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I tried a variety of events manager plugins. This one provided the best user experience for the people signing up. Great integration with Google maps too. Easy to use and configure, once you get the hang of it.

Using it with Buddypress, I can't seem to get it to work correctly - I solve one problem and another pops up. I envy those who got it going and give it 5 star rating because it seems like it would be a very good program for me.

It's taken me for ever to find an events calendar plugin which works with qTranslate, and delighted to have it working so easily. I struggled with getting the Welsh calendar to work, but a few minutes on the support forum and the solution was provided.

Thanks :)

This calendaring and events plugin works reliably, and the developer has been extraordinarily responsive to user requests for both support and new features. (He prefers we use his own forum for the purpose.) You can fill a calendar, list events, take registrations AND payments, e-mail confirmations, and more, all without a single fee or service dependency (other than PayPal, GoogleCheckout, et al.)

It's tremendously powerful, based in part on the code base it forked and in part on all the extra effort this developer's put into it. This free GPL event and calendar plugin provides all the features of competitors costing hundreds of dollars.

It might require a level of comfort with shortcodes and HTML to get the most out of it, and initial configuration can be a little daunting until you figure out how it works. You reserve a blank page on your WordPress site, and EME dynamically displays event details on it. (You can also have a separate page just for a graphic calendar and event list, as well as a sidebar widget calendar.)

The developer (Franky) has been adding new features like mad in 2013, including multiple payment processor options. All of this is free donationware, with no "pro" version to pay for unless you want to contribute.

The best tip from me is that a LOT is controlled in that little "Default single event format" box on the Settings page. This is what gets used when overlaying that reserved WordPress page with the details of a particular event. Here's one version of my settings for that box that you can use as a model if you wish:

<b><p style="float: left; width: 32%; text-align: left;">#D, #M. #j, #Y -- #_12HSTARTTIME to #_12HENDTIME</p>
<p style="float: left; width: 60%; text-align: right;">#_LOCATIONNAME, #_ADDRESS, #_TOWN</p></b><div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>[events_if tag='#_IS_RSVP_ENABLED' value='1']<b>Look below for details, or register:         </b>#_PRICE each #_ATT{priceinfo}#_ADDBOOKINGFORM<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div> [/events_if]
#_NOTES
<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>
#_MAP
<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>
<b>Directions</b> (click "Get Directions"): #_DIRECTIONS
<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>
<b>Event Categories:</b>  #_CATEGORIES
<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>
[events_if tag='#_IS_LOGGED_IN' value='1']
[events_if2 tag='#_IS_RSVP_ENABLED' value='1']
<b>Attendees: (Only Visible to Staff)</b> #_ATTENDEES<div>&nbsp;</div><b>Availability:</b> #_BOOKEDSEATS seats booked, #_AVAILABLESEATS available<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>[/events_if2][/events_if][events_if tag='#ESC_CATEGORIES' notcontains='Non-Org']<b>Event Contact:</b> #_CONTACTNAME, #_CONTACTEMAIL, #_CONTACTPHONE<div class="sep">&nbsp;</div>[/events_if]<div>
Click #_ICALLINK or  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&text=#URL_NAME&dates=#_{Ymd}T#H#_{i}00/#@_{Ymd}T#@H#@_{i}00&sprop=#URL_EVENTPAGEURL&location=#URL_ADDRESS,#URL_TOWN&details=#URL_LOCATION">Google Calendar</a> to add to your calendar.<div>&nbsp;</div></div>
[events_if tag='#_IS_LOGGED_IN' value='1']
#_EDITEVENTLINK this event listing<div>&nbsp;</div>[/events_if]

This plugin offers the best event management experience you can find for free!

I'd like to see an ability to email attendees added in the future, as well as the ability to reorganize the "Add Event" admin view, to put the most often used fields up top.

Keep up the great work! :)

Does just what I need, and great support from the developer.

persist

This plugin works exactly as advertised, and Franky does a great job answering support questions surrounding it. Stop looking around for other event calendar and admin plugins now: you've found what you need. And give the man a few bucks for his efforts!

This plugin does most of what many paid plugins do: Single and recuring events, locations with Google maps, user defined fields, booking and payment with PayPal.

The registration form and e-mail notifications can be configured very flexible and there is a lot of short-codes to be used in pages and posts. But it is not out of the box. The standard settings are rather basic, not even a booking form is set up, making it rather time consuming to set up the plugin.

This is the only plugin's founded full usable with IE7 in compatibility mode!