Title: Ananyoo Accessible Events
Author: Shivaji Mitra
Published: August 13, 2026
Last modified: August 20, 2026
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# Ananyoo Accessible Events
By [Shivaji Mitra](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anblik/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ananyoo-accessible-events.1.8.4.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ananyoo-accessible-events/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ananyoo-accessible-events/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ananyoo-accessible-events/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ananyoo-accessible-events/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ananyoo-accessible-events/)
## Description
**Every events page answers two questions: when, and where. For millions of disabled
visitors the real question comes first — “will this event work for me?”**
**Ananyoo Accessible Events** is built around that question. Every event states,
right on the page, the accommodations it provides — wheelchair access, live captions,
sign language, a quiet room and more — each with a clear way to ask for what is
missing. Visitors can even filter your events list down to only the events they
can truly attend. The listing, the single pages and the admin screens are all audited
to WCAG 2.2 Level AA, because an “accessible” plugin whose own settings page cannot
be used with a keyboard is only half finished.
And a community is more than its next event. The `[ananevt_timeline]` shortcode
looks backwards as well as forwards: it weaves the blog posts and events you already
have into one flowing, accessible timeline — year by year, photo by photo — the
story of your organisation, telling itself. Five designs, your colours, a “Load
more” that needs no JavaScript, and not a single extra post type to maintain.
Developed by Shivaji Mitra (M/S. Anblik) — an accessibility consultant who builds
with the screen reader switched on.
**Live demos:** [Accessible events »](https://showcase.ananyoo.com/accessible-events/)·
[Accessible timeline — all five designs »](https://showcase.ananyoo.com/accessible-events/timeline/)
#### Why this plugin?
Most events plugins treat accessibility as a checkbox at the end of the project:
an unlabelled calendar icon here, a date picker no keyboard can reach there — and
nowhere at all to tell a Deaf attendee whether the talk will have captions. This
plugin is built the other way round. Accessibility is not a feature of the product;
it is the product. Attendees see exactly what each event provides before they register.
Organisers manage it in an admin audited to the same standard. Search engines read
the same structured facts through Schema.org. Everyone gets the full picture — on
the smallest phone, in high-contrast mode, by keyboard, by screen reader.
#### Key features
* **A dedicated Event type** — its own menu, list and `/events/` links, cleanly
separated from your blog. The type lives in the plugin, not a theme, so your
events survive any theme change.
* **“Accessibility at this event” — the standout feature** — tick what an event
provides: wheelchair access, step-free entry, live captions / CART, sign-language
interpretation, audio description, assistive listening, a quiet room, accessible
parking, materials in accessible formats. Each shows with its own icon and a
clear “how to request an accommodation” note. No other mainstream events plugin
does this.
* **Filter events by accommodation** — visitors who need captions or a wheelchair-
accessible venue can filter the list to only the events that provide it.
* **Structured details, entered accessibly** — start / end date and time, time-
zone label, mode (In person / Online / Hybrid), venue, address, register link
with your own button text, price, capacity and speaker — all in a labelled meta
box with native date and time inputs.
* **Accessible “Add to calendar” and Subscribe** — a properly labelled `.ics` download
for each event, plus a Subscribe button that keeps all your events up to date
in a visitor’s own calendar app via a live feed.
* **Visitor local time** — online events can show the start time in each visitor’s
own timezone automatically (progressive enhancement; the site time always remains).
* **Machine-readable dates** — real `` markup and Schema.org Event
structured data, so both screen readers and search engines understand your events.
* **A real listing** — the `[ananevt_events]` shortcode: one paginated list with
Upcoming/Past status pills, a date tile and accommodation mini-icons on every
card, category and accessibility filters, and an accessible Grid/List view switch.
A `heading` attribute keeps your page’s heading order sequential.
* **An accessible timeline — tell your story** — the `[ananevt_timeline]` shortcode
draws your existing blog posts and/or events as one elegant vertical timeline,
newest first, with year pills on the line and a small Event/Blog tag on each
entry. Five built-in designs (Spine, Alternate, Compact ledger, Photo journey,
Feature rows), featured images on or off, hand-picked entries with `ids=""`,
a category filter, and a “Load more” that works without JavaScript. Change every
colour from Settings — the defaults are WCAG-AA out of the box. Perfect for an“
Our Journey” page that updates itself.
