As of April 2026, VS Event List is a WordPress Event plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 81 reviews. It has been downloaded 547K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 15% this week. Support resolution rate: 25%. Top alternative: The Events Calendar.
With this lightweight plugin you can create an event list.
Main features of the plugin:
After installation go to menu item “Events” and create some events.
Go to the editor and add the VS Event List block or the shortcode [vsel] to a page. This will display your event list.
Or go to Appearance > Widgets and use the VS Event List…
Having previously used “The Events Calendar” I was looking for a more lightweight events plugin that would be easier to use but still flexible enough in terms of customising the display of events. This does everything I needed!
This plugin is great, it was exactly what I wanted for my project! My only wish would be to have a ‘duplicate’ function so when I create multiple events of the same nature but for different dates, I can reduce how much time I spend doing them.
A uncomplicated plugin that does exactly what I want it to do.
This simple event plugin is exactly what I was looking for. It offers all the basic options I need and is easy to style with custom CSS.
I had tried a few other event calendar plugins. Crazy complicated. Took forever to add an event. And forget about explaining it to a client. If they could figure out these plugins they were probably building their own website too.
My client just wanted to say, Business networking mixer Thursday evening at this pub,” or something equally simple. I needed a plugin for a basic event listing that I could setup easily and then build a small cheat sheet for my client to carry on from. This plugin solved the problem.
Thank you.
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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