Need a calendar for your blog or website? Well lets take a look at some of the available calendars that Wordpress offers. I looked at three different stats to judge which calendar I would use if I need one. The three categories are: downloads, rating, and compatibility. Compatibility is a voting option used by Wordpress users to say whether or not the calendar works for them.
Events Calendar
Downloads: 237,420
Rating: 3 Stars
Compatibility: Broken
Extremely easy to install, options menu is small and simple. The options menu to add a new event is very simple to navigate. The best thing about it is the small calendar that fits in your sidebar perfectly. There is a reason this calendar has 237,000 downloads. This is my pick for which calendar to use.
Calendar
Downloads: 100,692
Rating: 4 Stars
Compatibility: Works
Yes its just called Calendar. It was, as is true with most plugins/widgets, easy to install. Calendar offers you 3 options to manage and edit your calendar. One of the best options is an editable CSS sheet within the options. Adding events and managing categories is simple. The basic calendar is plain and boring so this is a big benefit.
Event Calendar 3
Downloads: 142,495
Rating: 4 Stars
Compatibility: Works
Event Calendar 3 is easy to install and its options menu is simple and easy to use. However I was not impressed by my first trial of it. After successfully following the install instructions I still had error messages about the code, and the CSS needed to be tweaked to allow appropriate room on the sidebar.
Conclusion
As with any CMS or CMS options it is really up to you to decide on what works best. I really liked Events Calendar. There is a reason that it has been the most download calendar plugin. It may not work for you as it seems not to work for some. Just try any of these three or any other ones you seem to like or might fit well in your blog/website.
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