* **Optional enquiry form** — paste any form shortcode onto your events; pairs
naturally with Ananyoo Accessible Forms. A single event can override the site-
wide form. Off by default.
* **An audited admin** — the meta boxes, settings tabs and events list meet the
same WCAG 2.2 AA standard, with an ARIA live-region announcement when you filter.
* **You stay in control** — every behaviour is a simple on/off toggle.
#### Links
* [Plugin home & documentation](https://ananyoo.com/ananyoo-accessible-events-plugin/)
* [Live demo — accessible events](https://showcase.ananyoo.com/accessible-events/)
* [Live demo — the accessible timeline, all five designs](https://showcase.ananyoo.com/accessible-events/timeline/)
* [More accessibility plugins from Ananyoo](https://ananyoo.com/wordpress-accessibility-plugins/)—
further WordPress accessibility plugins are in active development.
* [Support & contact](https://ananyoo.com/contact-us/)
#### Privacy
This plugin stores only the event content you create, in your own WordPress database.
It collects no visitor data, sets no cookies, makes no external requests and adds
no tracking. The only front-end scripts are the optional Grid/List view switch and
the optional local-time display — both run entirely in the visitor’s browser and
send nothing anywhere. Nothing leaves your site.
### Accessibility
Conforms to WCAG 2.2 Level AA. Verified with automated tooling (axe-core: 0 violations
across WCAG 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 A & AA) on both the front-end output and the admin screens,
plus a manual review:
* Semantic structure — a description list inside a labelled region, real sections
and a logical heading order (SC 1.3.1, 2.4.6).
* Contrast — every text pair meets 4.5:1; focus rings and borders meet 3:1 (SC
1.4.3, 1.4.11). Status is stated in words, never colour alone (SC 1.4.1).
* Keyboard & focus — native, keyboard-operable controls with a visible 3px focus
indicator; targets at least 44px (SC 2.1.1, 2.4.7, 2.4.11, 2.5.8).
* Clear links — the register and calendar controls name the event and say what
they do (SC 2.4.4).
* Reduced motion and Windows High Contrast / forced-colors supported (SC 2.3.3).
## Screenshots
[⌊The events list in Grid view — the filter toolbar (category + accessibility),
Grid/List switch, Subscribe button, and cards with the Upcoming/Past pill, a date
tile and accommodation mini-icons.⌉⌊The events list in Grid view — the filter toolbar(
category + accessibility), Grid/List switch, Subscribe button, and cards with the
Upcoming/Past pill, a date tile and accommodation mini-icons.⌉[
The events list in Grid view — the filter toolbar (category + accessibility), Grid/
List switch, Subscribe button, and cards with the Upcoming/Past pill, a date tile
and accommodation mini-icons.
[⌊The events list in List view.⌉⌊The events list in List view.⌉[
The events list in List view.
[⌊A single event: the "Event details" panel with icon tiles, and the "Accessibility
at this event" panel with a real icon for every accommodation.⌉⌊A single event:
the "Event details" panel with icon tiles, and the "Accessibility at this event"
panel with a real icon for every accommodation.⌉[
A single event: the “Event details” panel with icon tiles, and the “Accessibility
at this event” panel with a real icon for every accommodation.
[⌊The audited admin: the branded Settings screen with per-feature toggles and the
Settings / About tabs.⌉⌊The audited admin: the branded Settings screen with per-
feature toggles and the Settings / About tabs.⌉[
The audited admin: the branded Settings screen with per-feature toggles and the
Settings / About tabs.
[⌊The accessible timeline, "Photo journey" design — big rounded photos with the
date pill on the photo, woven from blog posts and events with year pills and a no-
JavaScript Load more.⌉⌊The accessible timeline, "Photo journey" design — big rounded
photos with the date pill on the photo, woven from blog posts and events with year
pills and a no-JavaScript Load more.⌉[
The accessible timeline, “Photo journey” design — big rounded photos with the date
pill on the photo, woven from blog posts and events with year pills and a no-JavaScript
Load more.
[⌊The accessible timeline, "Alternate" design — cards left and right of the centre
line with year pills and Event/Blog source tags; one of five built-in designs.⌉⌊
The accessible timeline, "Alternate" design — cards left and right of the centre
line with year pills and Event/Blog source tags; one of five built-in designs.⌉[
The accessible timeline, “Alternate” design — cards left and right of the centre
line with year pills and Event/Blog source tags; one of five built-in designs.
