Pie Calendar – Events Calendar Made Simple

I’m giving Pie Calendar a shot after getting frustrated with the bloat, load times, and overall price increases from the extremely popular events plugin I’ve been using for the last few years. All I have to say is “WOW”!

Pie Calendar’s goals of keeping things clean and simple are being met perfectly. Load times are awesome and the fact that it integrates with any post type makes it completely customizable. There are certainly some missing functions that I would love to see added in the future (event export, syncing, bulk updates), although most of that can be solved with other plugins.

My only complaint is that the price for the additional features (Pro & Connector) is steep. A Pro lifetime license is currently $300 and the Connector add-on is $200. Annual subscriptions to both are only half that. I’d like to see those prices cut in about half before I jump on them.

That said, the people at Pie Calendar have done a fantastic job of making the free version functional. So many plugins have a free version that is barely usable due to paywalling key features and littering the UI with upsells. Pie Calendar has kept the UI clean and made the basic functionality really solid without annoying upsell ads. I hope it stays that way for a long time.

Even with the steep Pro price, I’d highly recommend the plugin for its great free version, lightweight code, customizability, and ease of use. It’s rare to find plugins this perfect.

Just perfect.

This calendar plugin is easy to use and has great potential, but the widget form contains a huge bug: when a date is pressed on this widget, the events on that date are displayed, but with a different (incorrect) date above it! This makes the widget unusable. I have reported this bug, but never received an answer, nor was it resolved.

Also, it would be great if you could display an event list with this plugin.

Pie Calendar is an excellent choice for those who appreciate clean code and fast loading times. No styling nonsense or complicated setups—just plug it in, and it works right away. Simple, efficient, and hassle-free. The perfect solution when you need functionality without the extra fuss!

What a great plugin & team. Simple to use, fairly priced, does what’s needed & also provides customization options. On top of this Jonathan went above & beyond by helping me fix some of my code to enable even more customization – which he didn’t have to do.

Outstanding!