Pie Calendar – Events Calendar Made Simple

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1. ★★★★★ shandonc

   7mo ago

   I’m giving Pie Calendar a shot after getting frustrated with the bloat, load times, and overall price increases from the extremely popular events plugin I’ve been using for the last few years. All I have to say is “WOW”! Pie Calendar’s goals of keeping things clean and simple are being met perfectly. Load times are awesome and the fact that it integrates with any post type makes it completely customizable. There are certainly some missing functions that I would love to see added in the future (event export, syncing, bulk updates), although most of that can be solved with other plugins. My only complaint is that the price for the additional features (Pro & Connector) is steep. A Pro lifetime license is currently $300 and the Connector add-on is $200. Annual subscriptions to both are only half that. I’d like to see those prices cut in about half before I jump on them. That said, the people at Pie Calendar have done a fantastic job of making the free version functional. So many plugins have a free version that is barely usable due to paywalling key features and littering the UI with upsells. Pie Calendar has kept the UI clean and made the basic functionality really solid without annoying upsell ads. I hope it stays that way for a long time. Even with the steep Pro price, I’d highly recommend the plugin for its great free version, lightweight code, customizability, and ease of use. It’s rare to find plugins this perfect.

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2. ★★★★★ skoyntoyflis

   1.7y ago

   Just perfect.

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3. ★★★★★ katuschka

   1.8y ago

   This calendar plugin is easy to use and has great potential, but the widget form contains a huge bug: when a date is pressed on this widget, the events on that date are displayed, but with a different (incorrect) date above it! This makes the widget unusable. I have reported this bug, but never received an answer, nor was it resolved. Also, it would be great if you could display an event list with this plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ Žygimantas

   2.0y ago

   Pie Calendar is an excellent choice for those who appreciate clean code and fast loading times. No styling nonsense or complicated setups—just plug it in, and it works right away. Simple, efficient, and hassle-free. The perfect solution when you need functionality without the extra fuss!

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5. ★★★★★ downchirp

   2.1y ago

   What a great plugin & team. Simple to use, fairly priced, does what’s needed & also provides customization options. On top of this Jonathan went above & beyond by helping me fix some of my code to enable even more customization – which he didn’t have to do. Outstanding!

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6. ★★★★★ sitestreet

   2.2y ago

   Wanted a calendar plugin to add date functionality but keep everything else simple (so avoided the huge, over complicated event plugins) so this was perfect. Hit an issue so contacted support. Got a reply from Jonathan within minutes (and it was a Saturday!) and then got the answers I needed along with a video showing exactly what he did and it now does what I needed perfectly. Worth every penny for the pro version.

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7. ★★★★★ defydesign

   2.2y ago

   The plugin itself is fairly simplistic and lightweight, which is exactly what I was looking for. Most of the event management solutions have become completely bloated with unnecessary proprietary functionality. Pie Calendar lets me build the way I want – with ACF and CPT. I had a specific use case for the calendar links that required a customization. The team responded to my request in a few hours and had a solution within a few days. These guys are amazing, and I know that Pie Calendar has a bright future!

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8. ★★★★★ alexis14

   2.3y ago

   The plugin is simple, it does what it says. However, there is no plugin dashboard (a simple page with shortcuts to documentation, shortcodes, etc. would be a plus). The plugin’s translation management isn’t native and can be a bit tricky. You can’t specify if you don’t want the plugin to appear on this or that post/page. I hope to see improvements in the future as it’s a good plugin.

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Pie Calendar <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-10-16 CVE-2025-62024 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.9 Patched in 1.3.0
2. Medium · 6.4 Pie Calendar <= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-03 CVE-2025-58618 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.8 Patched in 1.2.9
3. Medium · 6.4 Events Calendar Made Simple – Pie Calendar <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via piecal Shortcode ↗
   2025-02-20 CVE-2025-1410 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.5 Patched in 1.2.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 6 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-09-17 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-09-16 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-09-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 64 days in tier
4. 2024-07-13 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-07-12 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-07-11 800+ → 900+ up after 11 days in tier
7. 2024-06-30 900+ → 800+ down after 18 days in tier
8. 2024-06-12 800+ → 900+ up after 38 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
• WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A
• The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Events Calendar by FooEvents 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• Events Calendar for GeoDirectory 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• Event Calendar – Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B

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