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Distinguished Guests Show the performers of your events as an accessible carousel(
home) or a listing grid. Pulls from events that have a Speaker/artist photo and
the Feature toggle on — no separate artist list to maintain.
## Installation
1. Install and activate the plugin.
2. Go to **Accessible Events Add New**, fill in the event details and tick the accommodations
it provides.
3. Create a page (for example “Events”) and add the shortcode `[ananevt_events]` to
list them (Upcoming first, then Past).
4. For an “Our Journey” style page, add `[ananevt_timeline]` anywhere — it weaves
your blog posts and events into one accessible timeline automatically.
5. Visit **Accessible Events Settings** to choose what appears, pick your timeline
design and colours, and decide how events behave.
## FAQ
### Does the accessibility apply to the admin too?
Yes. The meta boxes, the Settings and About tabs, and the events list are all built
to the same WCAG 2.2 AA standard — labelled controls, visible focus, sufficient
contrast, and an ARIA live-region announcement when you filter Upcoming / Past.
### How do I add a contact form to my events?
In Accessible Events Settings, switch on “Show an enquiry form on every event”
and paste a form shortcode. For a matching accessible form, use Ananyoo Accessible
Forms. A single event can also have its own form in the “Enquiry form” box on the
event editor.
### How do I make a timeline of my posts and events?
Add `[ananevt_timeline]` to any page. By default it mixes your events and blog posts
newest first; narrow it with `source="posts"` or `source="events"`, a `category="
slug"`, or hand-picked `ids="12,34,56"`. Choose one of the five designs in Settings(
or per page with `design="journey"` and friends), switch featured images off with`
images="no"`, and set your own colours in Settings — every empty colour field keeps
the accessible default. There is no separate “story” post type: the timeline always
reflects your real content.
### Will my events break if I change theme?
No. Events and their data live in the plugin, so they are theme-independent.
### Where do events appear?
Single events at `/events/your-event/`, and wherever you place the `[ananevt_events]`
shortcode. The shortcode splits Upcoming and Past automatically, sorted by date.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“Ananyoo Accessible Events” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Shivaji Mitra ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anblik/)
[Translate “Ananyoo Accessible Events” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ananyoo-accessible-events)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ananyoo-accessible-events/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ananyoo-accessible-events/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ananyoo-accessible-events/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ananyoo-accessible-events/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.8.4
* Fixed: some events (notably Bengali ones migrated from posts) showed no summary
at all in the list. A stray invalid byte in the text or manual excerpt was blanking
the whole line through three separate byte-level pitfalls — html_entity_decode()
returning ” on invalid UTF-8 (now called with ENT_SUBSTITUTE), a Unicode-mode
whitespace regex returning null, and an invalid-UTF-8 check that emptied instead
of cleaning. The summary builder now cleans invalid bytes FIRST (keeping every
valid character), decodes and collapses safely with fallbacks, and keeps block
inner-text instead of dropping the body of any unrecognised block. Summaries
now appear for every event that has body text or a manual excerpt, in any language.
#### 1.8.1
* The events-list summary length is now a **setting you can type**, not a fixed
number. Go to Accessible Events Settings “Events list — [ananevt_events]” and
set “Summary length (characters)” to whatever you like (40–1000; default 180).
It still counts characters (multibyte-safe, so Bengali and English behave the
same) and the `ananevt_listing_excerpt_chars` filter can still override it in
code.
#### 1.8.0
* **Listing excerpts are now hard-capped by character count.** The events listing
already summarised each event from its excerpt, but long bodies could overflow
the row — and the old word-based trim did not shorten non-Latin scripts such
as Bengali at all, so an entire announcement could spill onto the page. Row descriptions
are now cut to a multibyte-safe character limit (default 180) that breaks on
a word boundary and never mid-word. The cap is filterable via `ananevt_listing_excerpt_chars`.
* **“Load more photos” on image-heavy single events.** An event with many photos
now shows the first batch (default 20) and reveals the rest in batches from an
accessible button, keeping the page readable. It is progressive enhancement:
with JavaScript off, every image stays visible (nothing is hidden server-side);
with it on, the button carries a live status (“Showing X of Y photos”), moves
focus to the first newly revealed image, and disappears once all are shown. WordPress’s
native image lightbox keeps working throughout. The batch size is filterable
via `ananevt_gallery_batch`. Videos are unaffected — a core YouTube/embed block
on an event plays exactly as it does in a post.
