Planzio Event Calendar – Responsive Events Manager & Booking Calendar

Planzio Event Calendar is a highly performant and beautifully styled WordPress events manager designed to help you create, manage, and display events with maximum ease. Built with modern styling (Outfit Google Font, glassmorphism elements, sleek transitions) and conforming to strict coding standards, this booking calendar integrates seamlessly into any WordPress theme.

One of the most powerful features of Planzio Event Calendar is its native SEO-friendliness. The plugin automatically generates and injects valid Schema.org Event JSON-LD structured data into your event page headers, making it incredibly easy for search engines like Google to index your schedules and show them in rich snippets and search results (Google Events).

Upgrade to the Pro version to unlock advanced recurring events (daily, weekly, monthly, custom), geolocation maps (Google Maps and Leaflet OpenStreetMap integrations), and virtual webinar access countdowns.

Key Features (Free)

• Multiple Display Layouts: Render your events in a standard clean List layout or a responsive Masonry Card Grid.
• AJAX Lightbox Popup: Open event details instantly inside a modern styled modal popup without page reloads.
• Built-in Event Schema: Timezone-aware Schema.org JSON-LD event structured data injected dynamically in headers for stellar SEO.
• Event Customization: Add start/end dates and times, configure unique branding colors for individual events, and add detailed descriptions.
• Venue & Location Details: Set custom physical addresses or virtual webinar markers for events.
• Organizer Contact Details: Display custom organizer profiles including name, email, phone, and website links.
• Ticket Prices & Booking buttons: Display ticket cost fields and direct registration/booking URLs.
• Add to Calendar (Google & iCal): Enable visitors to save events directly to Google Calendar or download standard .ics files.
• Google Fonts Integration: Styled natively with the modern Outfit typography for a premium design feel.

Pro Features (Available in Pro Version)

• 5 Stunning Responsive Layouts: Display events beautifully with multiple layouts: clean Modern List, gorgeous Masonry Card Grid, interactive Sliding Carousel, classic Monthly Calendar Grid, and interactive Geolocation Maps designed to look stunning on any screen resolution.
• Zero-Setup Leaflet OpenStreetMap Fallback: Save on API costs! If no Google Maps API Key is provided, the plugin automatically falls back to OpenStreetMap (Leaflet) to render interactive, pinpoint coordinates locations without complex configuration.
• Advanced Recurring Events Database Caching: Easily configure complex schedules (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Custom Date recurrences) with a custom caching occurrences engine that speeds up load times and reduces server database query loads.
• Secure Virtual Meeting Gateways: Take control of webinars and online events. Safely restrict Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams join links by revealing them only when the event starts (using live countdown timers) or limiting access to registered, logged-in users.
• Toggleable SEO Schema.org Structured Data: Get noticed on search engines! Inject valid Schema.org Event JSON-LD markup automatically into your event headers to boost visibility and gain rich snippet stars in Google search results.
• Venues & Organizers Directory Managers: Simplify event management. Build a robust directory by creating dedicated venue locations and organizer contact profiles equipped with addresses, coordinates, and contact details.
• State-of-the-Art Modern Styling: Wow your visitors at first glance. Enjoy clean glassmorphism cards, premium Outfit Google Font typography integration, and smooth CSS micro-animations built natively without bloated stylesheets.
• 100% Translation Ready: Translate the plugin into any language effortlessly. Comes pre-packaged with a translation-ready .pot template and full compatibility with WPML, Polylang, and Loco Translate.
• Clean, Secure & Standardized Codebase: Built following strict WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS). Includes robust input sanitization, nonces verification, and user permission access checks to keep your website fast and completely secure.

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Support & Donations

If you find this free plugin helpful, please support its ongoing development: Donate via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mahethekiller

External Services

This plugin connects to and uses the following external third-party web services to render layouts and dynamic location maps:

1. Google Fonts

* Service Provider: Google LLC * Purpose: Loads the ‚Outfit‘ font family to style admin panels and frontend event calendar layouts. * Data Transmitted: Visitor IP addresses and standard web browser user-agent headers. * Terms / Privacy: Google Fonts Privacy Policy

1. Google Maps Embed API

* Service Provider: Google LLC * Purpose: Renders an interactive embedded location map iframe on the single event sidebar layout when a street address is entered. * Data Transmitted: Event location coordinates/address query and visitor browser details. * Terms / Privacy: Google Maps Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy

Shortcode Guide

Use the following parameters to adjust layouts: * view: Choose layout – list (default) or masonry. * limit: Max number of events to load (e.g., 5, default is 10, -1 for unlimited). * category: Filter events by Category Slug or ID. * tag: Filter events by Tag Slug or ID. * order: Sorting order – ASC (ascending, chronological) or DESC (descending). * hide_past: Toggle showing past events – 1 (hide, default) or 0 (show).

Example: [planzio_event_calendar view=“masonry“ limit=“6″ hide_past=“1″]