The Events Calendar Virtual Events feature offers an array of tools and integrations to optimize your calendar for virtual and hybrid events:
Highlights:
- Highlight Virtual & Hybrid Events: Easily showcase virtual and hybrid events directly on your main calendar, ensuring discoverability and Google schema optimization.
- Live Streaming Integrations: Connect Facebook Live and YouTube directly to your WordPress site, hosting live streams without redirecting traffic away from your website.
- Virtual Meeting Integrations: Manage Zoom, Webex, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings from your WordPress dashboard, displaying meeting links on your calendar.
Key Features:
- Create Zoom Meetings from WordPress: Seamlessly generate Zoom links and display existing meetings and webinars on your events calendar by connecting your account.
- Indicate Events as Virtual or Hybrid: Virtual events don’t need a physical location and are SEO-friendly, while hybrid events can include both virtual and physical components.
- Require Tickets or RSVP: When using Event Tickets (or Plus), protect your livestream link until attendees RSVP or purchase a ticket.
- Highlight Virtual Events on Calendar: Use indicators to help visitors quickly spot online events when scanning the calendar.
- “Display Link” Button: Implement a linked button to guide users to your virtual event or livestream location.
- Manage Events from WordPress: Control Zoom integration, label events as virtual, manage attendees, and handle content—all from the admin dashboard.
- Enhanced Google SEO: Benefit from structured data and virtual event schema markup, ensuring proper display in Google search results.
- Schedule Video Links and Livestreams: Conceal video links, livestream embeds, and other content until just before the event starts.
- Livestream Embed: Keep visitors engaged by embedding YouTube Live, Facebook Live, or pre-recorded video links directly on your site.
These features not only allow for seamless integration of virtual events but also offer robust management capabilities directly from your WordPress dashboard. From creating Zoom meetings to controlling access and visibility of event content, this suite of tools aims to enhance user experience and optimize event discoverability.