#### 1.7.1
* Housekeeping for the Plugin Check / WordPress.org guidelines: bumped “Tested
up to” to 7.1; made the readme title match the plugin header name exactly (“Ananyoo
Accessible Events”); and annotated the two Distinguished Guests meta-query lines
with justified phpcs:ignore notes (the query is a small, curated, no_found_rows
showcase lookup). No functional or visual change.
#### 1.7.0
* The Distinguished Guests card hover flourish (lift, portrait zoom, name-band
rise and glow) is now an **opt-in choice** instead of always on. A new “Card
hover glow” toggle on the block (off by default; also `hover_glow="1"` on the
shortcode) switches it on, so the plugin ships visually neutral and each site
decides whether to use it. Crucially, the plugin no longer carries any brand
colour: the glow is driven by CSS variables, so the coloured halo appears only
when your theme sets them. This keeps a site’s specific look (for example Anandodhara’s
yellow) inside that site’s own theme rather than shipping to everyone. To colour
it, add to your (child) theme:
.ananevt-guests–glow{ –ananevt-guest-glow-1:
rgba(255,241,120,.82); –ananevt-guest-glow-2: rgba(255,224,0,.50); –ananevt-guest-
name-hover:#ffe08a; } Existing sites that want the previous always-on look simply
enable the toggle and set the variables. Keyboard-focus parity, prefers-reduced-
motion and Windows High Contrast handling are unchanged.
#### 1.6.9
* Tuning of the Distinguished Guests glow: nudged up from the very tight 1.6.8
size to a slightly fuller, more visible halo, while still staying clear of the
neighbouring portraits, the title above and the row below. Same true-yellow colour
and the same keyboard-focus / reduced-motion behaviour.
#### 1.6.8
* Refinement of the Distinguished Guests hover / focus glow: it is now smaller
and tighter, so it no longer spills onto the neighbouring portraits, the section
title above or the row below, and its colour is a clean, bright true-yellow (
rather than the warm amber/gold of 1.6.7). Everything else is unchanged — the
glow still shows on keyboard focus and under prefers-reduced-motion, and adds
no horizontal scrolling.
#### 1.6.7
* Fix: the Distinguished Guests hover / focus glow is now actually visible. In
1.6.6 the warm gold halo was being clipped by the carousel — the card and the
scroller viewport both hide their overflow, so only the portrait zoom showed
and the glow was cut off at the card edge. The guests card now lets the glow
overflow, and the scroller viewport is given a little vertical breathing room(
pulled back with a matching negative margin, so the row stays exactly where it
was), letting the halo bloom and be seen. No new horizontal scrolling, and the
glow still shows on keyboard focus and under prefers-reduced-motion.
#### 1.6.6
* Distinguished Guests cards gain a warm hover / keyboard-focus flourish: a soft
gold glow blooms around the card, with a gentle portrait zoom and a small band-
rise. The glow is a static colour cue and is kept even under prefers-reduced-
motion; the motion (lift, zoom, band-rise) is removed there, and everything degrades
cleanly in Windows High Contrast. Fires on keyboard focus too, so it is not mouse-
only.
#### 1.6.5
* Fix (follow-up to 1.6.4): keep the name/year band pinned to the bottom of the
guest card; it is now absolutely positioned at the bottom again, while the whole
card stays a single clickable link.
#### 1.6.4
* Fix: on the Distinguished Guests full-cover cards the WHOLE card is now genuinely
clickable, not just the name. The previous version relied on a stretched pseudo-
element on the name link, but because the name sits inside the (positioned) dark
band, that invisible click layer only covered the band — so the hand cursor appeared
over the whole portrait while a click on the image did nothing. Each card is
now a single real anchor wrapping the portrait and the text, so every pixel follows
the link to the guest’s page. Accessibility is unchanged/cleaner: the portrait
is decorative (alt=””) and the visible name gives the link its accessible name;
one link per card, no nested interactive elements.
#### 1.6.3
* Distinguished Guests can now be driven by a migrated article, not only an event.
