10 Best The Events Calendar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
The Events Calendar 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 The Events Calendar
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Sugar Calendar
Closest matchSugar 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. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.3 (35) 1,000+ active installsThe only WordPress plugin using native posts as full calendar events with begin and end date, geolocation, color and weather.
Shares the calendar, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 26 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 tags on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 4,000+, rated 4.4 against 5.0, last updated July 17, 2026.
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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. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 5.0, last updated 20 days ago.
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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. A similar number of installs, rated 4.5 against 5.0, 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. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, 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 5 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 5.0, 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. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 5.0, 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 1.5 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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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, events tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 13, 2026.
Switching from The Events Calendar: common questions
What is the best alternative to The Events Calendar?
Sugar Calendar is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which The Events Calendar alternative has the most users?
WP Event Manager, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which The Events Calendar alternative is rated highest?
Import Social Events, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 115 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these The Events 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 The Events 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 The Events 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
Sugar Calendar is the closest match to The Events Calendar by the data we track, and WP Event Manager has the widest reach with 20,000+ 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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