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Meet WP Event Manager, A Lightweight, Open Source And Easy-To-Use Event Management Plugin

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On March 15, 2017

In Plugins, Showcase

If you have a site that is up and running, you know that there are many little things that go into making it a well-functioning system that looks seamless and effortless. The struggles and the work that goes into it, many a times just stays with you. With each new feature, comes its own set of dos and don’ts, needs and requirement, and if you are not a technical person, this list is sure to scare you away. The latest feature that is making its rounds in the block is event management plugins that do a great job at managing events on your site. Right from the booking and registration to the recurring event, keeping calendar dates with map location integration, event management plugins are the talk of the tech and website town. And one great example of event management plugins is WP Event Manager.

What is WP event manager?

This simple event management tool is easy to use and a great accessory for users on WordPress. WP Event Manager manages your events right from handling the registration process to event listings, selling tickets, keeping dates and integrating Google Maps for your location, and much more.

Who needs WP Event Manager?

This all-in-one power tool is great if you are a site that deals with a lot of social events, concerts or even meet-ups. WP Event Manager also keeps track of your attendees, allowing you to send them notifications, reminders and alerts for upcoming events, change in schedule and just overall organization. WP Event Manager is a great tool to organise and put together an event with ease and finesse.

How to get WP Event Manager?

This is an open source plugin for WordPress users and comes completely free. This fully responsive plugin works on different browsers right from Chrome and Firefox to Explorer and Safari. It comes equipped with multi lingual features and is translation ready, making it great for any language. The plugin can also be used on multiple templates, and is easy to customize. This plugin is smooth running and is also super simple to use.

With WP Event Manager you not only get one smooth working plugin that delivers what it promises, you get many little features that give WP Event Manager that little extra, which is what makes it the market favourite. While WP Event Manager is completely free, and great on its own there are add-ons that are a great accompaniment to the entire programme.

One can install the plugin in either of two ways – Automatic Installation and Manual Installation

Automatic Installation

Installing the plugin automatically is the easiest option among the two options available as in this the WordPress handles the file transfers itself. Steps to follow –

  • Login to your WordPress admin panel
  • Navigate to the Plugins menu
  • Click Add New
  • Type “WP Event Manager” in the search field and click Search Plugins
  • Once you found the plugin, simply click on Install Now button and it can be installed

Manual Installation

Under the manual installation, you need to download the plugin and upload it to your web server via FTP application. Steps to follow –

  • Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it
  • Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  • Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu within the WordPress admin. 

The Features

When you sign-up for the WP Event Manager, you get other features that allow you to register attendees- allowing you to make customised forms, manage events and registration through your dashboard. The plugin also allows you to keep a detailed record of the attendee, offering you assistance in managing your event. With WP Event Manager you also get plugins that allow you to sell tickets to your attendees. Whether it is paid tickets or just sponsored and free tickets, the plugin makes all that much simpler. You can also choose variable tiered ticketing system where different tickets go at different prices.

  • User Friendly Frontend Event Submission Form
  • Event Submission Preview
  • Event Dashboard
  • A User Friendly Admin Panel
  • Easy Frontend Event Search Filters
  • Easy To Customize & Override Templates

How to use WP Event Manager plugins

The Calendar Plugin allows you to display your events on your website in the most convenient way. The plugin collects the events listing on our page and lays the out in a calendar format which is easy to understand.

The Google Maps plugin is great to help locate the exact point of your event. This is a great way to impress attendees who sign up for the event, its simple to use and easy to understand, and guarantees attendance on the next event. The plugin also allows you to measure the distance in different units and use other filters to get information on the location of the event. This is a great way to make a good impression of guests who are unfamiliar with the location. Google Maps, with its markers, suggestions and filters makes the whole process a lot better.

If you are an event nomad, and plan different events, all over the globe on varied subjects, WP Event Manager has something for you as well. The Manager allows you to categorise different events and the plugin, the app also has a powerful search option that allows guests to browse through the list of programs and events lined up, helping them to choose what they want to register for.

Conclusion

All in all the WP Event Manager is a great tool if you are into organising events, talks, shows and programs. Whether it is a small time thing, or a multimillion dollar company, WP Event Manager has something for every scale of business.

Compatible with a variety of platforms, this tool works like a charm for one and all. Not limited to event creation alone, WP Event Manager is the single tool you will need to handle all events.

Reviewed: CMS Commander

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On February 4, 2014

In Tutorials

Imagine a scenario where you have to update some information and you have multiple websites to platform your product. Moving from one website to another, logging in (with all those passwords to remember) clicking on the update button every single time, not only is it boring, because of all the manual work involved, there are also chances that you might leave out one or two websites in the whole rigmarole.

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Introduction

CMS Commander is a service that allows you to manage multiple websites through one dashboard. All you have to do is add the plugin to each site you want to manage. Once you have that sorted, if you want to post updates, make entries, remove or add plugins etc. all you need to do is log onto one site, make the update, and CMS commander will do the rest for you.

While there is the obvious advantage of the service that there are a lot more features that really make the CMS Commander stand out from several similar services. First of all CMS Commander offers you a myriad of options in a very user friendly manner. It offers a WYSIWYG editor, which is far more effective than the regular WordPress editor, and also comes with tools to rewrite content, make it SEO friendly etc. Other management tools include- bulk posting, bulk editing, plug in storage and installation, one click updates among many others.

