Hi @birger1, thanks for reaching out!
I caught your review and just wanted to let you know we hear you: having Filter Bar in embedded calendar views would indeed be a killer feature. In fact, we’ve discussed it as a team a number of times and would really like to tackle it.
That said, I’d like to elaborate on a couple of things for the sake of context.
First, you’re certainly correct that this is a popular feature request. But it’s not the top. That would be adding support for recurring event support for tickets, which is something we’ve been working on diligently for a while. It’s a massive effort that requires a complete re-write of how recurring events work and our ability to tackle both features at the same time is simply not there. Not an excuse at all, but worth calling out because we are super intentional with our priorities and take all feature requests seriously. Both feature requests are on our long-term roadmap.
Second, I see you’ve given us a 1-star rating for The Events Calendar, but the two features you’re referring to here (filters and embedded views) are actually not part of The Events Calendar plugin — those are paid extras that are available in our Filter Bar and Events Calendar Pro add-ons. While I totally get you’re disappointed with the lack integration between those two add-ons, is there something specific about The Events Calendar itself that led to such a poor review?
If so, please let us know so we can keep making this free plugin as awesome as possible! If not, it’d be great if you’d consider revising your rating to reflect the plugin rather than the premium add-ons.
> On top, that addon cost the same as the pro version and is only very limited available… dissapointng.
Just to be crystal clear: both Filter Bar and Events Calendar Pro are add-ons to The Events Calendar and offer their own sets of features that enhance the calendar. They’re priced the same and we believe offer extremely valuable benefits that are worthy of those prices. Giving them extra superpowers to integrate together so that filters are included with shortcodes is indeed a fantastic idea — at the same time, I’d argue that doesn’t speak at all to their respective pricing or the quality of The Events Calendar as a free offering.
Again, thanks for dropping a review in here! While we would love to see more stars, it’s always good to know what folks are looking for and we’ll keep doing our part to make the calendar as robust, flexible, performant and secure as possible.
Cheers,
Geoff
