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ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode

ChronoFlo Calendar is the best looking embeddable calendar software on the web. With an innovative timeline-based navigation, unrivalled visual customization options and rich media content, there is no better way of…

Active installs30+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d86▲ +26.5% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score24/100At risk
All-time downloads2.7KSince Mar 2018
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.4PHP 5.2.4+
Downloads · 7d14▼ -41.7% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (30+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 8 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

135Jul 10Aug 23Oct 7
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day14May 18, 2026
Last 12 months694

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
calendar >100 2,537 Best calendar plugins →
calendars >100 2,535 Best calendars plugins →
Event >100 8,950 Best Event plugins →
events >100 8,945 Best events plugins →
events calendar >100 1,381 Best events calendar plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

About ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode

From the official readme · v1.0

Description

ChronoFlo Calendar is the best looking embeddable calendar software on the web. With an innovative timeline-based navigation, unrivalled visual customization options and rich media content, there is no better way of promoting your events to your customers.

This plugin provides a shortcode to embed a ChronoFlo calendar on your website. Please note that you will need to sign up for a (free) account on www.chronoflocalendar.com to create your calendar.

Why choose ChronoFlo Calendar:
– Choose from our beautiful hand-designed calendar templates
– Or create your own themes to perfectly match your branding
– Incude a background image to make your calendar really stand out
– Include rich media – including images, videos and audio – in your calendar
– Pioneering timeline navigation makes it effortless to explore the calendar
– Create content for your events using the popular and powerful markdown text language
– Populate your calendar with content from RSS feeds, iCal files or JSON*

*Requires premium account

ChronoFlo Calendar’s free account offers the following:
– Create a fully functional calendar
– Include images and videos from the web on the calendar
– Create your own theme for the calendar
– Embed the calendar on your website
– 100/month embeddable views
– Output calendar as a printable PDF

ChronoFlo Calendar’s premium accounts offer the following:
– All the functionality of the free account
– Upload images from your computer to our servers
– Embeddable calendars can use feeds
– Higher limits on monthly embeddable views and number of events
– Feeds work on shared and embedded calendars
– No ChronoFlo Branding
– No adverts

Please note ChronoFlo Calendar Accounts cannot be used commercially by digital agencies/consultants to create calendars for clients. If you want to create a timeline for a client, please contact us at help@chronoflocalendar.com for rates.

Help

If you are struggling to get things to work, please visit our WordPress support page. Alternatively, contact us by email at help@chronoflocalendar.com and we’ll respond as quickly as we can

Installation

  1. If you haven’t already, sign up for a free or premium account on the ChronoFlo Calendar website
  2. Create or edit your calendar on the ChronoFlo Calendar website
  3. Obtain the embedkey for your calendar. You can find this as follows:
    • Select the ‘Share and embed’ option in the Options panel
    • Copy the embedkey text. It will look something like this: 68-1662695519
  4. Now install the ChronoFlo Calendar plugin. You can do this as follows:
    • Login to your WordPress dashboard
    • Select Plugins -> Add New from the options on the left
    • Enter ChronoFlo Calendar into the search field
    • Click on the install button for ChronoFlo Calendar
    • Alternatively, you can download a zipped version of the plugin here and manually install it in wordpress’s plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins/)
  5. Now activate the plugin in your WordPress dashboard
    • Select Plugins -> Add New from the options on the left
    • Click the activate option against the ChronoFlo Calendar plugin
  6. You can now use the ChronoFlo shortcode to embed the calendar on youe website

Shortcode Instructions:

Enter the following code into a WordPress post where you want the calendar to appear, making sure to replace the embed code with the code you obtained in step 3 above. You can also change the width and heights to change the dimensions of the calendar.

[chronoflo_calendar embedkey=”68-1662695519″ width=”100%” height=”500″]

Changelog

1.0

  • first release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026

Is ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode free?

Yes. ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode safe to use in 2026?

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.

How many websites use ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode?

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,716 times since it launched in March 2018. It was downloaded 86 times in the last 30 days.

Does ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode work with WordPress 7.1?

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode need?

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode requires PHP 5.2.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode last updated?

The latest version, 1.0, was released on March 22, 2018 (9 years ago).

Who makes ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode?

ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode is developed and maintained by webalon.

What are the best alternatives to ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode?

The most popular alternatives to ChronoFlo Calendar ShortCode are The Events Calendar (600K+ installs), Events Manager (60K+ installs) and Timetable and Event Schedul… (30K+ installs).

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