The Events Calendar Event Views
Choosing how your calendar displays on your website helps your visitors browse upcoming activities in the format they prefer. Setting up specific views allows your audience to toggle between list formats, monthly grids, or full photo displays depending on what fits your schedule best. When you customize these layouts, you make it easy for users to find what they need and improve the overall experience on your site.
This collection provides step-by-step guides to help you enable, customize, and troubleshoot your main calendar views. You will learn how to select your default display styles, adjust calendar settings, and fix common layout issues like columns overlapping or missing data. Use these resources to build a beautiful, responsive schedule layout that displays perfectly across all devices.
The Events Calendar Event Views articles
Use these guides to learn how to change calendar views, customize your layout, and fix display issues on your site.
Customizing Day View
Read more: Customizing Day ViewDay View displays all of the events scheduled for a single day. If the default layout doesn’t quite fit your site, small adjustments to the template can change how individual events appear and behave. Open Event Links in New Tab Template file: /wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/views/v2/day/event/title.php Override the above file with the following content, which inserts target=”_blank” after…
Customizing List View
Read more: Customizing List ViewList View is one of the most commonly used calendar displays in The Events Calendar. This article collects recipes for customizing what appears in List View. Showing the Event Organizer Out of the box, only the Venue name appears in List View. With a small customization, you can add the Organizer as well. Method 1:…
Customizing Map View
Read more: Customizing Map ViewMap View in Events Calendar Pro displays your events as an interactive map, pairing geographic visualization with event details. If you’d like to adjust how events appear or how the view behaves, a small snippet can help. This article collects Map View customizations that go beyond what the standard settings allow. Changing the Number of…
Customizing Month View
Read more: Customizing Month ViewMonth View lays out your events on a traditional calendar grid. You may want to tailor how that grid looks and behaves — from what appears inside each day to how event tooltips are presented. This article collects a range of common Month View customizations. Show All Events For a Day in Month View Sometimes…
Customizing Past Events
Read more: Customizing Past EventsPast events on your calendar may warrant their own treatment — different ordering, different styling, or visual cues that distinguish them from upcoming events. This article collects customizations for controlling how past events appear across your calendar. Showing Past Events in Reverse Order The calendar’s list and photo views show past events in chronological order…
Customizing Photo View
Read more: Customizing Photo ViewPhoto View in Events Calendar Pro displays your events as a tiled image grid, making the most of featured images. You may want to adjust how that grid looks and behaves to better fit your site’s design. This article collects a range of Photo View customizations, from small CSS tweaks to more advanced template-level changes.…
Customizing The Events Calendar Views
Read more: Customizing The Events Calendar ViewsThe Events Calendar’s calendar views — Month, List, Day, and the additional views available with Events Calendar Pro — share a common set of customization options that apply across all views. This article covers those general customizations: how many events appear, what displays in the header, how the page title is output, and more. For…
Customizing Week View
Read more: Customizing Week ViewWeek View in Events Calendar Pro displays your events in a seven-day schedule layout. You may want to adjust how that schedule looks and behaves to better fit your site. This article collects Week View customizations. Hiding Tooltips in Week View When hovering over an event in Week View, a small box pops up with…