GravityCalendar

Description

GravityCalendar – Dynamic Calendar for Gravity Forms

GravityCalendar is a powerful WordPress calendar add-on that transforms Gravity Forms entries into interactive, dynamic calendars. It is ideal for businesses, nonprofits, schools, agencies, event organizers, and developers who need to display events, schedules, registrations, deadlines, appointments, or other date-based form data in a clear calendar interface.

Instead of maintaining calendar information separately, GravityCalendar works directly with your Gravity Forms data. New submissions can appear on the calendar automatically, while changes to dates and times remain connected to the underlying form entries. This makes it a practical solution for building calendar-driven WordPress websites and data-based applications.

Feature Highlights

• 📅 Turn Gravity Forms Entries Into Calendars – Display date-based form submissions as interactive calendars without maintaining a separate event database.
• 🎨 Customizable Calendar Presentation – Adjust layouts, colors, event information, and display settings to better match your website.
• 🔄 Recurring Event Support – Create recurring events through the Gravity Forms Event Field integration and display them on your calendar.
• 🖱️ Drag-and-Drop Editing – Allow authorized users to change event dates and times directly from the calendar interface.
• 🔎 Conditional Logic & URL Filtering – Control which entries appear and create more targeted calendar experiences.
• 📲 Calendar Subscriptions & ICS Export – Let visitors subscribe to calendar feeds or export events for use with compatible calendar applications.
• ⚡ Dynamic AJAX Loading – Load visible events dynamically to help keep calendars efficient when working with large event datasets.
• 🧩 Flexible Embedding Options – Display calendars using Gutenberg blocks, shortcodes, widgets, or GravityView integrations.

Detailed Overview

GravityCalendar is designed for websites where important calendar information already lives inside Gravity Forms. Rather than forcing administrators to enter the same information into multiple systems, the plugin turns form entries into a visual calendar that visitors can browse.

For example, you can use GravityCalendar to display community events, class schedules, staff availability, project deadlines, registrations, appointments, workshops, or other date-based submissions. The calendar reads directly from your form entries, so new submissions can appear automatically and deleted entries disappear from the calendar.

GravityCalendar supports start and end dates, times, event titles, conditional logic, and recurring event workflows. The optional Gravity Forms Event Field can simplify event data collection by combining dates, times, timezone information, and repeat settings into a specialized field.

For larger calendars, dynamic event loading can request only the events that visitors need to see as they navigate the calendar. This can be particularly useful for websites with hundreds or thousands of entries.

GravityCalendar also provides several ways to publish the finished calendar. You can use a Gutenberg block, shortcode, WordPress widget, or GravityView widget, giving developers flexibility when integrating calendars into existing WordPress layouts.

Comparison Table

GravityCalendar takes a different approach from standalone WordPress event plugins. Its major advantage is its close relationship with Gravity Forms, making it especially useful when your event or schedule data is already collected through forms.

Feature	GravityCalendar	Typical Standalone Calendar Plugin	Custom-Coded Calendar
Gravity Forms integration	✓ Native	△ Usually requires integration	△ Requires development
Display form entries as calendar events	✓ Yes	△ Depends on integration	✓ Possible
Front-end event submission	✓ Via Gravity Forms	△ Depends on plugin	✓ Custom development
Drag-and-drop date editing	✓ Yes	△ Depends on plugin	✓ Custom development
Recurring events	✓ Supported	✓ Often supported	△ Requires development
ICS export / calendar subscription	✓ Yes	✓ Common	△ Requires development
Conditional logic	✓ Yes	△ Varies	✓ Customizable
Development effort	✓ Low	✓ Low–Moderate	✗ High

GravityCalendar is particularly suited to websites already using Gravity Forms. A standalone event plugin may be preferable when you need a self-contained event-management system with features such as dedicated venues, organizers, ticketing, and event-specific taxonomies.