The Speaker/artist photo, “Feature in Distinguished Guests” toggle, speaker name,
role and event year are now available on standard posts too, so an old literary
or musical evening that lives as a blog article can appear in the showcase and
link straight to its own story. Only these five guest fields are shared with
posts — the rest of the event schema stays event-only. No change to existing
events.
#### 1.6.2
* Distinguished Guests: new full-cover card design — the portrait fills the card
and the performer’s name (now a clickable link to their event) and year sit over
a WCAG-safe dark band at the bottom. The whole card links to the guest’s event;
only the name is the link, so screen readers announce a clean name.
#### 1.6.1
* Distinguished Guests: portraits now use a 4:5 (portrait) frame with top-biased
cropping so the whole face shows, matching the design; the carousel fits more
portraits across when shown full-width.
#### 1.6.0
* New: each event can carry a **Speaker / artist photo** and a **Feature in Distinguished
Guests** toggle (on by default). The event keeps its own featured image for the
events page; the artist photo powers a separate “Distinguished Guests” showcase,
so the performer’s own portrait is shown instead of the event scene. Turn the
toggle off to hide a performer without removing the photo. The photo picker uses
the Media Library and keeps a live, screen-reader-friendly status; both fields
are registered for the REST API. Neither field appears on the public single-event
page.
#### 1.5.5
* Timeline buttons — modern hover. “Read more” and “Load more” now invert on hover
and keyboard focus (the accent fill and text colours swap) with a soft shadow
lift, in place of the old plain underline. It reads the same colour variables,
so contrast is preserved and each site gets its own two-colour flip; `prefers-
reduced-motion` is honoured.
* Timeline `[ananevt_timeline]` gains an `excerpt` attribute — the number of words
in each entry summary (default 28; `excerpt="0"` hides the summaries entirely).
Example: `[ananevt_timeline excerpt="20"]`.
#### 1.5.4
* Timeline date badge now exposes its parts as sub-spans — `` (day and month) and `` (year) inside `.antl__date`.
The default inline rendering is unchanged (“20 Jun 2026”), but a theme can now
restyle the badge — for example a round year-over-date pill on the spine — with
pure CSS, no JavaScript. Multi-day event ranges are preserved in the day-month
span.
#### 1.5.3
* Timeline “Alternate” design: cards now truly alternate left, right, left, right.
The sides were decided by CSS nth-of-type, which also counted the year pills
between entries – on a timeline spanning many years that pushed runs of cards
to one side. Each entry now carries an explicit odd/even class from PHP, so the
rhythm is never disturbed. The same fix applies to the photo-side alternation
in “Feature rows”.
#### 1.5.2
* Added direct links to the new live timeline demo (all five designs) – on the
plugin directory page and on the About tab – alongside the existing events demo
link. Text-only change.
#### 1.5.1
* Timeline “Feature rows” design: the photo is now a tidy fixed-ratio (4:3) thumbnail
beside the story instead of stretching to the full card height – the old rule
could blow the image up into a tall, blurry smear when the text column was long.
Rounded corners and comfortable padding; single-column with a wide ratio on phones.
CSS-only fix.
#### 1.5.0
* NEW: the [ananevt_timeline] shortcode – an accessible vertical timeline built
from your EXISTING blog posts and/or events, mixed in date order. No separate“
story” post type to maintain. Attributes: source=”both|events|posts”, category
=”slug”, ids=”12,34,56″ (hand-picked), design=”spine|alternate|compact|journey
|rows”, images=”yes|no”, order=”new|old”, per_page, paginate, limit, year_labels,
source_tag, heading (2-6), readmore=”…”.
* Five design presets ship built in: Spine (one-side cards, the default), Alternate(
cards left/right of a centre line), Compact ledger (dates on the left), Photo
journey (big photos with the date pill on the photo) and Feature rows (magazine
split cards). Year pills mark the line; each entry can show its Event/Blog source
tag.
* New Timeline section in Settings: default design, Read-more text, open-in-new-
tab (announced to screen readers), and nine colour overrides (line, year pill,
date tag, card, title, Read-more button) applied through CSS custom properties–
leave any field empty to keep the accessible default.
* “Load more” works without JavaScript: a plain link that keeps every earlier entry
on the page and moves focus context to the first newly loaded entry.
* Accessibility: semantic ordered list, one heading level for every entry (configurable),
visible focus rings, lazy-loaded images, no animations (nothing to disable for
reduced motion), forced-colors/High Contrast support, AA-checked default colours.
