Pretty Google Calendar

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Chattanooga Church of God 7th day

   2.1y ago

   This plugin is a Godsend. It is amazing how hard it is to find a plugin that displays the Google calendar without a bunch of other stuff shoved in that you don’t need. This one is simple and just works.

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2. ★★★★★ hmijail

   2.3y ago

   Makes it easy, too!

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3. ★★★★★ EncodeDotHost

   2.4y ago

   If you are wanting to show Google Calendars on your WordPress website, look no further. Highly recommend this plugin. Great Support 👍

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4. ★★★★★ rodolforizzo76

   2.5y ago

   Pretty Google Calendar is an extraordinarily useful and welcome plugin, especially considering Google’s disappointing default integration. It is responsive and seamlessly adapts to any screen, switching to list mode when necessary. Customization is simple and intuitive, allowing you to modify colors and fonts to seamlessly integrate with your website. The synchronization simply “works,” and the shortcode is rich in parameters, including language localization, offering complete control over the calendar’s appearance and behavior. In short, Pretty Google Calendar is the ultimate solution for integrating Google calendars easily and effectively on WordPress. Thank you for this contribution.

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5. ★★★★★ snowliondev

   2.5y ago

   This is just what i was looking for.

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6. ★★★★★ heerohe

   2.6y ago

   Yes, it does take a while, because it needs a Google Calendar API key… (arghs), and it is embedded via Shortcode. But the result! All my fonts, all the colours, everything happens right according to my template. It looks SO BLOODY good. I am SO VERY HAPPY. (And yes, I am a beginner with WordPress & Oxygen, and I am still baffled with how complex everything is. So I might be overly enthusiastic.)

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7. ★★★★★ aourtas

   2.6y ago

   I’ve tried several similar programs, but none come close to the efficiency and reliability of this software. The features are robust, and it integrates seamlessly into my workflow

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8. ★★★★★ cheekycreative

   2.7y ago

   Does everything I need and looks good doing it. Beauty implementation of FullCalendar on WP. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by cheekycreative.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.2.1 Introducing Hydrogen Calendar Embeds! (See https://wordpress.org/plugins/hydrogen-calendar-embeds/) 2.2.1
2. — Version 2.2.0 Fixed: Handle spaces in multiple calendar IDs (Fixes #39) Fixed: Free/busy events with undefined titles now display “Busy” (Closes #41) Fixed: fc_args removing views Added: hide_past shortcode argument (Closes #48) Added 2.2.0
3. — Version 2.1.0 Fixed: Better list args parsing (Fixes #57) Fixed: Removed hardcoded timezone argument for correct local time display. Override with fc_args='{"timeZone":"###"}' if needed. Fixed: Admin CSS versioning Fixed: Sanitization 2.1.0
4. — Version 2.0.2 Fixed: Security fix (no known exploit) 2.0.2
5. — Version 2.0.1 Tested: WordPress 6.9 2.0.1
6. — Version 2.0.0 Fixed: XSS vulnerability (required elevate privileges, not likely to be exploited). May break CSS for folks using the id_hash shortcode argument. Tested: WordPress 6.5.2 2.0.0

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 · 5.3 Pretty Google Calendar <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Google API Key Exposure ↗
   2025-12-19 CVE-2025-12898 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.0.0 Patched in 2.0.1
2. Medium · 6.4 Pretty Google Calendar <= 1.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-04-25 CVE-2024-33640 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.2 Patched in 2.0.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Pretty Google Calendar <= 1.5.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via pretty_google_calendar shortcode ↗
   2023-09-25 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.6.0 Patched in 1.6.0

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

Translated into 13 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-10-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-10-28 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-27 6K+ → 5K+ down after 59 days in tier
4. 2025-08-29 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-08-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 196 days in tier
6. 2025-02-13 5K+ → 6K+ up after 236 days in tier
7. 2024-06-22 4K+ → 5K+ up after 112 days in tier
8. 2024-03-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 113 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).

• Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Styled Calendar – Customizable, Mobile Responsive Google Calendar Embeds 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple Google Calendar Outlook Events Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Hydrogen Calendar Embeds 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Link Google Calendar 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• S Simple Google Calendar Widget 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Pretty Google Calendar: 5K+ active installs, 4.6★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pretty-google-calendar