Pretty Google Calendar

What It Does

Pretty Google Calendar embeds a Google Calendar feed directly into your WordPress site using the FullCalendar library, producing a styled, interactive calendar view instead of the default Google embed. You connect it to a public Google Calendar by URL and it renders events with a cleaner visual treatment than the standard iframe.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for small businesses and organizations that already keep their schedule in Google Calendar and simply want a nicer-looking public display on their WordPress site, such as studios, churches, community centers, and freelancers. It suits sites that need read-only event display rather than full event management or ticketing.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone who needs bookings, ticketing, payments, or full event management on WordPress itself should skip this and choose a dedicated booking plugin instead. It also won't help you if your events live outside Google Calendar or if you want to keep scheduling data inside WordPress.

The Bottom Line

Pretty Google Calendar is a focused, well-maintained tool for sites that already rely on Google Calendar and only need a prettier public display, earning an overall quality score of 77.35 out of 100. The lack of support threads and small install base mean it is not the safest pick for high-traffic or client-facing builds where unaddressed bugs could go unnoticed. For simple event display it does its job well; for anything more ambitious, look at The Events Calendar or a dedicated booking plugin.

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