A church calendar on WordPress that volunteers can keep up
Most church websites need the same calendar: a weekly service, a few monthly groups, special services around the holidays, and the occasional potluck or retreat people sign up for. Here's how to set that up in WordPress so volunteers can keep it current, and what to check in whatever plugin you use. Disclosure: I build Beacon Events, a WordPress events plugin. The setup below works in most…
Most church websites require a consistent calendar to keep track of weekly services, monthly groups, special holiday services and occasional events. WordPress provides a simple solution for volunteers to maintain this calendar. To make it easy for volunteers to update the calendar, choose a plugin that allows for easy modification of single events rather than the entire series.
After setting up basic calendar structure, consider adding additional features such as subscription links, colors for different ministries, addresses, maps, and RSVPs with capacities and waitlists for events requiring sign-ups. If your church office manages the master calendar in Google Calendar, syncing the calendar feed into your events plugin can provide a customized website experience.
Beacon Events is a free WordPress events plugin that covers most of these features, such as repeating events, second Tuesdays and last Fridays, moving or canceling events, a subscription link, category colors, and Google Calendar sync. Beacon Events also offers an optional paid add-on with RSVPs, capacities, waitlists and reminder emails.
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