The Events Calendar

Changelog

[6.16.5] 2026-06-24

  • Feature – Added “SEO & URL Handling” settings, allowing site owners to configure out-of-range URL behavior.
  • Fix – Dated List view URLs carrying ?tribe-bar-date outside the known event range now return HTTP 404 by default, and can be configured to use a soft noindex response instead, helping prevent accumulation of low-value indexed pages in search engines.
  • Fix – Removed bottom padding from “Event Venue” block to be compatible with WordPress 7 styles.
  • Fix – URLs specifying a disabled view slug via ?eventDisplay now return HTTP 404 instead of 200.
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 2 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.
  • Language – 13 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.16.4.1] 2026-06-19

  • Security – Make the iCal export feed produce deterministic output and harden calendar header values against line-break injection.

[6.16.4] 2026-06-15

  • Tweak – Resolve license key validation server not available message on licenses screen. [CONS-478]
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.16.3] 2026-05-28

  • Fix – Ensure no past Event dates are shown in the Title meta tag on Events archive and single views. [TEC-5759]
  • Fix – Resolved an issue where the category legend superpowers filter would not apply in a day with multiple events from different categories. [ECP-2016]
  • Language – 1 new strings added, 65 updated, 1 fuzzied, and 4 obsoleted.

[6.16.2] 2026-05-14

  • Tweak – Update Harbor to 1.2.0, removing the Liquid Web Products page when there are no premium plugins present.

[6.16.1] 2026-05-12

  • Tweak – Update Harbor to version 1.1.0 to remove the top level Liquid Web page added to the dashboard.

[6.16.0] 2026-05-11

  • Feature – Integrate with Nexcess Licensing and Portal.
  • Tweak – Added filters: tec_events_aggregator_harbor_took_over
  • Tweak – Updated branding references from StellarWP to Nexcess.

[6.15.20] 2026-04-08

  • Fix – Make SSR respect AJAX pagination so direct page URLs no longer return 404s. [TEC-5754]
  • