10 Best ICS Calendar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
ICS Calendar has 10,000+ 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 ICS Calendar
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Events Manager
Closest matchEvents Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
4.2 (548) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar with bookings, scheduling, appointments, event registration, tickets, recurring events, and venue management.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.9, last updated 11 days ago.
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The Events Calendar: Category Colors
5.0 (61) 4,000+ active installsAdd event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.9, last updated September 16, 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, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, 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.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, no update since July 2, 2025.
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4.5 (52) 3,000+ active installsImport Eventbrite Events into WordPress website and/or Event Calendar. Nice Display with shortcode & Event widget.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.8 (115) 3,000+ active installsDisplay Facebook events on your WordPress site with auto-updating feeds using Live Feed Builder or Events Importer. No API key needed.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 21 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.9, last updated July 22, 2026.
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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. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, 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, events tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
Switching from ICS Calendar: common questions
What is the best alternative to ICS Calendar?
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 ICS Calendar alternative has the most users?
Events Manager, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which ICS Calendar alternative is rated highest?
The Events Calendar, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 61 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these ICS 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 ICS 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 ICS 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
Events Manager is the closest match to ICS Calendar by the data we track, and Events Manager has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. EventON shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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