Modern Events Calendar
by Webnus
Feature-heavy events plugin with many calendar skins, booking and recurring events.
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What Modern Events Calendar does
Feature-heavy events plugin with many calendar skins, booking and recurring events.
It sits in the events part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Webnus on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our events guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Modern Events Calendar is sold outside the WordPress.org directory, so there is no public user rating to quote. Our own editorial score is 4.0/5, based on the vendor documentation, the refund window and the measured performance cost.
Where Modern Events Calendar ranks elsewhere
| Publisher | List | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Elegant Themes | Best WordPress Plugins | #14 of 40 |
Positions are read from the published articles themselves, so they reflect that publisher's order rather than ours. Lists get re-ordered over time, so follow the link if you want the current version.
What changed in the latest version
Modern Events Calendar does not publish a changelog we can read automatically, so check the vendor's own release notes before you update a live site.
Pros and cons
- Very large feature list
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Frontend weight is noticeable
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Create one test event with a venue, organiser and image.
- 2Configure time zones and recurring rules before publishing real dates.
- 3Test the ticket purchase and confirmation email flow.
- 4Check the calendar view on a phone as well as a desktop.
- 5Exclude calendar and checkout pages from caching.
How it compares
Other events plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Events Calendar | 4.0 | n/a | Freemium | Very large feature list |
| Event Espresso | 4.1 | 4.4 (135) | Premium | Serious registration workflows |
| Eventin | 4.4 | 4.7 (398) | Freemium | Modern editor integration |
| FooEvents | 4.5 | n/a | Premium | Uses your existing WooCommerce checkout |
| The Events Calendar | 4.4 | 4.2 (2,453) | Freemium | Mature, well-supported and extensible |
| Tickera | 4.3 | 4.5 (289) | Premium | No commission per ticket |
Guides that cover Modern Events Calendar
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