Key Features

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Along with the various WordPress options, CMS Commander also offers auto blogging solutions, website cloning, and several advertising options- so that you can monetise from your sites like- link generation; wherein you don’t only earn with ads but also become a platform for linking to other content providers to earn yourself a commission. Bulk content generation – to fill up new sites with content from various sources, and providing you 20 related content sources – which basically means CMS Commander will scan the internet for related videos, images, articles etc., from major sites like YouTube, Amazon, Google Yahoo etc. to boast your page rating and popularity.

Now CMS Commander is not only about managing multiple WordPress accounts, they also take security and maintenance very seriously. Among the tools offered by CMS Commander, services like Automatic WordPress back up, uptime monitoring, Google analytics integration, network traffic stats, etc are very useful. Features such as 2- factor authentication service, which is provided at CMS Commander, is fast gaining popularity as it asks for not just one but two authentications before you can access data. It is no wonder then that a company that was launched just over a year ago already helps manage over 20000 sites.

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Pricing

The service is priced depending on how many blogs or WordPress accounts you manage. While the basic consists of $0.20 per blog – if you maintain anywhere between two to 4 blogs, for management of five blogs – you have a rate of $4.90 per month, which is also being offered at $49 per year. While 10 websites’ management is priced at $9.90 per month, package for 50 comes at $29.90per month and that for 400 websites at $119.90 per month. The service also has intermittent options that for users whose websites are not rounded off to match these pricing plans. The one good thing about the service is that there are no hidden charges or any contractual based payments which means if you wish to leave- you can just walk out without answering to anyone.

In Doubt Still? Try The Service By Opting For A Trial Version

If you are still sceptical about the service, you can always opt for a trial version, which is also offered on the site. With a free 30 day trial option, you can get a feel of what the service is capable of and how well it fit into your business scheme. Keep in mind though, the free version, does come with a few restrictions like no access to Automatic backups, bulk plugins updates, websites cloning and a few other features. Never the less it is still worth the while, giving CMS Commander a shot.

Summary & Review

At the end of the day, CMS Commander can help save a lot of your time on maintaining websites, and using your time on real business tasks. CMS Commander has some really great features to offer that puts much above its competitors. What more or What less, even if you still got a doubt, then as I mentioned above why not try the service via opting for a trial version.

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Reviewed – ManageWP WordPress Management Console

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On August 27, 2013

In Tutorials

You often get frustrated when you have to go and manage each of your WordPress blogs one by one. As the process like this usually go in following way, you access your first WordPress blog, manage it, and then move to second blog, manage it and so on. But, what we are going to discuss here in this review is that have you ever tried to use any such surface which lets you collectively manage all of your WordPress blogs at one place. If not, then today we talked about ManageWP.

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An all-included WordPress management console – this is what by we derive MangeWP service as it comes as a boon for WordPress users who wants to manage safely and efficiently multiple numbers of WordPress websites all together. Whether it will be just two WordPress sites to manage or thousands, ManageWP can help you keep going in simple, easy and secure manner and all that from one dashboard.

Features & Pricing

Depending on what your needs is and what features you are looking for, ManageWP will work for you accordingly. To get started just move to the ManageWP Pricing and Plans page from where you can opt the plan which best suits and fulfils your needs. The features includes from one-click and scheduled backups to a bunch of places (Dropbox, Amazon S3, and more) to easy cloning and migration tools, user and sub-user management, alerts, security and more.

If you are having websites less than five, then the service comes free of cost to you but also remember here that the free service will comes only with the “Standard” features, means there will be no scheduled backups and lots of less features on board as compared to paid option. The ManageWP plans and pricing is distinguished under three tiers: Standard, Professional and Business with the service starting from $43.20 a month for Standard.

Installation & Configuration

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Installation

  • The best quickest and easiest way to install the Manage WP Plugin is simply by going to your WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New and search for it there by typing “ManageWP” in the search box.
  • On typing “ManageWP” you will notice that the first result will show up the plugin and all you have to do is click “Install Now.”
  • Once the installation of your Plugin has finished click the Activate Plugin link.
  • After activating the plugin, you will notice the warning box, saying “Please add this site now to your ManageWP.com account. Or deactivate the Worker plugin to avoid security issues.” This means once the plugin is activated, it’s best to complete the process by adding the site to your ManageWP account.

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Configuration

  • Since now you have installed and activated the ManageWP Worker Plugin, it’s good to add your websites to ManageWP account.
  • Begin by clicking the “Add Your First Website” button in the ManageWP Dashboard where you will notice a pop-up. Enter the requested info and click the “add site” button.
  • With this, you now have remote access to the entire back-end of that particular WordPress website from your ManageWP Dashboard.
  • If you have a larger number of websites to add, follow the instructions in the “Bulk Add or Export Websites” section located in the sidebar.

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Summary & Review

Overall, ManageWP is an amazing service for anyone who is looking for a better way to manage multiple WordPress websites at one single place. Whether you have hundreds of thousands of sites, this service will ease your job by hundreds of percent. I highly recommend this service.

Note:

1. Is your product the Next Big Thing? Wanna have the whole of world heard what you are coming up with via our website? We have two options for you to submit your WordPress-related product or service to be reviewed on JustWP.

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