The iCal Importer helps you keep your events calendar full of interesting events! You can import events from any website that publishes an iCal (aka ICS) feed and add them to your listings. The recurring import feature lets you keep your calendar brimming without manual oversight (though you can review every imported event if you like). Add filtering by keyword or geographic region and you can be sure that the kinds of events you get are the kinds you want.

This plugin is a must for community calendars. Make sure you’re grabbing all the events in your area and become the one stop source for events. If you operate an events calendar with a specific theme – fitness events, hiphop shows, beer festivals – grab events from anywhere in the world and make your site the authority within your niche!

The iCal Importer functions by importing events from a iCal URL or an .ics file. If you use the iCal URL, you can set the importer to run at timed intervals, constantly grabbing new events from the source website. The importer can run just once, every 30 minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly.

You can configure as many different import rules as you like, sourcing events from a myriad of different websites.

Imported events can be set to draft or publish status, and can be categorized on import.