Calendar Posts
Adds a ‘calendar-box’ to the edit post mode. Here you set up to 10 different dates for your post to be associated with. Through a sidebar widget you control how to display posts that have upcoming dates set to them…
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Calendar Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 15 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.1 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Calendar Posts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| calendar | >100 |
| calendar posts | >100 |
| events | >100 |
| post | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Calendar Posts
From the official readme · v0.7.1Description
Adds a ‘calendar-box’ to the edit post mode. Here you set up to 10 different dates for your post to be associated with. Through a sidebar widget you control how to display posts that have upcoming dates set to them. This plugin should work fine with other post plugins and the posts you add “calendar-post-dates” will still be displayed in your normal blog post flow.
Features:
- Adds Date Picker (jQuery) box to ‘edit post mode’.
- Up to 10 different dates can be set for one post.
- Configurable widget to choose how your sidebar calendar will look.
- CSS customizable through your themes stylesheet. Developers can style the output as they like. (Non developers can pick some css-code in the FAQ’s)
Installation
- Upload
calendar-poststo your plugins-directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
or
- Download, install and activate
calendar-poststhrough the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Changelog
Last version, 0.7, missed jQuery files. Upgrade to repair plugin.
Future versions
- Time will be displayed
- Better localized
0.7.1
- Last version missed jQuery files. Misstake during upload of version (sorry)
0.7
- Defaults to english calendar names (months and days).
0.6
- First public ‘beta’ release
Screenshots
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FAQ
Calendar Posts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Calendar Posts free?
Yes. Calendar Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Calendar Posts safe to use in 2026?
Calendar Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Calendar Posts?
Calendar Posts is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 8,705 times since it launched in May 2011. It was downloaded 40 times in the last 30 days.
Does Calendar Posts work with WordPress 7.1?
Calendar Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 3.1.4, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Calendar Posts last updated?
The latest version, 0.7.1, was released on May 18, 2011 (15 years ago).
Who makes Calendar Posts?
Calendar Posts is developed and maintained by swedish boy.
What are the best alternatives to Calendar Posts?
The most popular alternatives to Calendar Posts are The Events Calendar (600K+ installs), Events Manager (60K+ installs) and Timetable and Event Schedul… (30K+ installs).
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