10 Best Sugar Calendar Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Sugar 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 Sugar Calendar
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EventON
Closest matchEventON – 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, event calendar, event management tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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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 calendar, Event Tickets, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Quick Event Manager
Paid version available4.9 (67) 1,000+ active installsSimple event manager. No messing about, just add events and a shortcode and the plugin does the rest for you.
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, last updated September 8, 2026.
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4.5 (20) 2,000+ active installsTockify Calendar is a modern attractive website calendar. Beautiful. Intuitive. Super-Customizable. Lightning Fast.
Shares the calendar, event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 20, 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 Event Tickets, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated today.
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RSVP and Event Management
Paid version available4.4 (58) 3,000+ active installsSimple Event Registration & RSVP Management for WordPress
Shares the calendar, event management tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated August 14, 2026.
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4.8 (29) 3,000+ active installsEvent search and filter bar for The Events Calendar. Add an event search box, date filters and filtered event lists anywhere with a shortcode.
Shares the event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings, Tickets & AI
4.4 (85) 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.
Shares the event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.8 (81) 6,000+ active installsThe Events Calendar addon to create custom single event page templates and replace the default event single page layout with your own branded design.
Shares the event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated September 16, 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 event calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated today.
Sugar Calendar 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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Sugar Calendar vs Eventin10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.7
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Sugar Calendar vs Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce10,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.5
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Sugar Calendar vs EventPrime10,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.4
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Sugar Calendar vs Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.5
Switching from Sugar Calendar: common questions
What is the best alternative to Sugar Calendar?
EventON is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.1 out of 5 rating.
Which Sugar Calendar alternative has the most users?
Eventin, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Sugar Calendar alternative is rated highest?
Quick Event Manager, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 67 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Sugar 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 Sugar 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 Sugar 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
EventON is the closest match to Sugar Calendar by the data we track, and Eventin has the widest reach with 10,000+ 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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