{"id":39182,"date":"2023-01-31T17:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T11:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-eventmanager.com\/?p=39182"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:06:44","slug":"ical-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-eventmanager.com\/ical-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How The iCal Plugin Help You Show Your Event In Google Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Calendar is a useful time management tool that helps you create events, share them with others and streamlines your work accordingly. Starting from monitoring your personal appointments, work related tasks to school assignments, you can track and manage almost everything with this tool which is a combination of cloud computing and calendar functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part about the Google Calendar is that users can access their work schedules through any of their preferred devices including mobile devices. Whether you are a teacher or a businessman, Google calendar can be used by anyone. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Calendar is a useful time management tool that helps you create events, share them with others and streamlines your work accordingly. Starting from monitoring your personal appointments, work related tasks to school assignments, you can track and manage almost everything with this tool which is a combination of cloud computing and calendar functionality. The best part about the Google Calendar is that users can access their work schedules through any of their preferred devices including mobile devices. Whether you are a teacher or a businessman, Google calendar can be used by anyone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-eventmanager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-images\/2023\/jan\/how-ical-plugin-show-your-event-in-google-calendar\/how-ical-plugin-show-your-event-in-google-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"ical plugin show your event in google calendar\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In simple words, Google Calendar allows you to schedule your events and receive reminders on time about your upcoming events or activities. Event calendars are created to share with others and you can easily share your calendar and build multiple calendars that you, along with your team can use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are into events business you must be aware of the benefits of displaying your events on Google Calendar. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stays in the mobile phones of your attendees which means they can carry it with them all the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is easy to update.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reminds your attendees about your upcoming events.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is highly compatible with different devices. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being one of the best <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> event management plugins available in the market today, <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-eventmanager.com\/\">WP Event manager<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> understands the requirement and offers the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-eventmanager.com\/product\/wp-event-manager-ical\/\">iCal plugin<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that helps you showcase your events in Google calendar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before detailing how you can use the plugin to do the same, lets have a look at the features it carries that makes it a better option than its competitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The iCal plugin allows you to display events in Google and other calendars.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can easily generate the ICS file for their upcoming events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lets you transfer your ICS files to Google and other calendars effortlessly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seamless integration with Google calendar, Apple Calendar and more. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to install the iCal plugin?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The installation process is the same for all the addons, offered by WP Event Manager. They can be both installed automatically and manually.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Automatic Installation:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can install the plugin from the backend of your WordPress.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wp-eventmanager.com\/portal\/en\/kb\/articles\/event-ical#Installing_The_Plugin> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see how you can install the plugin automatically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Manual Installation:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can also install the plugin manually using SFTP or FTP tools.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wp-eventmanager.com\/portal\/en\/kb\/articles\/event-ical#Installing_The_Plugin> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see how you can install the plugin manually.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How to get the Event iCal File?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After installing and activating the plugin, follow the below mentioned steps to get the event iCal file:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the <\/span><strong>Event dashboard at frontend.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will get the \u201cDownload Events iCal\u201d link at the frontend event dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After clicking on the link, an ics file gets downloaded on your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the file is downloaded, users can upload the file in any calendar including the Google Calendar. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion <\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, WP Event Manager has addons that can literally fulfill all the event management requirements. iCal is one of these plugins that helps you display your events on Google calendar and other calendars. We hope that this article will help you understand the process of showcasing your events on Google Calendar with the iCal plugin.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Calendar is a useful time management tool that helps you create events, share them with others and streamlines your work accordingly. Starting from monitoring your personal appointments, work related tasks to school assignments, you can track and manage almost everything with this tool which is a combination of cloud computing and calendar functionality. 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