Fair Calendar Button

A Gutenberg block for calendar integration. The block displays a button with a calendar integration with support for Google Calendar, Outlook, Yahoo Calendar, and ICS downloads. With a clean, professional dropdown interface, visitors can add events to their preferred calendar application.

Key Features:

• Multiple Calendar Providers: Google Calendar, Outlook, Yahoo Calendar, and ICS download
• Modern UI: Clean dropdown with Font Awesome icons and smooth animations
• Server-side Rendering: SEO-friendly with proper WordPress block architecture
• Automatic URL Inclusion: Event descriptions automatically include the page URL for reference
• Responsive Design: Works beautifully on desktop and mobile devices
• Multilingual Support: Available in English, Polish, German, Spanish, and French
• Fair Pricing Model: No premium tiers or hidden features – everything is included

Supported Calendar Providers:

• 🌐 Google Calendar – Opens directly in Google Calendar
• 🏢 Microsoft Outlook – Compatible with Outlook.com and Office 365
• 🟣 Yahoo Calendar – Direct integration with Yahoo Calendar
• 💾 ICS Download – Universal calendar file for any calendar application

Perfect For:

• Event organizers and venues
• Businesses hosting webinars or meetings
• Content creators with scheduled events
• Anyone wanting to make it easy for visitors to save events

The plugin uses server-side rendering for better performance and SEO, while providing a smooth user experience with JavaScript enhancements.

1.5.2

Patch Changes

• 7e7ea9c: Update version tested up to version to 6.9.

1.5.1

Patch Changes

• 4ed3721: Add location to fair-events

1.5.0

Minor Changes

• 13fb665: Integrate button with Fair Events content type

1.4.0

Minor Changes

• f901aa2: Add support to Plausible integration

1.3.2

Patch Changes

• 84fe629: Set correctly supported version

1.3.1

Patch Changes

• Add missing translation

1.3.0

Minor Changes

• Add translations to PL, DE, ES and FR

1.2.0

Minor Changes

• Fix multiple UX issues in block

1.1.1

Patch Changes

• Update dependencies to the newest version

1.1.0

Minor Changes

• 99a2038: Change format of recurrence description in block attributes.

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] – 2025-01-30

Added

• Initial release of Fair Calendar Button
• Gutenberg block for calendar event integration
• Support for multiple calendar providers:
  • Google Calendar
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Yahoo Calendar
  • ICS file download
• Modern dropdown UI with Font Awesome SVG icons
• Server-side rendering for better SEO performance
• Automatic URL inclusion in event descriptions
• Responsive design for all device sizes
• WordPress 5.8+ compatibility
• PHP 8.0+ requirement

Features

• Clean, professional dropdown interface
• Brand-specific hover effects for each calendar provider
• Smooth animations and transitions
• Uses WordPress core button block for maximum theme compatibility
• No external API dependencies
• GDPR compliant (no data collection)

Technical

• Built with modern WordPress block development practices
• Uses block.json for block registration
• Font Awesome SVG icons (tree-shaken for performance)
• ES6+ JavaScript with webpack compilation
• Follows WordPress PHP and JavaScript coding standards
• Server-side rendering with render.php
• Namespace isolation to prevent conflicts

Developer Notes

This plugin is built with modern WordPress development practices:

• Uses WordPress’s block.json for block registration
• Server-side rendering with render.php
• Font Awesome SVG icons (not CSS) for better performance
• ES6+ JavaScript with webpack compilation
• Follows WordPress PHP and JavaScript coding standards

The plugin is open source and contributions are welcome on GitHub: https://github.com/marcin-wosinek/fair-event-plugins