MF Gig Calendar

A simple event calendar created for musicians but useful for anyone. Supports multi-day events, styled text, links, images, and more.

Author:Matthew Fries (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.3
WordPress version tested:6.2.2
Plugin version:1.2.1
Added to WordPress repository:13-07-2012
Last updated:06-07-2023
Rating, %:98
Rated by:14
Plugin URI:https://matthewfries.com/mf-gig-calendar
Total downloads:31 543
Active installs:1 000+
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I’m Matthew Fries (that’s where the MF in MF Gig Calendar comes from) and I’m a jazz pianist and educator. I’m not able to support this plugin as enthusiastically as before, but I developed it originally because I wanted a flexible and easy to use performance calendar for my own music website. In the process I tried to create something that would work for more than just musicians. I’ve added a few features since it started:

Current Features

  • beginning and end dates for multiple-day events
  • WordPress’s WYSIWYG editor for the event description so you can include styled text, links, images and other media in your event list
  • a duplicate function to make it easier if you have a repeating event that you don’t want to re-enter over and over
  • an RSS feed
  • a widget to list a few upcoming events in the sidebar
  • an archive to view past events by year
  • supports localization (waiting on translations…)
  • shortcode variables to customize the output

The calendar can be placed in any PAGE or POST on your WordPress site – even in more than one place. Just include the following short code where you want the calendar to appear:

[mfgigcal]

Requires WordPress 3.3 or newer because of the changes to the WordPress WYSIWYG editor. Personally tested up to 6.2.2.

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As a general rule I’ve tried to keep this as simple and flexible as possible.