{"id":4909,"date":"2018-05-07T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T09:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2018-05-09T13:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T08:52:03","slug":"wp-event-manager-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-event-manager-review\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Event Manager Review \u2014 An All New Event Management Solution for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rapid pace of technology has changed the way we used to approach things. From things like papers, physical records, and meetings we have moved to virtual environments<\/strong> and digital records<\/strong>. Today, we have online directories and listings to find the best happenings around the globe. We have event listing sites like Evvnt<\/a> and Eventbrite<\/a>\u00a0to find upcoming online &\u00a0in-person events and be a part of them.<\/p>\n

On one side, this approach allows the organizers to reach a massive and targeted audience<\/strong>. On the other hand, attendees can see tons of events happenings around the world<\/strong> and join the best ones. That’s why we see tons of international and local directories flourishing online.<\/p>\n

While working on a side project to build a local events directory, I got to try different WordPress plugins for events listing. During my search, I came across this\u00a0incredibly light-weight, fast and relatively new<\/strong>\u00a0events management plugin i.e.,\u00a0WP Event Manager<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And let me tell you that after using it for a while, I can say it’s a solid base plugin to get started. Also, there is a variety of add-ons available<\/strong> to meet the custom needs, which makes it an even better choice.<\/p>\n

So today, I decided to pen down my experience with this new addition to the WordPress event listing plugins.\u00a0In this extensive review, I will be taking a deep dive into its functionalities and how easy it is to get up and running with WP Event Manager plugin.<\/p>\n

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WP Event Manager<\/a> is a lightweight and a free performant\u00a0<\/strong>WordPress plugin for event management. It allows you to create your own events listing site with just a couple of clicks. Believe me when I say this… it is actually only a few clicks. Also, with its\u00a0premium add-ons<\/a>, you can extend this free plugin to provide a more niche-specific functionality.\u00a0\ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n

It was developed by two awesome WordPress folks\u00a0Ashok Dudhat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hitesh Makvana<\/a>. Hitesh is primarily an experienced PHP developer<\/strong> and WordPress enthusiast. While Ashok is a multi-domain IT expert with an experience of more than a decade. They love to craft WordPress plugins to solve the problems.\u00a0\ud83e\udd42<\/p>\n

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WP Event Manager<\/a>\u00a0plugin was launched almost a year back and it currently rocks\u00a08500+<\/strong> downloads<\/strong>. To find exact stats about this plugin I used this small little product which both Ahmad<\/a> & I (Maedah Batool<\/a>) built. It’s called the WP Plugin Age<\/a> and helps you find the age of any plugin at WordPress.org plugin directory.<\/p>\n

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WP Event Manager is an easy to use, developer friendly WordPress plugin, which can be customized even to match your specific theme. Also, it contains functions, templates, and hooks<\/strong> to make it work according to your needs.<\/p>\n

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A few of their top add-ons are listed below:<\/p>\n