Quick Event Manager
Simple event manager. No messing about, just add events and a shortcode and the plugin does the rest for you.
4.9(67 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 5 months agoAs of April 2026, Quick Event Manager is a WordPress events plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 67 reviews. It has been downloaded 275K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Downloads are up 16% this week. Top alternative: The Events Calendar.
4.9/567 reviews
1.0K+active installs
275K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
A lightweight event manager for WordPress. Add events from your dashboard and display them however you want — calendar, list, or shortcode. No fuss. Just works.
The settings panel lets you decide how your events should look and behave.
Features
- Event posts added directly from your dashboard
- Multiple layout and styling options
- Display as list or calendar
- Built-in registration form
- Payment support via IPN
- Download attendee reports to CSV or email
- One-click add to calendar
- Google Maps support for locations
- Widgets and shortcodes to embed events anywhere
Developers plugin page
Pro Version
The Pro upgrade unlocks a truckload of extras:
* Stripe payment integration
* Mailchimp sync
* Event imports (CSV)
* Advanced reporting
* Guest events — let visitors submit t…
Ratings & Reviews
4.967 reviews
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Recent Reviews
excellent!
by zangpartij·10 months ago·1 reply
I just stumbled around this plugin (by asking chatgpt), after trying some known ones.
This is by far the best i could find! Thank you very much for your effort!
The programming is structured, back-end setting are clear to understand and logically organized.
Good idea to base it on posts!
Greetz Harrie.
Great Support
by dpiller·1 year ago
Not sure that I really can utilize the upgrade facility, however during installation and setup QEM support has solves two other problems that I’ve been struggling with between QEM, Theme and Elementor. Thanks for the assistance. Don P
Great Plugin
by juliesuccess·3 years ago·1 reply
I was having so many issues with another popular plugin for events. I switched to this and within minutes had all the issues solved that were problems with the other plugin. Seems to be a faster plugin as well. Great plugin so far! Lots of help on the forum.
Great support!
·3 years ago
We had a problem after an update with the plugin failing in an old version of PHP (yea, I know…). Within hours they responded, helped figure out that was our problem, made a code change so it worked, and issued a new version of the plugin. If I could I’d give them more than five stars for their incredible support!
Had a problem with the plugin after the upgrade of WordPress
by helgerg·3 years ago
After upgrading WordPress, some of the functionality broke. After contacting support Alan promptly took his time to guide me thru the debugging process until we found a solution that worked.
Download Trends
Today: 10Yesterday: 12This week: 72Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v9.17
65.1%
Other
21.6%
v9.8
7.9%
v9.16
5.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
9.17 – 28 Oct 2025
- Support for WordPress 6.8.3
Contributors
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