Description
The Event Schedule Manager addon adds to The Events Calendar a scheduling management layer, allowing the organization of times, agenda blocks, and session information within the WordPress events flow. This component helps organizers, producers, and content teams structure calendars more clearly, especially when each event needs to display a sequence of activities, reservations, or participation steps.
Main Features
- Schedule management
Organizes times and agenda blocks associated with events. - Event integration
Works within the registration flow used by The Events Calendar. - Session information
Allows structuring details of activities, steps, or event periods. - Agenda organization
Facilitates reading schedules with multiple times. - Administrative use
Centralizes schedule adjustments in the WordPress dashboard.
Benefits of Event Schedule Manager
- Clearer events
Visitors better understand the sequence of published activities. - Less manual rework
Teams avoid creating separate schedules on loose pages. - More organized flow
Schedule management is connected to the event registration. - Better audience experience
Participants easily consult times and steps.
Who Is It For?
- Event organizers using The Events Calendar on WordPress.
- Sites with calendars, bookings, conferences, classes, or recurring schedules.
- Agencies and teams managing events with multiple times.
On sites already relying on The Events Calendar to publish events, the Event Schedule Manager extension helps turn the schedule into more structured and easier-to-maintain information. The main gain lies in bringing times, sessions, and steps closer to the event’s own registration, reducing editorial improvisations and making the schedule more consistent for both administrators and visitors.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager GPL-licensed?
Yes. The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager cost at Ultrapack?
The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager include updates?
Yes. The current version of The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager is 1.2.2, published at Ultrapack on Jun 12, 2025. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What are the requirements for the plugin The Events Calendar – Event Schedule Manager?
Requires WordPress 6.5 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 6.7.1.
What changed in this version
Version 1.2.2 2025-02-10
- Tweak - Utilize template system for single Session, Speakers, and Sponsors to be able to override them in your theme. [ESM-77]
- Fix - Sponsor name not displaying in conference schedules when no image is set for the sponsor. [ESM-72]
- Language - 0 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted
Version 1.2.1 2024-09-26
- Fix - Incorrect start time in Grid layout. [ESM-96]
- Fix - Overlapping sessions displayed stacked, not side by side. [ESM-97]
- Language - 0 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted
Version 1.2.0 2024-05-14
- Feature - Add Speak List block [ESM-59]
- Feature - Add Sponsors block [ESM-60]
- Tweak - Add Event Schedule Manager block category and add event schedule, speaker list and sponsor block to it. [ESM-82]
- Tweak - Added filters: `tec_event_schedule_manager_speaker_list_block_query_url`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_sponsors_block_query_url`, `tec_schedule_manager_speakers_list_session_args`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_sponsors_by_term_query_args`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_sponsor_logo_height`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_sponsor_image_size`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_openapi_documentation`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_speaker_list_rest_get_args`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_speaker_list_data`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_sponsors_rest_get_args`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_sponsors_data`, `rest_url_prefix`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_url_prefix`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_url`, `tec_event_schedule_manager_rest_use_builtin`
- Language - 102 new strings added, 1 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted
Version 1.1.1 2024-04-09
- Fix - Group parameter on the speaker list shortcode. [ESM-73]
- Fix - Sponsor level order when using [tec_sponsors] shortcode. [ESM-75]
- Fix - Utilize locale names for dates on single sessions and schedule shortcode. [ESM-78]
- Tweak - Displays sponsors with no sponsor level assigned in the [tec_sponsors] with include_unassigned attribute to control it. [ESM-67]
- Tweak - Added filters: `tec_schedule_manager_speakers_list_session_args`
- Language - 1 new strings added, 21 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted
Version 1.1.0 2024-01-24
- Tweak - Change Event Schedule block date picker to select multiple dates. [ESM-48]
- Tweak - Add no sessions message, remove styles, change block name to Event Schedule, add align and content options, add date label and helper text, add a block description, and update block icon for the Event Schedule block. [ESM-53]
- Fix - Prevent fatal when moving attendees in Event Tickets and Event Tickets Plus by updating the Uplink library to 1.3 [ESM-70]
- Fix - On single session editor show View Sessions in admin bar and under New dropdown. [ESM-58]
- Language - 42 new strings added, 27 updated, 4 fuzzied, and 5 obsoleted
- = [1.0.0] 2023-11-13 =
- Feature - Initial release of Event Schedule Manager.
- Feature - add speaker and sponsor custom post types.
- Feature - add speaker groups and sponsor levels taxonomies.
- Feature - add [tec_speakers] and [tec_sponsors] shortcodes.
- Tweak - update settings options.
- Tweak - update styling for all shortcodes and single templates.
- Tweak - remove Freemius and use Stellar Telemetry.
- Tweak - update the admin menu display to combine all custom post types, taxonomies, and settings under one menu.
- Fix - block editor for schedule block and change to use native html5 datepicker.
Release notes published by the developer.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
- Download the file
event-schedule-manager.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Select the file
event-schedule-manager.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
Requirements: Requires WordPress 6.5 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 6.7.1.
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