EventPlus Lite

EventPlus Lite is a modern WordPress event management plugin for organizers who need a fast, professional way to publish events, accept registrations, and manage attendees — without wrestling with outdated admin screens.

Built with a React-powered dashboard, Gutenberg blocks, and REST API architecture, EventPlus feels like a dedicated event platform inside WordPress. Start free with Lite, then scale into EventPlus Pro and optional add-ons when you need tickets, payments, custom forms, maps, and more.

Why choose EventPlus?

• Modern admin experience — Manage events, registrations, and settings in a clean React dashboard designed for speed and clarity
• Built for WordPress — Native Gutenberg blocks, classic shortcodes, and theme-friendly frontend output that works with any well-coded theme
• Publish events in minutes — Guided setup checklist, auto-created calendar and events pages, and step-by-step event creation
• Flexible display options — Month events calendar, categories, featured images, and styling controls
• Registration & attendees — Collect sign-ups with a built-in registration form and manage attendees from one place
• Modular by design — Activate only the features you need; extend with Pro and add-ons as your events program grows
• Developer-friendly — Custom post types, REST endpoints, and a structured codebase that integrates cleanly with the WordPress ecosystem

Perfect for

• Conferences, meetups, and workshops
• Community events and nonprofit calendars
• Classes, webinars, and training sessions
• Churches, venues, and membership organizations
• Any site that needs a reliable WordPress events calendar with event registration

Free in EventPlus Lite

• Unlimited event creation and editing
• Event categories and featured images
• Month calendar view — [eventplus_calendar]
• Basic registration form — [eventplus_registration_form event_id="123"]
• Attendee and registration management
• Gutenberg blocks for calendar and registration form
• Setup checklist and automatic events/calendar pages
• General settings for timezone, date format, and organization details

Grow with EventPlus Pro & add-ons

EventPlus is designed to start simple and scale up. When you outgrow Lite, upgrade to EventPlus Pro to unlock advanced tools and a catalog of optional add-ons, including:

• Registration Forms — Custom fields and flexible registration flows (included with Pro)
• Tickets & Discounts — Ticket types, promo codes, and QR passes
• Payments — Stripe and PayPal checkout for paid events
• Maps Integration — Display events on an interactive map
• Events Carousel & Timeline — Rich visual layouts for event showcases
• Event Coordinators — Highlight speakers and organizers
• Email Templates — Branded transactional emails
• Event Check-In — QR scanning and attendance tracking
• AI Assistant — Optional content help when configured by the organizer

Pro customers install the premium build from their Freemius account after purchase. Lite remains on WordPress.org for free core updates. Compare plans and add-ons at wpeventsplus.com.

Technology

• React single-page admin for events, registrations, and settings
• WordPress REST API for structured data and admin operations
• Gutenberg block editor support for no-code page building
• Shortcodes for classic editors, page builders, and legacy content
• Custom post types & taxonomies for events and registrations
• Modular add-on registry so features can be enabled independently

Shortcodes

• [eventplus_calendar] — Month grid calendar with event links
• [eventplus_registration_form event_id="123"] — Basic registration form for a specific event
• [eventplus_single_event] — Single event details

List, grid, and other display shortcodes ship with EventPlus Pro, not with this WordPress.org zip.

Blocks

Gutenberg blocks are included for calendar and registration form. List, grid, map, carousel, timeline, and coordinators blocks ship with EventPlus Pro or the relevant add-on. See the full block and shortcode reference at wpeventsplus.com.

Get started

Install EventPlus Lite, open the EventPlus menu in wp-admin, and follow the setup checklist. Add the calendar or list block to any page — or paste a shortcode — and your WordPress events calendar is live.

For setup guides, Pro plans, and add-on details, visit wpeventsplus.com.

External services

EventPlus connects to several third-party services. Each entry below describes the service, what data is sent, when it is sent, every host the plugin contacts for that service, and links to the service’s terms of use and privacy policy.

1. Freemius (licensing, upgrades & checkout) — Lite + Pro

Freemius powers the optional opt-in, license activation, account management, billing, and Pro upgrade flow that ship inside the plugin (via the bundled Freemius WordPress SDK in vendor/freemius/).

• What data is sent: Site URL, admin email address, WordPress and PHP version, plugin slug and version, license key and activation status, and (when the administrator opens the Account or Pricing screens) basic checkout context. No data is sent if the administrator chooses “Skip” on the opt-in prompt.
• When it is sent: Only when the administrator interacts with the Freemius opt-in prompt, activates / deactivates / syncs a Pro license, opens the EventPlus -> Account / Pricing / License & billing screens, or when the SDK performs its periodic background license check after the user has opted in.
• Hosts contacted (by the Freemius SDK):
  • api.freemius.com — REST API for opt-in, license, account, and update checks.
  • wp.freemius.com — production WordPress endpoints used by the SDK.
  • checkout.freemius.com — embedded checkout iframe loaded on the Pricing screen.
  • users.freemius.com — administrator dashboard links opened on user click.
  • dashboard.freemius.com — marketing/banner assets shown inside the SDK’s Add-ons screen.
  • www.mcafeesecure.com — “Secure HTTPS” verification badge displayed by the SDK on the checkout/pricing header.
• Freemius Terms of Service: https://freemius.com/terms/
• Freemius Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/

2. Google Calendar (Add to Calendar link) — Lite

The single-event frontend includes an optional “Add to Google Calendar” link for site visitors.

• What data is sent: Event title, start/end date-time, location, and description, encoded in a URL query string and passed to calendar.google.com only when the link is clicked.
• When it is sent: Only when a visitor explicitly clicks the “Add to Google Calendar” link. Nothing is sent automatically on page load.
• Host contacted: calendar.google.com (on click).
• Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

The following services are used only in EventPlus Pro and its optional paid add-ons. They are never active in EventPlus Lite.

The payment, mapping, AI, and ticket QR services listed for EventPlus Pro are not included in this WordPress.org zip and are never called by EventPlus Lite.

Development

EventPlus Lite is developed and maintained by EventPlus
(WordPress.org account: digdan).
Support and documentation: wpeventsplus.com.

EventPlus Lite is built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and the WordPress REST API.

Readable assets

• Public CSS/JS ships unminified: public/css/eventplus-public.css and public/js/eventplus-public.js
• Admin UI is a production Vite bundle: build/assets/index.js and build/assets/index.css
• Gutenberg blocks are a production bundle: build/blocks/index.js

Source code

The complete uncompiled human-readable source for every compiled file in this
plugin — the React/TypeScript sources (src/), the Vite and Node build
configuration, and package.json — is published under GPLv2 (or later) at:

https://github.com/elbisnero/eventplus-lite

Those sources are not bundled in this WordPress.org zip to keep the download
small; the repository above is public, free to access, and requires no account.

Build from source

Clone the repository above (not this zip), then:

1. Install Node.js 18+ and npm 9+
2. Run npm install --legacy-peer-deps
3. Run npm run build:wordpress:full to compile the admin UI into build/assets/index.js and build/assets/index.css
4. Run node scripts/wp-blocks-build.mjs --lite to compile the Lite Gutenberg blocks into build/blocks/index.js

Those three files are the only compiled files in this plugin, and the commands
above reproduce them byte for byte. Everything else in this zip — all PHP, plus
public/css/eventplus-public.css and public/js/eventplus-public.js — already
ships as human-readable source.