The Events Calendar: Category Colors

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% 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. ★★★★★ elmanuuu

   1.8y ago

   Has not been working since I installed it 6 weeks ago :/ edit: solved with latest release This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by elmanuuu. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by elmanuuu.

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2. ★★★★★ d1abo1904

   1.8y ago

   Officially recommended by Events Calendar (/knowledgebase/the-events-calendar-category-colors/), bugged with new versions of the plugin and time needed for a fix is incredibly long.

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3. ★★★★★ orsosgriffin

   2.1y ago

   Support was extremely responsive to an update issue. This makes an already stellar plugin even better.

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4. ★★★★★ viche

   2.3y ago

   Real Go-to guys! Excellent support

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5. ★★★★★ Manou Allou

   2.4y ago

   This is a really nice addition to the Events Calendar plugin. Thank you for your time and effort. Just hope that it keeps getting updated for future versions of WordPress.

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6. ★★★★★ hellotaco

   2.5y ago

   Somehow it’s not working with The Event Calendar 6.3.3.1.

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7. ★★★★★ kpwawp

   3.5y ago

   The plugin works very good, also with Elementor and TEC Pro Version. Thanks for the great support to solve a problem with displaying the legend of multiple calendars on one page!

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8. ★★★★★ tknol

   3.6y ago

   I was about to work through adding color to my categories the hard way, but found this and was able to easily accomplish my goal. Thanks for making this available. Saved me a bunch of time.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2025-09-16 Version 7.4.2 Fix – Resolve problems related to loading the plugin with newer versions of The Events Calendar 6.14+ 7.4.2
2. 2025-02-06 Version 7.4.1 Fix – Resolve translation issue that can occur with get_plugin_data(). [TEC-5350] 7.4.1
3. 2024-11-14 Version 7.4.0 Fix – Make sure we have fully compatible settings save with the new TEC settings page. 7.4.0
4. 2024-08-20 Version 7.3.2 Fix – Resolve problems when Hide option not hiding categories on the frontend. (props @afragen) [TEC-5139] 7.3.2
5. 2024-07-09 Version 7.3.1 Fix – Resolve problem for PHP 8+, avoid passing pass null to string specific functions. (props @afragen) [TECENG-58] 7.3.1
6. 2023-04-29 Version 7.3.0 updates to legend superpowers to maintain selection between time selections dim/undim legend superpowers menu items general code improvement of legend superpowers yeah Barry 🙌 7.3.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 58 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 34 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-09 5K+ → 4K+ down after 158 days in tier
2. 2026-03-04 6K+ → 5K+ down after 97 days in tier
3. 2025-11-27 7K+ → 6K+ down after 58 days in tier
4. 2025-09-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 59 days in tier
5. 2025-08-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 117 days in tier
6. 2025-04-07 10K+ → 9K+ down after 55 days in tier
7. 2025-02-11 9K+ → 10K+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2025-02-09 10K+ → 9K+ down after 3 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★ · 2 shared tags A
• Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A
• Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• ICS Calendar 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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The Events Calendar: Category Colors: 4K+ active installs, 5.0★ (61 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/the-events-calendar-category-colors