* The timeline stylesheet loads only on pages that use the shortcode.
#### 1.4.11
* Date ranges are now compact and easier to read. A range inside one month shows
as “12 – 16 October 2024” instead of repeating the month and year on both sides;
a range inside one year shows as “28 September – 2 October 2024”. Only a range
crossing a year boundary keeps the full form on both sides. Applies everywhere
the plugin prints a date range – the event details band and list rows – with
month names still fully translatable. Sites that prefer the old full form can
restore it with a one-line filter: add_filter( ‘ananevt_compact_date_range’, ‘
__return_false’ );
#### 1.4.10
* Fixed: deleting the plugin no longer wipes its settings. Uninstall used to remove
the settings row, so the common manual-update routine (delete the plugin, then
install the new zip) silently reset every toggle — including the breadcrumb trail—
back to defaults on each update. Settings, events and their content are now all
kept.
#### 1.4.9
* The breadcrumb trail now sits where every other page shows it — above the title.
When a theme uses the `[ananevt_event_banner]` shortcode, the trail renders inside
the banner above the event title; when the active theme places its own trail
above the hero title for events (Ariade 1.4.67+ with the Events breadcrumb toggle
on), the plugin steps aside entirely. The top-of-content placement remains only
as the fallback for themes that provide neither, and the trail never appears
twice.
#### 1.4.8
* The visitor local-time note is now a neatly styled pill inside the ticket panel
instead of a bare text line, and it no longer appears for visitors who are already
in the event’s own timezone — it only shows when it genuinely adds information.
* Fixed the capacity pill in the Event details ticket losing its bottom border (
the last-row divider rule was trimming the pill’s outline).
#### 1.4.7
* Redesigned the “Event details” band as a gradient ticket: a tear-off date stub
with the day numbers and a perforated edge, labelled rows (the When / Where /
Speaker labels that were always there for screen readers are now visible for
everyone), and the price and capacity chips restyled as outline pills. Same accessible
markup and element throughout.
* Section headings (“About this event”, “What to expect”) now carry a small decorative
gradient bar, and the register / add-to-calendar buttons are restyled as pills
with a gradient primary. Focus rings, 44px targets and forced-colors support
unchanged.
#### 1.4.6
* Fixed: the “Accessibility at this event” panel now centres itself inside wide
or constrained theme content areas instead of sitting against the left edge.
One-line CSS change (auto side margins); no markup or behaviour changes.
#### 1.4.5
* Fixed: automatic excerpts no longer pick up the injected breadcrumb, event header
and panel text. For events without a manual excerpt, the summary shown in banners,
archives and SEO descriptions is now generated from the clean event description
only.
* Fixed: the About tab’s “Live demo of this plugin” link now points to the plugin’s
live demo page.
#### 1.4.4
* Breadcrumb: single events now use the active theme’s own breadcrumb when it provides
one. Ariade 1.4.63+ renders a semantic, accessible
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ol> trail from Rank Math’s data and handles the section-listing step, the current-
title de-duplication and the styling — so an event’s trail is now identical to every
other page on the site. The plugin’s own tidy trail remains the fallback for other
themes.
#### 1.4.3
* Breadcrumb: fixed the divider showing twice (“//”) between crumbs. Rank Math
wraps the separator in its own , so passing a separator that also carried the“
separator” class produced two nested .separator spans and the theme painted the
divider on both. The glyph is now a neutral aria-hidden span, so exactly one
divider renders. Decorative-only, still hidden from assistive technology.
#### 1.4.2
* New option: “Show a breadcrumb trail on single events” (off by default). When
on, each event gets a “Home › Section › Event” breadcrumb above its details,
matching your theme. Because events use the plugin’s own banner instead of the
theme’s title block, a theme breadcrumb attached to that title never appears
on events — this fills that gap.
* Breadcrumbs are powered by the Rank Math SEO plugin (with its Breadcrumbs function
enabled). The Settings screen now tells you, right beside the option, whether
Rank Math breadcrumbs are ready and how to enable them. Without Rank Math nothing
is shown — no error.
* The trail adopts the active theme’s breadcrumb styling where available (e.g.
the Ariade theme’s .ariade-breadcrumb look) and ships a tidy fallback style of
its own for any other theme.
