Title: Calendar Recommendations
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Calendar Recommendations

 *  [davidb52](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidb52/)
 * (@davidb52)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/)
 * Hi, everybody.
 * I have just starting blogging and have uploaded a WordPress blog onto my site.
   I am now seeking recommendations for a calendar plug-in. It doesn’t have to be
   fancy (I have seen a few relevant to events planning, interactivity, etc.); I
   just want a simple calendar that fits into the side bar, and highlights the present
   date. That’s it.
 * I look forward to hearing your recommendations. (Or your advice about which plug-
   ins to avoid).
 * Regards,
 * David

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402100)
 * Built-in. Just add a tag to whereever you want the calendar to show up (typically
   the sidebar.php).
 * See this article for more info: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_calendar](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_calendar)
 *  Thread Starter [davidb52](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidb52/)
 * (@davidb52)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402254)
 * Thanks, HandySolo.
 * That get_calendar function seems tied to the blog itself; it shows a month for
   which posts were made and highlights dates on which posts were made (unless I
   am mis-reading the information). I’d really just like a calendar that shows the
   current month and the current day highlighted, regardless of blog posts.
 * Some PHP calendars are available elsewhere (independent of WordPress plug-ins
   and themes). The challenge is learning enough PHP to insert the code myself. 
   I am hoping this route is not the only option available, so I’d certainly like
   to hear other recommendations.
 * David
 *  [dbasulto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbasulto/)
 * (@dbasulto)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402255)
 * you can use google calendar and use its RSS features to get the data on your 
   blog..
 *  Thread Starter [davidb52](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidb52/)
 * (@davidb52)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402387)
 * Thanks for the Google Calendar recommendation. I am very new to Blogging, PHP,
   and RSS. Would you have step-by-step instructions available? I know almost nothing
   about PHP, so I hope there is no PHP coding involved. And I wouldn’t even know
   what file to edit.
 *  [Xander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xander/)
 * (@xander)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402388)
 * You might want to consider sinking some time and effort into learning a few basics
   to get a better grip on things 🙂 WordPress plugins handle a few things well (
   and if what you want to do is covered, great! no muss no fuss) but a lot of stuff
   you just have to DIY… but it’s worth doing. WordPress is a nice little sandbox
   to build up some coding skills from scratch.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calendar-recommendations/#post-402388)
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