Private Google Calendars
by michielve · WordPress.org page · Website
Private Google Calendars has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 54,890 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 6, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Private Google Calendars at a glance
Is Private Google Calendars well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Access to private (and public) calendars by using OAuth2 or an API key
- Adjustable caching – this can greatly improve the performance
- It uses the FullCalendar library to show the calendar and can be fully customized within the Gutenberg block, shorcode attributes and the widget settings
- Calendar filtering
Private Google Calendars reviews and ratings
23 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Excellent!
This is an excellent plugin for displaying your Google Calendar. You can skin it easily with your own custom CSS to make it look just as you'd like.
wykananda -
Exactly what I needed!
I love it when I'm looking for a plugin that is lightweight and does what I need it to do. I needed a plugin to display multiple private Google calendars and I got exactly that! It loads quickly on the page, is easy to filter, and simple to navigate and set up. Thank you for a great plugin!!
rleegarrison -
Usable and Flexible - and Great Support!
This plugin has been fantastic for a website I'm working on for a nonprofit organization that uses Google Workspace. I've been able to create individual calendars for a number of groups within the nonprofit and give each group access to create and update their own calendar events, then display all the events on their website in a single calendar, as well as provide individual calendars for some of the groups. With custom CSS, I've been able to style the calendar output to match the website's theme. The support for this free plugin has consistently been timely and helpful.
aezzell2020 -
Broken and no support given after a week
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Klecka -
Top! Thank You. Super Plugin
I love it. Thank you for your work!
Matthias Honert -
It works but has some challenges
We all love free plugins, especially ones that don’t charge a dime for “pro” versions or etc. This is one of those: it has some great features, and it is totally free. I will start with the positives to encourage further development, and then list some negatives. The positives are: It does what it says, and presents one or more Gcal’s in a nice, clean, and fast way The initial setup instructions are pretty good, and can usually get you going if you use Oauth for private calendar access There are various display options that give nice flexibility The caching feature is nice, reducing the API calls to Google For free, those are pretty nice. The downsides are several, though: It only seems to operate correctly in Oauth mode, giving access from the wordpress site and all admins therein to All of the calendars on the connected account. I ended up spending a bunch of time using a secondary account that had the calendars I wanted shared to it (and publicly), to avoid potential breach of my private calendars in the main account. I would far prefer to have a supported option to access only public calendars via the API key, but I tried that several times and it would not work. (Plus, the docs say that’s “unsupported.” It conflicts with several other plugins that use Oauth, including the well-written and supported “Use Your Drive” plugin and even Elementor Pro. Specifically, it blocks them from using Oauth to initially connect to external services. So this plugin has to be turned off to connect those, then it can be turned back on. While this is just a “minor inconvenience,” it took hours of wasted time to figure out what was going on. And then a support thread that was opened has been ignored for almost a week about that. Personally, I would rather pay for a plugin and get some real support, than have to wait for ??? amount of time for a fix to a problem like this. If you want any control over the display beyond the default, the documentation is somewhat limited, though after
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Details
Display private and public Google Calendars on your Wordpress website.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- calendar
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- Version
- 20251206
- Last updated
- Dec 6, 2025
- First published
- Oct 10, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6
- Tested up to
- 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 5.4.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Private Google Calendars FAQ
What does Private Google Calendars do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Private Google Calendars offers Access to private (and public) calendars by using OAuth2 or an API key, Adjustable caching – this can greatly improve the performance, It uses the FullCalendar library to show the calendar and can be fully customized within the Gutenberg block, shorcode attributes and the widget settings and Calendar filtering.
How many active installs does Private Google Calendars have?
WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Private Google Calendars as of September 7, 2026.
Is Private Google Calendars still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on December 6, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Is Private Google Calendars free?
Private Google Calendars is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.