Description
CMSB Kalender is a lightweight availability calendar for WordPress. It reads events from one Google Calendar iCal URL and displays the current month as available or booked.
Included in this WordPress.org version:
- Shortcode
[cmsbkalender] - One Google iCal calendar
- Current month display
- Free/booked color display
- Mobile layout
- Optional legend
- Custom labels for available and booked days
- Server-side iCal loading with configurable cache time
Larger CMS-Buttler calendar versions with extended functionality are available as separate products outside this WordPress.org plugin package: https://cms-buttler.de/cmsb-kalender/
More powerful CMS-Buttler calendar versions
The WordPress.org version is intentionally focused on a clear and lightweight free/booked month view. It is suitable when you only need to publish basic availability from one Google Calendar.
The larger CMS-Buttler calendar products are separate packages outside this WordPress.org plugin and are designed for halls, clubs, venues, municipalities, rental locations, sports facilities, and organizations that need more control over public availability.
Compared with many simple calendar plugins, the larger CMS-Buttler calendar versions focus on privacy-conscious occupancy display instead of publishing every event detail. They can show that a day is booked while hiding names, internal notes, rental details, or private information.
Additional capabilities available in the larger CMS-Buttler calendar products may include:
- Multiple months instead of only the current month
- Half-day and partial-day occupancy with diagonal day display
- Configurable split hour for morning and afternoon bookings
- Mouseover details for events that are allowed to be public
- Privacy rules for private, confidential, and default-visibility Google Calendar events
- Keyword-based hiding for event titles and descriptions
- Description trimming from an internal marker such as
Intern: - Optional booked label when hidden event details are suppressed
- Extended design controls for colors, borders, legend, navigation, and day shape
- Manual synchronization for testing calendar changes immediately
- Sync status with information about loaded, skipped, changed, and recurring events
- Recurring Google Calendar event handling
- Website-side calendar cache clearing without changing the Google Calendar itself
- Larger package options for agencies or operators managing more complex calendar setups
These larger versions are especially useful when the public website should answer the visitor’s main question quickly: “Is this date available or already booked?” At the same time, internal information can remain inside Google Calendar.
More information is available at https://cms-buttler.de/cmsb-kalender/
External Services
This plugin can use Google Calendar / Google iCal when a calendar URL is configured by the site administrator.
Google Calendar / Google iCal:
The plugin requests the iCal URL entered by the site administrator in order to load calendar events. The request is made server-side from the WordPress installation to the configured iCal URL. Data processed by Google depends on the calendar configuration and Google’s policies.
Service provider: Google LLC
Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin ZIP through Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Activate the plugin.
- Open CMSB Kalender in the WordPress admin area.
- Enter the secret Google Calendar iCal URL.
- Add the shortcode
[cmsbkalender]to a page.
FAQ
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Which Google Calendar URL do I need?
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Use the secret iCal address from Google Calendar under Settings > Integrate calendar.
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Are private event details shown?
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No. This lightweight version only marks days as booked. It does not display event titles or descriptions.
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Are advanced views included?
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This package focuses on a simple current-month free/busy view. Larger CMS-Buttler calendar versions are available separately: https://cms-buttler.de/cmsb-kalender/
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Contributors & Developers
“CMSB Kalender” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.50
- Added WordPress.org screenshots for frontend, admin settings, and mobile layout.
1.0.49
- Added a clearer description of the separate larger CMS-Buttler calendar products.
1.0.48
- Made plugin UI strings translation-ready.
- Added bundled German, French, and Spanish translation files.
1.0.47
- Corrected the WordPress.org contributor username. No functional changes.
1.0.46
- Renamed all plugin-specific identifiers to the unique
cmsbkalenderprefix. - Changed the shortcode to
[cmsbkalender]for the WordPress.org package. - Reduced the WordPress.org package to a lightweight free/busy calendar.
- Removed extended local functionality from this package so it can be offered separately.
- Keeps one Google iCal calendar, current month display, legend, labels, mobile layout, and cache settings.
1.0.44
- Removed old access-control code from the WordPress.org version.



