Description
Magic Advent Calendar makes it easy to create and publish an interactive Advent calendar on your WordPress website.
Create a calendar, choose its start date, customize its appearance and fill 24 automatically generated doors with content. Doors become available on their scheduled dates, using your WordPress site’s timezone.
Free features
- Create calendars with 24 doors each.
- Classic calendar layout.
- Text and downloadable-file door content.
- Video door content.
- Custom headlines, logo, background image and colors.
- Ordered or randomized door arrangement.
- Automatic daily door unlocking based on the configured start date.
- Embed calendars using a shortcode.
Pro features
- Modern calendar layout.
- Giveaways with entry forms.
- Quizzes.
- WooCommerce product doors (WooCommerce required).
- Voucher doors.
- Newsletter integrations for giveaways, including Mailchimp and Brevo.
Pro features require an active Pro license. If a Pro license expires, saved calendar and door content is retained, but Pro-only features are unavailable until the license is renewed.
Some features connect to third-party services. Review your privacy notice and obtain any required consent before using entry forms or newsletter integrations.
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Installation
- In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and select the plugin ZIP file, or upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate Magic Advent Calendar.
- Open the Advent Calendar menu and create a calendar.
- Configure the start date and appearance, then publish the calendar to generate its 24 doors.
- Open the Doors tab to edit individual doors.
- Copy the shortcode displayed in the calendar editor into a page or post.
FAQ
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How do I add a calendar to a page?
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Copy the shortcode from the calendar editor. For example:
[pbase_calendar id="123"], replacing123with your calendar ID. The shortcode[pbase_advent_calendar id="123"]is also supported. -
When do the doors open?
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The first door opens on the configured start date. The remaining doors open on subsequent days according to the timezone set in WordPress.
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Can I change the calendar design?
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Yes. The Classic layout and appearance settings are included in Free. The Modern layout requires Pro.
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Do I need WooCommerce?
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No. WooCommerce is optional and is needed only for the Pro WooCommerce product door type.
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What happens when my Pro license expires?
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Your saved calendars, door content and design settings remain stored. Pro-only features become unavailable until the license is active again; a Modern calendar falls back to the Classic layout while Pro is inactive.
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Does the plugin process personal data?
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Giveaway entries and newsletter integrations may process personal data. Site administrators are responsible for providing appropriate privacy information, participation terms and obtaining any legally required consent.
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Contributors & Developers
“Pbase Magic Advent Calendar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.8
- Initial release of Magic Advent Calendar.
- Added 24-door calendars, scheduled unlocking and shortcodes.
- Added Classic layout and appearance customization.
- Added text/download and video doors.
- Added Pro features: Modern layout, giveaways, quizzes, vouchers, WooCommerce doors and newsletter integrations.