Upcoming Events Lists

A WordPress plugin to show a list of upcoming events on the front-end.

By Sayful Islam

4.8 (6 ratings)
Version 1.4.0 Active Installs 1,000+ Updated 11 months ago 11 years old

Description

A WordPress plugin to show a list of upcoming events on the front-end as widget.

Usage

Step 1: Creating events

After installing and activating the plugin, a new custom post type called “Events” will appear at your WordPress Admin area.
Just create your events from the “Events” menu.

Step 2: Using on Gutenberg Block Editor (WordPress 5.0 or later)

If you are using block editor, add a new page and search for ‘Upcoming Events Lists’, set necessary options as your requirement.
Save and view you page. All done!

Step 3: Shortcode (When you cannot use step 2)
Add a new page and paste the following shortcode where you want to display the events:

[upcoming_events_list]

The shortcode can include following attributes.

  • view_type: Default value list. Value can be list or grid.
  • show_all_event_link: Default value yes. Value can be yes or no.

If you set grid for view_type, you can also include the following attributes.

  • columns_on_tablet: Default value 2. Value can be from 1 to 6 (except 5)
  • columns_on_desktop: Default value 3. Value can be from 1 to 6 (except 5)
  • columns_on_widescreen: Default value 4. Value can be from 1 to 6 (except 5)

Example 1:

[upcoming_events_list view_type='grid' columns_on_tablet='3' columns_on_desktop='4' columns_on_widescreen='6']

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