchWP 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.
#8 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.2, last updated July 22, 2026.
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Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
4.5 (165) 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. 7,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.2, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.2 (2,453) 600,000+ active installsThe Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.
#1 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 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, events tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.2, last updated 11 days ago.
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My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager
4.7 (159) 20,000+ active installsAccessible WordPress event calendar plugin. Manage single or recurring events, event venues, and display your calendar anywhere on your site.
#3 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.2, last updated 3 days ago.
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EventPrime – 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.
#10 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. 7,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.2, last updated 3 days ago.
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2.7 (13) 30,000+ active installsThe all in one Events Manager for WordPress: create and manage events, sell event tickets online easily. No Coding Required.
#7 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, last updated 14 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.
#9 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.2, last updated 20 days ago.
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SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (91) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
About 8.3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.2, last updated 5 days ago.
Events Manager against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Events Manager vs WP Event Manager60,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 4.0
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Events Manager vs The Events Calendar60,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 4.2
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Events Manager vs My Calendar60,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 4.7
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Events Manager vs EventPrime60,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 4.5
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Events Manager vs WP Events Manager60,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 2.7
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Events Manager vs Sugar Calendar60,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.2 vs 4.5
Switching from Events Manager: common questions
What is the best alternative to Events Manager?
WP Event Manager is the closest match: it shares the Event Plugins top 10 with Events Manager and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Events Manager alternative has the most users?
The Events Calendar, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Events Manager alternative is rated highest?
SureForms, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 91 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Events Manager 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 Manager 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 Manager 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
WP Event Manager is the closest match to Events Manager by the data we track, and The Events Calendar has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. My Calendar 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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