Theater for WordPress

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 65% 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. ★★★★★ teflonmann

   12mo ago

   It does was it is supposed to do. Perfect for theatre projects and similar concepts.It is easy to handle without the ballast many other plugin come with. If you are familiar with shortcodes and have a little bit of coding expirience it is a joy to work with. The documentation gives a good overview over the abililties of the plugin. As a programmer I find it great that so many filter options are in the plugin’s sourcecode so I can do further modifications for displaying events.The author made stuff possible the big event plugin players didn’t.

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2. ★★★★★ samisrael

   4.6y ago

   Great for beginners and very versatile later on. It has useful extensions and fast support. My favorite event plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ aldebaran57

   5.0y ago

   This is a good plugin ! Good : You can define a Production and Event dates of a production – That’s exactly what I want .. So for a piece of work – a play, a concert – which you put on stage on one or more occasions, then if you call this a Production, then with the plugin you can define a Production – title, description , etc, all the stuff independent of time – and then to this production you add one or more Event dates – actual date, duration, venue ticket info. – So for multiple dates you only enter the overall production info once. Also theres loads of shortcode possibilities and parameters which is great. Also for more fields the plugin supports the plugin Advanced Custom Fields out of the box Would be good to improve labelling, documentation : The docs talk about a production and events, and also the shortcodes use the terms [wpt_productions … ] and [wpt_events … ] all exactly as defined above in my Good point – that’s good … BUT in the WP Admin menu > Theater – there is no “Production” sub menu, eg to create /edit a production .. Instead there is an Events sub-menu .. It turns out this actually means Productions … very confusing at first until I got going ..

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4. ★★★★★ mrrl

   6.7y ago

   Also check out the extensions, works with a lot of ticketing systems

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5. ★★★★★ Martin

   7.7y ago

   This plugin has been running for three years without any significant problems. The lists, which can be varied in many ways by shortcode, fascinate! Also the unexpected but helpful support from Jeroen, during a failed installation of an extension, pleased me very much.

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6. ★★★★★ bambino

   9.2y ago

   I have been searching for something like this for so long! Events Manager wasn’t cutting it, Events Calendar by Modern Tribe is glitchy, Theater for WP does it just right! My only complaint would be the documentation, my developer had to figure out a lot on his own. But the support was great when we needed it.

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7. ★★★★★ mikeshudson

   9.8y ago

   Great plugin for a theatre client of mine. I added a free extension (duplicator) and premium one (grid). The author was extremely responsive to support requests for the premium extension and I cannot fault him or the product. Superb.

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8. ★★★★★ Bob Morris

   10.0y ago

   We have been using this plugin for two years. Our amateur theatre website is built using this plugin and has been widely praised. This plugin is free, has good support, is both reliable and easy to use… what more could you want?

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7 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 Theater for WordPress <= 0.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-02-25 CVE-2025-69343 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.19 Patched in 0.19.1
2. Medium · 4.3 Theater for WordPress <= 0.19 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-28 CVE-2025-69331 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.19 Patched in 0.19.1
3. Medium · 5.3 Theater for WordPress <= 0.18.8 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-11-13 CVE-2025-64259 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.18.8 Patched in 0.19
4. Medium · 6.4 Theater for WordPress <= 0.18.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58020 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.18.8 Patched in 0.19
5. Medium · 4.3 Theater for WordPress <= 0.18.7 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31846 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.18.7 Patched in 0.18.8
6. Medium · 6.1 Theater for WordPress <= 0.18.6.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-11-20 CVE-2024-11371 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.18.6.2 Patched in 0.18.7
7. Medium · 4.4 Theater for WordPress <= 0.18.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings ↗
   2023-11-16 CVE-2023-47833 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.18.3 Patched in 0.18.4

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

Translated into 137 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Plus 113 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-04-17 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-04-16 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-04-14 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-04-13 600+ → 700+ up after 32 days in tier
5. 2025-03-12 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-03-11 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2025-03-06 700+ → 600+ down after 613 days in tier
8. 2023-07-02 800+ → 700+ down after 1 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).

• Simple Event Planner 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• Bulk Edit Events – Create Events in a Bulk Editor 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• AM Events 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• E Event Page Plugin 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B

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