Installation Guide

1. Prepare WordPress: Make sure your WordPress website is installed and functioning correctly.
2. Install Gravity Forms: Install and activate Gravity Forms, which GravityCalendar requires to collect and manage the underlying entries.
3. Install GravityCalendar: Upload and install the GravityCalendar plugin from your WordPress dashboard.
4. Activate the Plugin: Activate GravityCalendar and verify that its settings are available within your Gravity Forms workflow.
5. Create a Form: Build a Gravity Form containing the date information you want to display. You can use separate date/time fields or the Gravity Forms Event Field.
6. Create a Calendar Feed: Open your form settings and create a GravityCalendar feed, mapping the start date and other event information to the appropriate form fields.
7. Configure Display Settings: Customize event information, colors, conditional logic, loading behavior, subscriptions, and other available settings.
8. Add the Calendar to Your Website: Insert it using the GravityCalendar Gutenberg block, shortcode, widget, or supported GravityView integration.
9. Test the Workflow: Submit test entries and verify that dates, times, event information, filtering, and calendar navigation work as expected.

Licensing Information

GravityCalendar is offered through the wpshop.net GPL product model for WordPress users and developers.

• GPL Product: Distributed under the applicable GPL framework.
• Lifetime Free Updates: wpshop.net provides lifetime free updates while the product remains available in its catalog.
• Limited Email Support: wpshop.net provides limited support via email for product-related assistance.
• Gravity Forms Required: GravityCalendar is an add-on for Gravity Forms and requires Gravity Forms to operate.
• Third-Party Requirements: Gravity Forms, WordPress, hosting, external calendar services, and other integrations may have separate licensing, usage, or compatibility requirements.

Before deploying the plugin on a production website, review the current requirements and licensing terms of GravityCalendar, Gravity Forms, and any connected third-party services.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is GravityCalendar?

GravityCalendar is a WordPress add-on for Gravity Forms that displays form entries containing date information as interactive calendars. It can be used for events, schedules, deadlines, registrations, and other date-based data.

Does GravityCalendar require Gravity Forms?

Yes. GravityCalendar reads data from Gravity Forms entries, so Gravity Forms must be installed and activated for the calendar functionality to work. GravityView is not required for normal GravityCalendar operation.

Can visitors submit events through GravityCalendar?

GravityCalendar itself displays Gravity Forms entries as calendar events. You can use a front-end Gravity Form to collect event submissions, after which those entries can be displayed on the calendar.

Does GravityCalendar support recurring events?

Yes. Recurring events are supported through the Gravity Forms Event Field add-on, which can collect repeat settings and connect them with GravityCalendar.

Can users subscribe to a GravityCalendar?

Yes. GravityCalendar can provide subscription feeds that work with calendar applications such as Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. It can also export events as ICS files.

How can I display GravityCalendar on a WordPress page?

You can embed a calendar using the GravityCalendar Gutenberg block, shortcode, WordPress widget, or GravityView widget. This gives developers multiple options for integrating the calendar into existing WordPress layouts.

Why Choose GravityCalendar?

GravityCalendar is an excellent choice when your WordPress website already relies on Gravity Forms for structured date-based data. Instead of maintaining a separate event database or manually copying form submissions into a calendar, you can connect the data collection and calendar presentation workflows.

• Reduce duplicate data entry by using Gravity Forms as the source of your calendar data.
• Build flexible calendar applications for events, schedules, classes, deadlines, registrations, and more.
• Improve visitor experience with interactive calendar navigation and clear event presentation.
• Support larger datasets with dynamically loaded events and AJAX-based calendar navigation.
• Connect with external calendars through subscription feeds and ICS export.
• Customize the workflow with conditional logic, filters, developer hooks, and flexible embedding options.
• Save development time compared with building a custom Gravity Forms-to-calendar solution from scratch.

For WordPress agencies, developers, nonprofits, schools, businesses, and organizations that already collect structured information through Gravity Forms, GravityCalendar provides a streamlined way to turn that data into a useful, interactive calendar experience.

Ready to turn your Gravity Forms data into a powerful interactive calendar? Get GravityCalendar from wpshop.net and build event, schedule, registration, or deadline calendars faster—with limited email support and lifetime free updates.