Events Made Easy

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At roughly 1,000 active installs it is a niche plugin, well behind mainstream alternatives like The Events Calendar or Members, which is why the score stays modest despite perfect marks.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated July 2026 and already tested against WordPress 7.0.1, so upkeep is clearly active and current.

User Rating

14/15

A 92 out of 100 from 110 raters signals that the people who do use it tend to like it a lot, though the smaller sample size means individual complaints carry more weight.

Support Health

8/15

Only 4 support threads exist but all 4 are resolved, which is positive, yet the very low volume makes it hard to judge responsiveness under heavier load.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with the latest WordPress and demanding PHP 8.1, the compatibility score is fully earned and signals a modern code base.

Scores higher than 38% of indexed plugins

About

Manage and display (recurring) events, memberships, locations and maps, volunteers, widgets, RSVP, ICAL and RSS feeds, payment gateways. SEO ready.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5

Last Updated 2026-09-26 8:01am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Requires PHP 8.1+

Security History

12 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 Critical 5 High 6 Medium

Most recent: August 20, 2026

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Events Made Easy <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting High

August 20, 2026 Patched in ["3.2.6"] CVE-2026-28162

Events Made Easy <= 3.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'wp_page_template' Event Property High

August 19, 2026 Patched in ["3.2.6"] CVE-2026-75963

Events Made Easy <= 3.1.3 - Missing Authorization Medium

July 24, 2026 Patched in ["3.1.4"] CVE-2026-59557

Events Made Easy <= 3.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Person Data Modification Medium

July 13, 2026 Patched in ["3.1.4"] CVE-2026-14843

Events Made Easy <= 3.1.1 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass Medium

July 7, 2026 Patched in ["3.1.2"] CVE-2026-14842

Events Made Easy <= 2.3.17 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'search_name' High

March 20, 2023 Patched in ["2.3.18"] CVE-2023-28660

Events Made Easy <= 2.3.16 - Missing Authorization Medium

December 23, 2022 Patched in ["2.3.17"] CVE-2023-0404

Events Made Easy <= 2.2.80 - SQL Injection Critical

May 27, 2022 Patched in ["2.2.81"] CVE-2022-1905

Events Made Easy <= 2.2.35 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection High

December 6, 2021 Patched in ["2.2.36"] CVE-2021-25030

Events Made Easy <= 2.2.23 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 4, 2021 Patched in ["2.2.24"] CVE-2021-24813

Events Made Easy <= 1.6.20 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 4, 2016 Patched in ["1.6.21"]

Events Made Easy < 1.5.50 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting High

October 15, 2015 Patched in ["1.5.50"]

What It Does

Events Made Easy is an all-in-one event management plugin that handles recurring events, locations, maps, RSVP, memberships, volunteer signups, and ICAL or RSS feeds, plus several payment gateways. It replaces multiple separate plugins by bundling bookings, memberships, and event display into a single package. SEO-friendly markup is built in for event pages.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for small to mid-sized organizations, clubs, religious groups, or community sites that need event listings along with lightweight membership or ticketing and want to avoid stringing together five different plugins. It will also appeal to developers comfortable with PHP 8.1 who want a Swiss-army-knife solution instead of a focused events plugin.

Who Should Skip It

If you run a large content-driven site or a high-traffic ticketing operation, skip this: Events Made Easy sits at only 1,000 active installs and lacks the polish, ecosystem, and scalability of The Events Calendar or Paid Membership Subscriptions. Anyone who needs a deep, customizable mapping experience should also look at a dedicated maps plugin.

The Bottom Line

Events Made Easy is a quietly capable, well-maintained Swiss-army plugin with an outstanding rating from the few users it has, and its modular design means you only turn on what you need. The trade-off is a small install base and limited third-party guidance compared with category leaders. For a small organization that wants one plugin to cover events, maps, and simple memberships, it is genuinely worth a look; everyone else should weigh it against The Events Calendar or Members first.

Related Plugins

The Events Calendar 90/100

Pick this instead if you need a mature, widely deployed events calendar with a deep addon marketplace and 700,000 sites of community knowledge behind it.

Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 94/100

Pick this for dedicated membership and role management, since it has 300,000 installs and is far more battle-tested for that single job.

WP Go Maps 86/100

Pick this if maps are the real priority and you want polished, theme-friendly map widgets supported by a much larger install base.

Paid Membership Subscriptions 86/100

Pick this if recurring paid memberships and content restriction are the core business model, as it is purpose-built for subscription billing.

Simple Membership 83/100

Pick this for a lighter, free-only membership layer if you do not need the payment gateway or event features of Events Made Easy.