{"id":1948583,"date":"2020-12-10T10:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=tribe-knowledgebase&p=1948583"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:13:37","slug":"deciding-which-plugins-to-use-on-a-membership-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/deciding-which-plugins-to-use-on-a-membership-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciding Which Calendar Plugins to Use on a Membership Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OK, so let’s say you have a website and that website is a place where users can register as members. There are probably several things you want members to be able to do that non-members cannot. That’s where a membership site calendar can come in handy.<\/p>\n\n

Each of our calendar plugins and add-ons is designed to do very specific things. For example, you use The Events Calendar to publish and manage events in a calendar format. Event Tickets can help create tickets for events published on the calendar. And Community Events allows users to publish events to the calendar without needing access to the WordPress admin. Different products do different things and we’re going to break them out to help you decide which ones you might need for your membership site.<\/p>\n\n

The Events Calendar<\/h2>\n\n

You’ll need The Events Calendar if you plan on having any sort of calendar functionality on your site. It’s free and available in the WordPress Plugin Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The plugin itself does not offer any membership features, but it can integrate with a membership plugin. For example, The Events Calendar creates an archive of events on your site that a membership plugin can restrict access to if a user is not an active member of the site.<\/p>\n\n

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WooCommerce Memberships is an extension that can limit access to certain types of content, including events created in The Events Calendar. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The idea goes for events: each event can be blocked to non-members where members have exclusive access to specific events or even entire event categories. It all depends on what membership plugin you are using and how flexible it is to limit access to certain users.<\/p>\n\n

Events Calendar Pro<\/h2>\n\n

Events Calendar Pro is a paid upgrade that enhances The Events Calendar with additional features. While many of these features might not be directly relevant to a membership site calendar, one key feature stands out: calendar shortcodes. These shortcodes allow you to embed calendar views into any WordPress page or post. Depending on the membership plugin you are using, access to these pages can be restricted to certain users.<\/p>\n\n