Planzio Event Calendar

Description

Planzio Event Calendar is a highly performant and beautifully styled WordPress plugin designed to help you create, manage, and display events with maximum ease. Built with modern styling (Outfit Google Font, glassmorphism elements, sleek transitions) and conforming to strict coding standards, this plugin integrates seamlessly into any WordPress theme.

One of the most powerful features of Planzio Event Calendar is its native SEO-friendliness. The plugin automatically generates and injects valid Schema.org Event JSON-LD metadata into your event page headers, making it incredibly easy for search engines like Google to index your events and show them in rich snippets and search results (Google Events).

Upgrade to the Pro version to unlock advanced recurrences (daily, weekly, monthly, custom), geolocation maps (Google Maps and Leaflet OpenStreetMap integrations), and virtual webinar access countdowns.

Key Features (Free)

• Multiple Display Layouts: Render your events in a standard clean List layout or a responsive Masonry Card Grid.
• AJAX Lightbox Popup: Open event details instantly inside a modern styled modal popup without page reloads.
• Built-in Event Schema: Timezone-aware Schema.org JSON-LD event structured data injected dynamically in headers for stellar SEO.
• Event Customization: Add start/end dates and times, configure unique branding colors for individual events, and add detailed descriptions.
• Google Fonts Integration: Styled natively with the modern Outfit typography for a premium design feel.

Pro Features (Available in Pro Version)

• Geographical Map Views: Map layout using Google Maps API or OpenStreetMap Leaflet fallbacks.
• Advanced Recurrences: Set recurring events with Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or specific Custom Date overrides.
• Virtual Webinar countdowns: Hide Zoom or Google Meet URLs behind live countdown timers, or restrict access to logged-in users only.
• Location & Organizer Managers: Dedicated taxonomies to organize event venues and coordinators.

External Services

This plugin connects to and uses the following external third-party web services to render layouts and dynamic location maps:

1. Google Fonts

* Service Provider: Google LLC
* Purpose: Loads the ‘Outfit’ font family to style admin panels and frontend event calendar layouts.
* Data Transmitted: Visitor IP addresses and standard web browser user-agent headers.
* Terms / Privacy: Google Fonts Privacy Policy

1. Google Maps Embed API

* Service Provider: Google LLC
* Purpose: Renders an interactive embedded location map iframe on the single event sidebar layout when a street address is entered.
* Data Transmitted: Event location coordinates/address query and visitor browser details.
* Terms / Privacy: Google Maps Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy

Shortcode Guide

Use the following parameters to adjust layouts:
* view: Choose layout – list (default) or masonry.
* limit: Max number of events to load (e.g., 5, default is 10, -1 for unlimited).
* category: Filter events by Category Slug or ID.
* tag: Filter events by Tag Slug or ID.
* order: Sorting order – ASC (ascending, chronological) or DESC (descending).
* hide_past: Toggle showing past events – 1 (hide, default) or 0 (show).

Example:
[planzio_event_calendar view=”masonry” limit=”6″ hide_past=”1″]