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Why FooEvents is the #1 Alternative to The Events Calendar in 2026
The WordPress event management landscape has undergone a seismic shift recently. For years, The Events Calendar was the default choice for many. But lately, the community has been buzzing with a different kind of energy—and it’s not the good kind. If you’ve been feeling the “corporate chill” from your current plugin provider, you aren’t alone.…
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7 leading event trends in 2026 to watch (and what they mean for organizers)
If you’re planning events in 2026, you’re not just competing with other organizers. You’re competing with people’s calendars, budgets, attention spans, and the “I’ll decide later” mindset that never really went away. The good news: people still want to show up. They want experiences they can feel—music, community, learning, celebration, being part of something bigger…
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Early-Bird Campaign: 10 Effective Email Templates
An Early-bird campaign isn’t “just a coupon”. It’s a short, surgical window that rewards decisive buyers and kickstarts momentum, without teaching everyone to wait for a sale. Below is a practical, day-by-day plan you can drop into your calendar, plus copy-ready email drafts. Works great with WooCommerce and FooEvents (stock limits, usage limits, and automatic…
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How to Choose the Best Payment Gateway for Online Ticket Sales
In this post, we explore how to choose the perfect payment gateway for your online ticket sales, providing insights on the top factors to consider and how FooEvents and WooCommerce can give you the flexibility and control you need for seamless transactions. When it comes to selling tickets for your events, the ability to accept…
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5 Essential Steps to Promote Your Event on Social Media
Organizing an event is just the beginning; getting people excited and eager to attend is where the magic happens. Social media is your best friend to promote your event by creating buzz and anticipation. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you build hype for your next event on social media. 1. Start Early with Teasers…
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Create a better Attendee Experience: 4 Things Most Conferences Get Wrong
Next month, I will be attending WordCamp Europe 2024 in Turin, Italy. It will be my first time visiting Italy and I can’t wait to see the sights, catch up with old WordPress friends and meet more people from this wonderful WordPress and WooCommerce community. While WCEU is an exceptionally well-run event, it got me…
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Master WooCommerce SEO: 10 Essential Tips for Speed Optimization (2024)
In this day and age, the speed of your website is not just a convenience for users but a cornerstone of your site’s search engine optimization (SEO) and conversion rate optimization (CRO). WooCommerce SEO is a particularly important aspect of running an eCommerce website as more traffic typically results in more sales. According to research by Pingdom,…
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Create an Elementor Event Calendar using FooEvents (2024)
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to add an event calendar Elementor using FooEvents in 2024. The calendars will display multiple events that are displayed in various tabs using different display modes. Step 1: Install Elementor and FooEvents Calendar plugins First you will need to make sure that you have the Elementor plugin installed. It…
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How to use shortcodes to embed event calendars on your WordPress site
In WordPress, a shortcode is a small piece of code that allows you to add dynamic content to your pages, posts, and widgets. Shortcodes are represented by square brackets [ ] and are used to embed various types of content such as images, audio, video, forms, and more. If you’re using FooEvents to manage your…
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How to ensure your event runs smoothly using these FooEvents tools
So you’ve used FooEvents to sell tickets and the start of your event is quickly approaching. With the start line in sight, you will need to make sure that you are ready to provide your attendees with a smooth and seamless experience on the day of the event. In this post, we’ll guide you through…
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How to build a WordPress conference website in under 30 minutes
Building websites has never been easier. WordPress is supported by thousands of powerful tools that are easy to use and make it possible to build professional websites in record time. To help illustrate this, I challenged myself to build a sophisticated WordPress conference website in under 30 minutes. The Brief The 30-Minute Challenge Given the…
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How to use ChatGPT for events
The events industry is rapidly evolving, and so are the tools and technologies used to plan and execute successful events. With the advent of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), event managers now have a valuable resource at their disposal to streamline their operations and enhance their guests’ experience. One such tool is ChatGPT, an OpenAI-powered language…
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WordCamp Cape Town 2019
FooEvents is proud to be a sponsor of WordCamp Cape Town 2019 #WCCT19. The 10th Annual WordCamp Cape Town will be held on 26 and 27 September 2019 at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Milnerton, Cape Town. Purchase your tickets now and get access to the two-day event including admission to all talks, workshops, and…
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How to prepare for large events like a pro with FooEvents
You’ve used FooEvents to sell tickets, and now your large event is fast approaching. When you’re checking in thousands of attendees at an event, every second counts. Even if you have less than 1,000 attendees, a delay of a single second for each check-in amounts to over 16 minutes of lost time. In this post…
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Speed up your WooCommerce Website with these 3 proven techniques (2024)
Would you like to increase conversions and improve SEO? Then the best way to do this is to speed up your website! According to skilled.co, a 1-second delay in page load speed can result in an 11% decrease in page views and a 7% reduction in conversions. Page speed is also an important ranking factor…
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Infographic: Event Planning Roadmap
Planning an event is a mammoth task and it’s hard to keep track of everything that needs to be done, especially over longer periods of time. To make life a bit easier, we’ve designed a basic event planning roadmap that you can print out and mount on your wall. While it does not cover every…
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FooEvents Ultimate Event Checklist (Free Download)
Whether you are planning a concert, church camp, school function, fund raiser, conference or sports fixture there are a number of common tasks that need to be taken care of in order for the event to be a success. It can be hard to identify all these actives, so in order to help you out,…
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Introduction to WordPress and WooCommerce
If you are an event manager and have just discovered FooEvents, you are probably very excited to have found the perfect solution to selling tickets online. You might, however, be new to WordPress and WooCommerce and find the whole mix of software a bit intimidating. Fear not, we have written a short guide that will…
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