MF Gig Calendar WordPress Plugin
I'm Matthew Fries (that's where the MF in MF Gig Calendar comes from) and I'm a NYC jazz pianist and part-time web developer. I developed this plugin because I wanted a flexible and easy to use performance calendar for my own music website. In the process I tried to create something that would work for more than just musicians. I've added a few features since it started:
Current Features
- beginning and end dates for multiple-day events
- WordPress's WYSIWYG editor for the event description so you can include styled text, links, images and other media in your event list
- a duplicate function to make it easier if you have a repeating event that you don't want to re-enter over and over
- an RSS feed
- a widget to list a few upcoming events in the sidebar
- an archive to view past events by year
- supports localization (waiting on translations...)
- shortcode variables to customize the output
The calendar can be placed in any PAGE or POST on your WordPress site - even in more than one place. Just include the following short code where you want the calendar to appear:
[mfgigcal]Requires WordPress 3.3 or newer because of the changes to the WordPress WYSIWYG editor. Personally tested up to 3.8.
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As a general rule I've tried to keep this as simple and flexible as possible. If you're a musician and you want really fancy - ticketing info, mapping, tour grouping, and all the bells and whistles you can stand - you should check out "Gigs Calendar" by Dan Coulter over at blogsforbands.com. It's a great plugin that I've also used quite a few times on other sites that has all kinds of cool features specific to musicians and fans. Really, it's great.
Matthew Fries
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Usage of MF Gig Calendar over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 39 to 58 — up 19 (+48.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 58 | +2 |
| June 2024 | 56 | +2 |
| May 2024 | 54 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 54 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 54 | +5 |
| February 2024 | 49 | +3 |
| January 2024 | 46 | +3 |
| December 2023 | 43 | +9 |
| November 2023 | 34 | +1 |
| October 2023 | 33 | -3 |
| September 2023 | 36 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 36 | -2 |
| July 2023 | 38 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 39 | — |
Themes used with MF Gig Calendar
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Canvas |
| 2 | Enfold-child |
| 3 | Genesis |
| 4 | Enfold |
| 5 | Kallyas |
| 6 | Canvas-child |
| 7 | Stylemix |
| 8 | Jupiterx-child |
| 9 | Jupiterx |
| 10 | Sirava-ub |
| 11 | Headway |
| 12 | Alterna |
| 13 | Tavern |
| 14 | Convac-lite |
| 15 | Mh_magazine |
| 16 | Responsive |
| 17 | Wp-critique101 |
| 18 | Valenti |
| 19 | Avada3 |
| 20 | Evolution |
Sites running MF Gig Calendar
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