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WP FullCalendar

Uses the FullCalendar library to create a stunning calendar view of events, posts and other custom post types

By Marcus (aka @msykes)·Calendar·Free
4.7(96 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months ago
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As of April 2026, WP FullCalendar is a WordPress calendar plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 96 reviews. It has been downloaded 208K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Downloads are up 15% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: The Events Calendar.

4.7/596 reviews
9.0K+active installs
0%resolved
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

FullCalendar is a free open source jQuery plugin by Adam Arshaw which generates a stunning calendar populated with your events.

This plugin combines the power of FullCalendar 3.x and WordPress to present your posts or any other custom post type in a calendar format, which can be filtered by custom taxonomies such as categories and tags.

Demo – See it in action

Features

  • AJAX powered
  • Month/Week/Day views
  • Style your calendar with dozens of themes or create your own with the jQuery ThemeRoller
  • Filter by taxonomy, such as category, tag etc.
  • Supports custom post types and custom taxonomies
  • Popout/Tooltip post summaries and thumbnails when you hover over your calendar items.
  • Integrates seamlessly with Events Manager
  • Various hooks and filters for added flexibility for developers

Credits

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Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

4.796 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Vulnerability: FullCalendar <= 1.6 – Unauthenticated Information Exposure
by fedeltamedia·1 month ago

Vulnerability: FullCalendar <= 1.6 – Unauthenticated Information Exposure

Developer doesn’t want to fix the problem

Post Status for future posts
by tomjungmedia·1 year ago

The plugin works quite well. However, it was irritating that posts in the future are not displayed. This is primarily due to the query in the plugin as to whether the status is “publish”. However, WordPress sets this to “future” for the posts. However, this could be

$args[‘post_status’] = array(‘publish’, ‘future’); // shows ‘publish’ and ‘future’ status

solved.

For developers
by o2xav·2 years ago

The plugin works well but it’s not another “end user” plugin.
If you are not a dev, look for another solution because it will not magically show a list of events with start date and time / end date and time functionnality, you’ll need to work on it’s available filters and some custom fields for that.

Otherwise, thanks for the job, its works well except for the tax_query

        $args[‘tax_query’] = array();
        foreach ( get_object_taxonomies($post_type) as $taxonomy_name ) {
            if ( !empty($_REQUEST[$taxonomy_name]) ) {
                $args[‘tax_query’][] = array(
                    ‘taxonomy’ => $taxonomy_name,
                    ‘field’ => ‘id’,
                    ‘terms’ => absint($_REQUEST[$taxonomy_name]),
                );
            }
        }

For some reason, if you create / edit a custom post type’s custom taxonomy, the events stop showing altogether in the calendar, even if the wpfc_post_taxonomies options field is empty. So I had to comment that whole part for it to work again.

  • This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by o2xav.
Doesn’t Work with CPT’s
by Jeff Brigman·2 years ago

Even though they state it will work with custom post types, it won’t display on the correct date because it relies on the post date instead. If it’s a multi day event, same thing and will only display on the post date.

The plugin has potential but until the Dev makes it to where it will actually work properly with CPT’s, it’s useless.

Great plugin but needs documentation
by veedot2·2 years ago

Great plugin but needs documentation

Download Trends

Today: 17Yesterday: 28This week: 127Period total: 12K

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.6
65.0%
v1.5
15.3%
v1.2
9.6%
v1.4
6.9%
Other
3.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.6

  • fixed reported security vulnerability allowing potential XSS submitted by authenticated uses in shortcode
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

MarcusMarcusPixelitePixelitemikelynnmikelynn
Plugin Info
Version
1.6
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2025
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
9.0K+
Downloads
208K+
Added
May 3, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

calendarcalendarsajax calendarevent calendarsevents calendar

Developer

M
Marcus (aka @msykes)
13 plugins0.2M+ total installs
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