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LinkedEvents

A WordPress plugin for managing events and displaying filterable upcoming and past event lists with shortcodes.

by Stan Han · github.com/krutakee/linked-events

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/krutakee/linked-events/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/krutakee/linked-events ↗

A WordPress plugin for managing events and displaying event listings with shortcodes.

Features

  • Create events from the Events menu in the WordPress dashboard.
  • Set an event date, category, description, and optional details URL.
  • Display upcoming or past events in a paginated, filterable list.
  • Show a compact list of upcoming events.
  • Choose which event categories are included when visitors view past events.

Installation

  1. Download this repository using Code > Download ZIP.
  2. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin and select the ZIP, or extract the plugin folder into wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate LinkedEvents from Plugins.
  4. Add and publish events from Events > Add New Event. Set an event date and, if desired, a category and details URL.

Shortcodes

Add either shortcode to a page or post.

Event list

[le_events_list]

Shows events with date-based sorting, category filtering, and pagination (8 per page by default). Upcoming events are shown by default. When past events exist, visitors can switch between upcoming and past events.

Attributes:

Attribute Default Description
per_page 8 Number of events per page.
show_past false Set to true to show all events initially instead of only upcoming events.
order ASC Date order: ASC (earliest first) or DESC (latest first).

Example:

[le_events_list per_page="10" show_past="true" order="ASC"]

Upcoming events

[le_upcoming_events]

Shows a compact list of upcoming events (3 by default).

Attributes:

Attribute Default Description
count 3 Number of upcoming events to show.
view_all_url /events URL used by the view all link.
order ASC Date order: ASC (earliest first) or DESC (latest first).

Example:

[le_upcoming_events count="5" view_all_url="/events" order="ASC"]

Settings

Go to Settings > LinkedEvents to choose which event categories appear when visitors select past events. If no categories are selected, all categories are used.