Event Dates & Calendar for WooCommerce

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A fast product-driven calendar —

ideal for Box Office and beyond.

Stop forcing customers to hunt through grids. With Event Dates and Calendar, add clean, embeddable event calendars to your store. Create events as products, assign venues, and let shoppers browse by date, category, or venue with a fast, mobile-friendly calendar.

Tested up to: WordPress 7.1, WooCommerce 11

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Overview

Event Dates & Calendar for WooCommerce lets you assign event-style dates to WooCommerce products and display them in a fast, filterable calendar. It’s ideal for ticketed events (including WooCommerce Box Office), but also works for classes, tours, rentals, services, seasonal drops, and any product that needs a date on a calendar.

Customers can browse month-by-month without slow page loads, filter by event type (product category) and venue, and click through to product pages or add items to cart (depending on how your store is set up).

How it works

  1. Create venues (optional) in WooCommerce settings.
  2. Add Event Start / Event End (and optional time + venue) to products.
  3. Insert the calendar into any page using the included Block Editor block or shortcode.
  4. Customers browse by month and filter by venue and/or event type.

Key features

Product-based event dates

  • Add Event Start and Event End to any WooCommerce product.
  • Optional Event Time and Venue fields for clearer listings.
  • Works with simple products and most common product configurations.

Venues (optional)

  • Create a list of venues in the admin.
  • Select a venue per product via dropdown.
  • Display calendars per-venue, or let customers filter venues on the front end.

Fast calendar performance

The plugin uses an indexed event table to avoid expensive meta queries for month views. This helps the calendar remain responsive as your product catalog grows.

Customer-friendly browsing

  • Month navigation loads quickly (AJAX).
  • Optional front-end filters (shown only when not locked by shortcode/block):
    • Event Type (product categories)
    • Venue
  • URL syncing for shareable views (month and unlocked filters).
    Insert anywhere (Block + Shortcode)
  • Block Editor block: Event Dates Calendar
  • Shortcode for full control and developer workflows.

Modern WooCommerce compatibility

  • Declares support for HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage)
  • Uses WooCommerce’s optimized order lookup patterns when available

WooCommerce settings integration

All settings live in: WooCommerce → Settings → Event Calendar

Organized into tabs such as:

  • General
  • Venues
  • Styling
  • Maintenance
  • Licensing (licensed builds)

Maintenance tools

  • Rebuild/backfill the index table after imports/migrations.
  • Emergency fallback mode (useful during troubleshooting).

Safe uninstall option

Optionally remove plugin data on uninstall (with a clear warning), including the index table and plugin settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this require WooCommerce Box Office?

No. It works with standard WooCommerce products. Box Office users often get immediate value from the ticket-style workflow, but the plugin is not limited to tickets.

What kinds of products can appear in the calendar?

Any product where you set an Event Start date (and optionally Event End). You can restrict what appears using category settings and shortcode/block options.

How do venues work?

Venues are managed in WooCommerce → Settings → Event Calendar → Venues.

Once venues exist, you can select one per product from a dropdown. On the front end, the calendar can be:

  • Venue-locked (if you set a venue in the block/shortcode), or
  • Venue-filterable (if no venue is set in the block/shortcode)
Why don’t I see the Venue filter dropdown on the calendar?

The venue filter only appears when:

  • you have at least one venue created, and
  • the calendar is not locked to a venue via the block/shortcode.
Why don’t I see the Event Type filter dropdown?

The Event Type filter is based on product categories and is only shown when the calendar is not category-locked by the block/shortcode.

My calendar is empty — what should I check first?
  1. Make sure products have Event Start (and optionally Event End) set.
  2. Check whether the calendar is restricted by categories (settings or shortcode).
  3. Run Maintenance → Rebuild/Backfill index after imports, migrations, or bulk edits.
  4. Confirm “lookback” settings aren’t excluding older products (if your build includes lookback filtering).
Will the calendar be slow on larger stores?

Month views are optimized using an indexed table. Performance will still depend on hosting and overall site load, but the plugin is designed specifically to avoid expensive meta queries for calendar browsing.

What does the Maintenance “Backfill/Rebuild index” do?

It rebuilds the indexed events table from product event data. Use it after:

  • importing products,
  • restoring a backup,
  • migrating environments,
  • or making large batches of event date edits.
Does the calendar update the browser URL?

Yes — the current month and any unlocked filters can be synced to URL parameters so customers can share the same view and use browser Back/Forward navigation.

Does the plugin remove data when I uninstall it?

Only if you enable the Remove data on uninstall option (shown with a warning). If disabled, uninstalling the plugin removes plugin files but leaves data intact.

Is there a Block Editor (Gutenberg) block?

Yes. The plugin includes a dedicated block for inserting the calendar into any page/post, with inspector controls for common options.

How does licensing work?

Licensed builds include a Licensing tab under WooCommerce → Settings → Event Calendar. Until a valid license is activated, the calendar output may show a license notice instead of rendering.

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