MF Gig Calendar (mf-gig-calendar) free WordPress plugin

I’m Matthew Fries (that’s where the MF in MF Gig Calendar comes from) and I’m a NYC jazz pianist and part-time web developer. I developed this plugin because I wanted a flexible and easy to use performance calendar for my own music website. In the process I tried to create something that would work for more than just musicians. I’ve added a few features since it started:

Current Features

• beginning and end dates for multiple-day events
• WordPress’s WYSIWYG editor for the event description so you can include styled text, links, images and other media in your event list
• a duplicate function to make it easier if you have a repeating event that you don’t want to re-enter over and over
• an RSS feed
• a widget to list a few upcoming events in the sidebar
• an archive to view past events by year
• supports localization (waiting on translations…)
• shortcode variables to customize the output

The calendar can be placed in any PAGE or POST on your WordPress site – even in more than one place. Just include the following short code where you want the calendar to appear:

[mfgigcal]

Requires WordPress 3.3 or newer because of the changes to the WordPress WYSIWYG editor. Personally tested up to 4.1.

Want to keep in touch? Here are a few options…

• www.matthewfries.com
• facebook
• twitter

As a general rule I’ve tried to keep this as simple and flexible as possible. If you’re a musician and you want really fancy – ticketing info, mapping, tour grouping, and all the bells and whistles you can stand – you should check out “Gigs Calendar” by Dan Coulter over at blogsforbands.com. It’s a great plugin that I’ve also used quite a few times on other sites that has all kinds of cool features specific to musicians and fans. Really, it’s great.