This plugin adds a basic "upcoming events" calendar of links to Wordpress.
As of April 2026, External Events Calendar is a WordPress links plugin with 30 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Broken Link Checker.
This plugin is useful for listing speaking engagements, upcoming social events, or other calendar listings which link outside of your site. It adds a special link category for “Events Calendar” with meta fields for location and date. Any links in this category can be displayed through a widget withoption to display all events or only future events, show in ascending/descending order, and options to show or hide link images and descriptions.
The Start Date and End Date fields are stored as text fields and can be entered as any standard php-readable date format (i.e. “Aug 1, 2010 5:00pm”, “10/4/11”, and “November 2012” are all acceptable, and will be ordered properly and displayed just as they are entered). The End Date field is optional; if i…
| WordPress | 2.9.1+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
New features and bugfixes 2/4/11
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