Title: Minimalistic Event Manager Author: Manuel Schmalstieg Published: Novanm 2, 2012 Last modified: Dawout 21, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/minimalistic-event-manager/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1637178) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/minimalistic-event-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1637165) # Minimalistic Event Manager By [Manuel Schmalstieg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/targz-1/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager.1.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/) ## Description This plugin (MEM or Minimalistic Event Manager) is intended for theme authors and developers who want a simple, robust and flexible solution for managing event dates. The MEM plugin offers a clean interface that allows to add _event dates_ (start dates, end dates, repeating dates) to _posts_ (and to any custom post type). #### The main features * Event dates can be attached to any post type: Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types…( optionally, they can be restricted to specific content types). * Event dates can be of three types: start dates, end dates, repeating dates. * There is no mandatory date format: Time, Day, and Month are optional. An event date could be “January 2046”, or just “2046”. #### What the plugin doesn’t do The MEM plugin works as a simple interface for entering those dates into custom fields, but it won’t do much on the public side of your theme (there’s a simple widget for displaying a list of events). The plugin was created primarily to enable theme developers to create their own display of events on the front-end. If you aren’t sure how to achieve this, [our wiki](https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/wiki) will provide a collection of examples to get you started. #### Technical implementation Technically, the MEM plugin stores the dates as ordinary Custom Fields, in a _machine- readable_ format (such as “2016-11-23 13:37”). This gives you absolute freedom for displaying your events in your theme: * You can query for specific date ranges by using the meta_key / meta_compare parameters. * You can use the php `date` function to display the date in any possible manner( or `date_i18n` for proper localization). #### Plugin options The plugin has two settings that can be modified with a few lines in your `functions. php` file: * You can limit it to specific post types. * You can use an “alpha” mode, which gives you a blank input field for each date. This can be useful if you need to enter dates that don’t fit the predefined format. See the online documentation for the full instructions. #### Links [**Documentation**](https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/wiki) #### Credits * **Concept and maintenance** [ms-studio.net](http://ms-studio.net) * **Initial development**: [Dream Production](http://dreamproduction.net/) ## Screenshots * [[ * The initial state, no dates are set yet. * [[ * The start date is being entered. * [[ * An event with start date, repeating twice. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin to your plugins directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress For more detailed instructions, see [Installing Plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins). After activating the plugin, refer to the [wiki](https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/wiki) for further instructions. ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Upload the plugin to your plugins directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress For more detailed instructions, see [Installing Plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins). After activating the plugin, refer to the [wiki](https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/wiki) for further instructions. There are hundreds of plugins doing exactly this — why a new one? All the date management plugins we tested are more complicated than needed. We tried many of them. We believe that our concept is more simple, more robust and more flexible. 🙂 Is the plugin localized? Yes it is! For now, it supports English, French and German. Since the interface uses about 4 words, it’s not much work to translate it for other languages. Can I find you on GitHub? Of course, here: [https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/](https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/334beffd706bf82bd525f833d112bdbd256e5cc0a4aa09b83a2f8dcbe3066dc1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin in development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-in-development/)󠁿 [ueBe.biz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uebe/) Septanm 3, 2016 It is a simple but effective plugin, with the possibility of achieving good results [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Minimalistic Event Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Manuel Schmalstieg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/targz-1/) * [ Dan-Lucian Stefancu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/de-ce/) “Minimalistic Event Manager” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Minimalistic Event Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/minimalistic-event-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/minimalistic-event-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/minimalistic-event-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/minimalistic-event-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/minimalistic-event-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.1 * Fixing plugin textdomain * updating german translation #### 1.1.0 * version bump (WP compatibility) #### 1.0.9 * widget improvement: added filter (mem_event_date_display) that allows to customize the widget date format. #### 1.0.8 * widget bugfix: when number of upcoming events is greater than display limit, events in the near future should be displayed first. * removed useless html tag in widget output, thanks to @macemmek * fixed warning message, thanks to @danhollywells #### 1.0.7 * do not load the widget code if PHP is lower than 5.3, to avoid white screen of death. #### 1.0.6 * version bump (fixing an issue in 1.0.5 where the funtions directory wasn’t included). #### 1.0.5 * adding a widget to display a list of events on the frontend. * adding a function that facilitates custom display of event information. #### 1.0.4 * adapting to post-MP6 dashboard design * removing 32-characters limitation when using “alpha” mode * adding some date format translation strings, useful when using [the mem-extras](https://github.com/ms-studio/mem-extras) #### 1.0.3 * uses the icon font of MP6 if available #### 1.0.2 * improves css to adhere to MP6 * fixes a php error visible in debug mode * fixes a js error, props to @Dan2k3k4 #### 1.0.1 * fixes activation error on some older php versions #### 1.0 * initial public release ## Meta * Version **1.1.1** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **70+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.28** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/), and [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/minimalistic-event-manager) * Tags * [dates](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dates/)[events](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/events/) [time](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/) * [Advanced View](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/minimalistic-event-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimalistic-event-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Manuel Schmalstieg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/targz-1/) * [ Dan-Lucian Stefancu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/de-ce/) ## Support Got something to say? 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