10 Best Events Calendar by FooEvents Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Events Calendar by FooEvents has 4,000+ 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 Calendar by FooEvents
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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.
Shares the calendar, Event, events tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 22, 2026.
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4.6 (139) 20,000+ active installsCreate and maintain events, including complex reoccurring patterns, venue management (with Google Maps or OpenStreetMap), calendars and customisable e …
Shares the Event, events, events calendar tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 28, 2026.
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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, events calendar tags on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales
4.4 (135) 600+ active installsThe best events plugin with event registration, free and paid ticket sales, event registration forms, PayPal payments, automatic emails, and more!
Shares the calendar, events, tickets tags on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 4,000+, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Events 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since January 30, 2017.
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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 2.5 times the installs, last updated 20 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since July 2, 2025.
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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, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 13, 2026.
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Registrations for the Events Calendar – Event Registration Plugin
5.0 (103) 7,000+ active installsCollect and manage event registrations with customizable forms, attendee management, and email templates. Start collecting registrations in minutes.
Shares the events, events calendar tags on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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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, events calendar tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Events Calendar by FooEvents: common questions
What is the best alternative to Events Calendar by FooEvents?
WP Event Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Events Calendar by FooEvents alternative has the most users?
MotoPress, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Events Calendar by FooEvents alternative is rated highest?
Registrations for the Events Calendar, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 103 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Events Calendar by FooEvents 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 Calendar by FooEvents 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 Calendar by FooEvents 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 Calendar by FooEvents by the data we track, and MotoPress has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Events Widgets For Elementor And 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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