10 Best WP Event Manager Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Event Manager sits at #8 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. 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 WP Event Manager
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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.
#2 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.0, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.2 (2,453) 600,000+ active installsThe Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.
#1 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About 30 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.0, last updated 4 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.
#9 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.0, last updated 20 days ago.
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2.7 (13) 30,000+ active installsThe all in one Events Manager for WordPress: create and manage events, sell event tickets online easily. No Coding Required.
#7 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings, Tickets & AI
4.5 (84) 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.
#10 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.9 (212) 10,000+ active installsAdd The Events Calendar shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Events Widget Element (Bricks Builder) to show events listing on any WordPress page using smart …
#4 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.0, last updated 6 days ago.
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My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager
4.7 (159) 20,000+ active installsAccessible WordPress event calendar plugin. Manage single or recurring events, event venues, and display your calendar anywhere on your site.
#3 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.0, last updated 3 days ago.
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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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 14 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.
#5 in the WordPress.org Event Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 6 days ago.
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Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
4.5 (165) 7,000+ active installsSell event tickets with WooCommerce. Event registration, recurring events, RSVP, attendee management & event calendar — free.
Shares the events tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 4 days ago.
WP Event Manager 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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WP Event Manager vs Events Manager20,000+ vs 60,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.2
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WP Event Manager vs The Events Calendar20,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.2
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WP Event Manager vs The Events Calendar Shortcode20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.7
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WP Event Manager vs WP Events Manager20,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 2.7
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WP Event Manager vs EventPrime20,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.5
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WP Event Manager vs Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.9
Switching from WP Event Manager: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Event Manager?
Events Manager is the closest match: it shares the Event Plugins top 10 with WP Event Manager and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Event Manager alternative has the most users?
The Events Calendar, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Event Manager alternative is rated highest?
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 212 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Event Manager 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 WP Event Manager 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 WP Event Manager 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 WP Event Manager by the data we track, and The Events Calendar has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. My Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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