#### 1.4.1
* Review: the remaining short data identifiers now use the plugin’s unique `ananevt`
prefix, so they cannot collide with any other plugin — the event post type `aae_event`
is now `ananevt_event`, the category taxonomy `aae_event_cat` is now `ananevt_event_cat`,
and every custom field meta key `_ae_*` is now `_ananevt_*`.
* Added a safe, automatic, one-time migration that relabels your existing events,
their categories and all their saved details from the old identifiers to the
new ones on update. It is non-destructive (it only renames rows, never deletes
or duplicates data), idempotent (safe to re-run), and preserves every event exactly
as it was — including permalinks, since the `/events/` slug is unchanged.
#### 1.4.0
* Review: gave every function, class, constant, option, shortcode and script handle
a unique `ananevt` prefix (previously the short `aae` / `AAE`), so the plugin
cannot collide with other plugins or themes. The listing shortcode is now `[ananevt_events]`
and the banner shortcode `[ananevt_event_banner]`. Existing events are unaffected—
the event post type, its category taxonomy and all saved event data are kept
exactly as before, so nothing is lost on update.
* Review: the enquiry-form output injected into the event content is now passed
through `wp_kses()` with a form-aware allow-list before being returned to the`
the_content` filter, so all rendered markup is escaped while the form fields
and their accessibility attributes are preserved.
#### 1.3.4
* “What to expect” list items now inherit the surrounding text size instead of
being fixed at 1rem, so they match the body copy of whatever theme they sit in.
* Each event-details meta item now carries its label (When/Where/Organiser/…) as
a real element (.ae-ehead__lab, screen-reader-only by default) plus a per-type
class (.ae-ehead__chip–when etc.), so themes can build a labelled-columns layout.
Default appearance is unchanged.
#### 1.3.3
* The “rows” list layout can now be paired with the Grid/List view switch (view
=”rows” view_switch=”yes”). List shows the full-width rows; Grid reflows the
same rows into a card grid via a CSS layout class on the wrapper — same markup,
same styling, no re-fetch, works without JavaScript falling back to the List.
Card grid/list views are unchanged.
#### 1.3.2
* The single-event banner ([ananevt_event_banner]) now shows one title line — the
subtitle when set, otherwise the post title — instead of both, so the banner
stays compact (useful when the title is in a tall script and the subtitle is
its shorter translation). The details header below is unchanged.
#### 1.3.1
* New `[ananevt_event_banner]` shortcode: outputs a single event’s source tag,
title, subtitle and excerpt, for use inside a theme’s own title banner — so a
site can give events the same header band as its other pages instead of the default
single-post header. When this banner is used, the details header below it no
longer repeats the subtitle.
#### 1.3.0
* New “Rows” list layout: `[ananevt_events view="rows"]` renders full-width rows
with a month/year date badge, a two-line title (title + the new Subtitle field),
a compact when/where line, a short description and a “Know more” button — great
for a bilingual or editorial events list.
* New source tag on the Rows layout, showing where each entry comes from (for example”
Event” or ” Blog”). On by default with a new Settings toggle, and per-listing
overridable with `source_tag="no"`. The `ananevt_source_label` filter lets a
theme rebrand or shorten it.
* New event fields: Subtitle (a second title line), Organiser, Organiser email (
shown as a mailto link) and a “What to expect” list.
* Redesigned single-event layout: a header band with the date badge, subtitle and
a when / where / organiser / email meta row; an “About this event” heading; and
a bulleted “What to expect” section after the description. Every icon still carries
a visible label — meaning never rests on colour or an icon alone.
* All new screens keep the audited WCAG 2.2 AA contrast, 44px targets, visible
focus and forced-colors support.
#### 1.2.5
* New `subscribe` attribute on the [ananevt_events] shortcode — hide the Subscribe
button on one listing (e.g. a compact home-page section) while keeping it on
your main events page.
#### 1.2.4
* New `limit` attribute on the [ananevt_events] shortcode — cap the list to the
first N events, e.g. `[ananevt_events show="upcoming" limit="3" paginate="no"]`
for a “next three events” section on a home page.
#### 1.2.3
* The Plugin URI now points to the plugin’s own documentation page (it previously
matched the Author URI, which the wordpress.org submission form does not allow).
No functional change.
#### 1.2.2
* The About tab now carries a Credit & documentation section with links to the
plugin documentation, the live demo and the full Ananyoo plugin family — matching
the other Ananyoo plugins.
