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EventON 5.1

Published on: September 30,2026

Expanded Features with Vendors,
Locations, AI & More

5.1 presents to you expanded event management features on locations, UI updates, new vendors section, AI assist on language translations, adding on to webhooks, and many more.

Vendors Support

You can now create vendors for events and share those between events and customize vendor images, contacts, and details easily.

Pick a Location from Map

When creating new event locations, you can now pick the exact location directly from the map.

Location Google Place Data

For event locations, you can now fetch Google Place data such as ratings, reviews and opening hours.

EventTop Text Color

You can now set custom eventtop text color for each event.

Custom Event Thumb Image

Aside the main event image, a custom event thumb image can also be set for each event now. This is used on eventTop image to provide an option for image with better aspect ratio.

File Upload Capability for Custom Meta Fields

Upload files to custom meta field and set when each custom meta field should be visible on the calendar.

Check-in Time

You can now add check-in time for the event with newly re-designed event time box in the eventcard.

AI Text Translations

With OpenAI API Key you can now use AI to translate eventON calendar text strings right on the page with a click.

Other New Additions

  • Location & Organizer phone as an active link
  • Sort events by event end time/date
  • Date picker with today button - to bring back to current month
  • New Dynamic event counts shortcode [add_eventon_data]
  • Google Maps localized languages
  • Ascending and Descending order for event sorting
  • New Webhooks for when event is posted and updated
  • Ability to show event type icons on eventTop
  • Option to clear out all language translation strings & button to quickly move to next language string on translator

Other Fixes and Updates

  • FIXED: side panel saving settings not completing
  • FIXED: empty eventtag content to not show container div
  • FIXED: virtual event link to support repeat instances of event link
  • FIXED: included jquery ui styles as part of plugin instead of using from CDN
  • FIXED: mobile ux_val not working
  • FIXED: tile background color gradient not working
  • FIXED: admin role permission assignment moved to activation hook
  • FIXED: taxonomy editing restriction to higher permission level
  • FIXED: sorting organizers on event edit page not saving correctly
  • FIXED: date time picker to use smart collision detection position on page
  • FIXED: trumbowyg link modal not showing on lightbox windows
  • UPDATED: local event time is now load on default page load
  • UPDATED: handlebars.js library to version 4.7.9
  • UPDATED: wp-admin lightbox layout and styles
  • UPDATED: Search box design and UI
  • UPDATED: Fontawesome icons to 7.3.1
  • UPDATED: eventon settings UI

Thank you for Supporting EventON

We want to thank you very much for using EventON for your projects as we continue to add industry leading features and evolve EventON to new levels. We hope you enjoy all our new additions!

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