I was having difficulty downloading a… I was having difficulty downloading a .zip file plug-in on my MAC. I contacted The Events Calendar support and received a quick response from Iris. Her support enabled me to fix the problem in 30 seconds. Thank you very much, Iris!

A rewrite to version 6 required a… A rewrite to version 6 required a database upgrade. The upgrade causes the plugin to fail and display error messages on the site. Of course this is partly because we use a multisite implementation of Wordpress. A more mature product would have a smoother upgrade path - or at the very least the ability to export, reinstall and import data. Another issue is the plugin requires too much CSS customization. Lack of support makes it difficult to back out of these issues. Maybe time to look for alternatives. (Have been using TEC for a decade on various sites.)

Tristan provided great guidance on…Implementing New Event Creation Tristan provided great guidance on implementing PHP creation of new events by directing me to the applicable links. Was also VERY quick to respond.

Avoid The Events Calendar at all costs Avoid The Events Calendar at all costs. It caused SEO issues stating duplicate pages for every event created. Then after over a year of using it with the Mega Max Menu plugin it suddenly became incompatible and was breaking the site 2-3 times a day for months. We spent nearly a grand on a website developer to identify and fix the issue. The issue was solely the Events Calendar Pro plugin which we deactivated and created an entirely new Events page. I reached out for a refund which The Events Calendar team declined immediately. Read their reviews, they are terrible to work with.

Ridiculously poor support Tried this twice, almost 1 year apart. Both times had issues where it wouldn't work on two separate websites running different themes. Both times experienced VERY poor support from "support" people such as Truman Dorn and Marta Kozak, with an attitude of, "Well, you should probably research and figure out what the problem is." So wait, why are YOU here?