* Readme restructured with Why this plugin?, Key features, Links and Privacy sections,
and links to the plugin home page and live demo. No functional change.
#### 1.2.1
* Fixed the heading order on listing pages (flagged by axe DevTools and Lighthouse):
card titles were h3, which skipped a level under a page’s h1 title. Card titles
are now h2 by default, and a new `heading` attribute lets you match any page
structure — for example `[ananevt_events heading="3"]` when the list sits under
an h2.
#### 1.2.0
* Redesigned the single-event page: the Event details panel now shows each detail
beside its own icon tile (calendar, place, speaker, price, capacity), and the“
Accessibility at this event” panel has a branded header and a real icon for every
accommodation — wheelchair, captions, sign language, audio description, hearing
loop, quiet room, parking, step-free access and accessible materials — instead
of tick marks. The “how to request an accommodation” note is now a clear call-
out.
* Redesigned the events listing: the filters sit in a toolbar card with labelled
Category and Accessibility dropdowns, a “Showing 1–10 of 14 events” count line
appears above the cards, and each card gains a date tile on the image plus a
row of accommodation mini-icons (with screen-reader labels), so visitors can
see captions or wheelchair access before opening an event.
* All icons are decorative SVGs with the label always in text — nothing is conveyed
by the icon alone.
#### 1.1.0
* New: filter the events list by accessibility accommodation (captions, sign language,
wheelchair access and more) — a filter no other events plugin offers.
* New: show each event time in the visitor’s own timezone (great for global online
events).
* New: a “Subscribe” button that adds all your events to a visitor’s calendar app
via a live .ics feed, kept up to date automatically.
#### 1.0.11
* Fixed the Upcoming/Past and category pills sitting tight against their text:
the pills inherited the image wrapper’s zero line-height, which collapsed their
vertical padding. They now have proper breathing room.
#### 1.0.10
* Refined the event cards (Template A): roomier Upcoming/Past pills, a one-line
date with a calendar icon, a location line with a pin icon, and a solid “View
details” button. Grid cards bottom-align their buttons; List view reflows to
image-left.
#### 1.0.9
* Redesigned the [ananevt_events] listing as a single, paginated list (10 per page)
instead of separate Upcoming/Past sections; each card now shows its status as
an Upcoming/Past pill on the image, with a cleaner card design (Grid = image
on top, List = image on the left).
#### 1.0.8
* Documentation: readme updated for the current menu name (Accessible Events),
the Settings/About tabs, and the listing category filter, Grid/List and pagination.
No functional change.
#### 1.0.7
* Past-events pagination now shows 10 per page by default, matching the blog and
portfolio.
#### 1.0.6
* Added an Event Categories taxonomy, and gave the [ananevt_events] listing a category
filter, an accessible Grid/List view switch and pagination for past events —
matching the Ananyoo plugin family.
#### 1.0.5
* Reworded the comments option as a plain “Do you want comments enabled on events?”
toggle, and made it control event comments directly (on = enabled, off = disabled).
Events are an independent post type, so this no longer depends on blog settings.
#### 1.0.4
* Matched the admin header to the Ananyoo plugin family: the exact brand blue (#
2643c9) and the real Ananyoo logo.
* Fixed admin notices appearing inside the header — they now sit above it (added
the standard wp-header-end marker).
* The header description now runs the full width of the banner.
#### 1.0.3
* Header restyled to the Ananyoo blue to match the other plugins.
* Passed Plugin Check: removed the unused Domain Path header, corrected two input-
sanitize annotations, and trimmed the short description to 150 characters.
#### 1.0.2
* Redesigned the admin: a branded header with the plugin name and version, and
Settings / About now shown as tabs on one page (About moved out of its own menu
item).
#### 1.0.1
* The admin menu now reads “Accessible Events” (with a calendar icon) so it is
easy to find and does not clash with other events tools.
* Added “Settings” and “About” quick links on the Plugins list row.
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release: Event post type with structured details; “Accessibility at this
event” accommodations; accessible add-to-calendar (.ics); Schema.org Event data
and `` markup; `[ananevt_events]` Upcoming / Past listing; optional per-
site and per-event enquiry form; professional, WCAG-audited Dashboard, Settings
and events list with an ARIA live-region filter.
## Meta
* Version **1.8.4**
* Last updated **2 hours ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
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