A complete events calendar for WordPress — free, fast, and built properly. Add events, venues and an accessible calendar to any theme, with optional WooCommerce ticketing when you’re ready to sell.

Designed2Use Events is a standalone events plugin. No page builder required, no theme lock-in, no monthly subscription. It works beautifully on its own and grows with your site.

Everything you need to run events

A real calendar, in your theme. Month and list views render through proper WordPress pages, so they inherit your theme’s design on both block and classic themes — no clashing styles, no fragile template takeovers.

Events and venues, done right. Create events with start and end times, locations, capacities and featured images. Build a library of reusable venues, each with its own page and map.

Maps out of the box. Venues are geocoded automatically and shown on an interactive map, with a venue archive that lists every place you host events.

Calendar subscriptions and downloads. Every event offers an “Add to calendar” option for Google, Outlook, Yahoo and Apple, plus a subscribable iCal feed so attendees never miss a date.

Blocks and shortcodes. Drop a calendar, event list, single event or venue list anywhere with dedicated blocks — or use the matching shortcodes in classic content. One render path, two ways to place it.

Found by search engines. Each event publishes Schema.org structured data, so Google can show your events as rich results.

Accessible to everyone. Full keyboard navigation, screen-reader announcements, ARIA roles and proper focus handling are built in — not bolted on.

Translation-ready. Every visible string is translatable, with the correct text domains throughout.

Sell tickets — only if you want to

WooCommerce ticketing is completely optional. Don’t sell tickets? The plugin works fully without WooCommerce ever installed.

Want to Tickets? Just Activate WooCommerce and ticketing switches on:

• Link any WooCommerce product to an event as a ticket, with its own price, sale window and capacity.
• Smart capacity that reserves seats from the event total, so you never oversell your venue.
• Capture attendee names and emails at checkout — in both classic and block checkouts.
• Set a maximum number of tickets per customer, per event.
• Manage attendees from a dedicated admin screen, with one-click CSV export.
• Customer emails that list each attendee’s details, fully customisable.
• Privacy-request ready: attendee data is included in WooCommerce’s export and erasure tools.

Built for developers, too

Designed2Use Events ships a documented hook and shortcode API, a filterable template loader, and overridable template parts. Extend it, restyle it, or build on top of it — without ever touching the plugin’s internals. CSS custom properties let you re-theme the calendar with a few lines of CSS.

It passes the official WordPress Plugin Check with zero errors and follows the WordPress Coding Standards throughout.

Designed2Use Events Pro — Coming Soon!

The free plugin is the real product, not a teaser — every feature above stays free, forever. Pro adds power alongside it, never gating what you already have. Here’s what’s on the way:

• Recurring events — daily, weekly, monthly and custom patterns, with proper series editing.
• Multi-tier tickets — early-bird, standard and VIP pricing tiers, with per-occurrence inventory.
• Registration form builder — collect exactly the attendee information you need.
• QR check-in — scan attendees in at the door from your phone.
• Organizers — give each event an organizer profile with their own details and listings.
• Week, Day and Map views — more ways for visitors to browse what’s on.
• Importer — bring your events across from The Events Calendar.
• Automatic updates — licensed, with one-click updates straight from your dashboard.

Own it, don’t rent it

Events plugins have quietly turned into subscriptions — pay every year, every month, or lose features you already depend on. Stop paying and your calendar breaks, your add-ons go dark, and your site is held to ransom. Designed2Use Events is the deliberate alternative: the free plugin is genuinely free and stays fully functional forever, and Pro will be a one-off purchase, not a recurring bill. You install it, you own it, and it keeps working whether or not you ever upgrade. No annual renewal anxiety, no feature paywall creeping over your existing site — just a tool that respects that it’s your site, not ours.

Get started today

Install Designed2Use Events, create your first event in minutes, and add ticketing whenever you’re ready.
No subscription, no catch.

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