It can be a real hassle to manage upcoming events and appointments for your business. For this reason, most businesses have a dedicated tool to help them manage. The EventPrime plugin is one such tool that can help.
It is an events calendar plugin that allows you to quickly add upcoming events or appointments to your calendar. While it is simple to use, it has a lot of features that can help streamline some of the more common problems you will encounter.
For example, you may have a regular schedule that needs to be inputted every day, week, or month, but with EventPrime, you can set it as a recurring event. As a result, you only need to enter the value once.
Today, I will demonstrate how you can use EventPrime to manage events in WordPress.
This tutorial is for:WordPress 6.6.1Plugin: EventPrime v4.0.4.3
How Can an Events Manager Help You?
Simply put, the entire point of such a plugin is to help you keep track of events and appointments, and perhaps more importantly, to help your audience keep track of them.
In some cases, sites or businesses can have dozens of events happen within a single week, it can be difficult to keep up.
A plugin like EventPrime has an excellent interface that can be displayed anywhere on your website. As such, you can use it to show off upcoming events, not only this, but you can even have it link to a sales page if an event has a ticket.
Or at the very least, RSVP so you can have an idea of how many people are going to show up.
How to Use EventPrime in WordPress
The EventPrime plugin is rather simple. After learning how to use it, it will probably only take you a few minutes to set up any new events for your site. That said, it offers a lot of customization options, so it is quite versatile.
Step 1: Install EventPrime
Let’s start by clicking on Plugins and selecting the Add New option on the left-hand admin panel.
Search for EventPrime in the available search box. This will pull up additional plugins that you may find helpful.
Scroll down until you find the EventPrime plugin and click on the “Install Now” button and activate the plugin for use.
Step 2: Create A New Event
The best starting point for this plugin is to just create a new event. As I said, the plugin is pretty simple to work with and utilizes the Classic editor to create event listings.
To begin, click on EventPrime and select the Add New option.
Alternatively, if you clicked on Events, you could click on the “Add New” button to get to the same location.
At the top, you can enter a name for the event. Below this, you will find the Classic editor. Unlike Gutenberg, you cannot use blocks. Use this space to add event details and relevant information. You can include images and videos here as well.
Below the editor is where you will find the majority of the settings. It is broken down into several sections. As such, there are too many options to go through one by one, thus, I will give you an overview of what each section is for.
Date & Time
This section is self-explanatory. You can enter the start and end times for your event. If you are unsure or want to reveal that at a different date, you can choose to hide the exact time by checking the box.
You can also add other dates, like the day you will be announcing the time or the day that ticket sales go live by checking the Additional Relevant Dates box.
Booking & Tickets
If your event requires booking, you can enable this feature (off by default). Here, you can input a value for booking fees, if users can modify their booking info, and if there are any cancelation fees.
The options within the plugin are somewhat weak, so you are better off using a dedicated tool for booking. Luckily, the plugin also has an option that allows you to display a link to a dedicated booking page, so there’s no conflict.
The Tickets section is only enabled if you enable booking. You can create a ticket category and type. This allows you to set up how many tickets are available, be sure not to offer more tickets than there are seats to fill.
Repeat
The repeat feature allows you to repeat the event at specific intervals. For example, if you wanted to repeat the event every month, you would set the repeat to occur every 30 days.
You can also set the maximum amount of time you want the vent to occur. For example, let’s say you have an event every Sunday for a month. You would want the event to repeat weekly (7 days) and only stop after 4 occurrences.
Checkout Fields
This section is only necessary if you enable booking and set up your tickets. This provides the fields that users need to fill out such as their name, address, billing info, and so on.
Social Information
As you might have guessed, you want to promote your event on social media, and the Social Information section allows you to include links to different social media accounts.
This includes Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), and YouTube. Just enter the URL you want the user to follow.
Results
Here you can select a results page, which you should take the time and make one. You just need to use the drop-down menu to select the page you want to display.
What is a Results page? Well, it’s a page that would display a confirmation if you booked an appointment.
Other Settings
The Other Settings allow you to set a background color for the event. You simply need to enter the color code to do so. The other option is if you would like to include a note for attendees. For example, if the event is handicap accessible.
Step 3: Displaying the Events
There are two ways to display your events with this plugin. The first is to use the EventPrime block, and the second is to use the shortcodes. They do the same thing, so I recommend using the blocks, but I will show you where you can find the shortcodes.
Note: Both the blocks and shortcodes work in the widget area of WordPress.
Starting with the block approach, go to the post or page where you want to display the event. Add the EventPrime Event Listing block.
You will see some generic stuff appear for the block. Don’t worry about it, you do not need to change any of it, as it is just a placeholder for the block. Save the changes and you can view the events calendar on your site.
It’s worth pointing out that the plugin adds several blocks that you can use. I recommend looking through the full list as each one offers a specific display focus. If you are looking to use shortcodes, you can find them in the plugin’s shortcodes section.
Simply click on EventPrime and select the Shortcodes option.
Each shortcode has a detailed description of what it does. Simply copy the shortcode and add it to a shortcode block in the desired location. And that’s really it.
There is a settings area for the plugin where you can tweak various things like the time zone your events appear in and such. I strongly advise going through them all and making changes as you see fit.
Show Off Your Events Today with EventPrime
As you can see, the plugin is rather simple and just boils down to going through all of the options. Displaying the vents you create is equally simple and just requires placing a block or shortcode in the desired location.
Adding this plugin can help you and your audience keep track of upcoming events. Different sites can use it in a variety of ways. For example, a gym can use it to show when their instructors teach different classes.
I hope you found this tutorial helpful in learning how to use the EventPrime plugin.
How easy did you find the plugin to use? Has adding the plugin boosted your attendance?
