Eventful - Events Showcase For The Events Calendar

Eventful - Events Showcase is a highly popular, third-party premium add-on designed to enhance the visual presentation of events managed by The Events Calendar plugin (the free core plugin is required).

The tool focuses entirely on showcasing event data in modern, flexible layouts like sliders, grids, and tickers, rather than managing the calendar backend.

🌟 Key Features of Eventful

The plugin provides extensive design and filtering controls, often via a shortcode generator or dedicated widgets for popular page builders.

1. Versatile Layouts

Eventful transforms the basic list and calendar views of The Events Calendar into engaging showcases. Layout options often include:

Carousel / Slider: Displays events in a rotating sequence, including advanced modes like Ticker (endless horizontal scroll) and Centered.

Grid: Presents events in a column structure, with controls over the number of columns on desktop, tablet, and mobile.

List: A stylized list view with modern designs.

Multi-Row

2. Advanced Filtering & Querying

The plugin gives you precise control over which events are displayed in each showcase instance:

Event Status: Filter events to show only Upcoming, Past, or Featured events.

Taxonomy Filtering: Filter by specific Categories, Tags, Venues, or Organizers.

Specific Events: Query and display events by ID, Title, or Keyword Search.

Date Range: Selectively display events scheduled between specific dates.

Ordering: Sort events by Title, Date, ID, or Custom Fields in ascending or descending order.

3. Design & Compatibility

No Coding Required: All design and layout changes are handled through an intuitive settings panel.

Styling Control: Offers unlimited color options, full typography control (840+ Google Fonts), and customizable options for event box borders, padding, and backgrounds.

Page Builder Integration: Works seamlessly with major builders like Elementor (often with a dedicated widget), Gutenberg (as a block), Divi, and WPBakery using shortcodes.

AJAX Pagination: Includes options for Ajax Numbered pagination, a "Load More" button, or Infinite Scroll for smooth loading.

SEO: Includes Events Schema SEO Support to help search engines understand your event data.

This plugin is a popular choice for users of The Events Calendar who need to move beyond the plugin's default styling to create custom, modern, and visually impressive event displays on their homepage or landing pages. The video below shows the functionality of the base plugin this add-on enhances.

You can learn more about the functionality of the core plugin this add-on works with in this video: The Events Calendar Review - Best WordPress Event Calendar?.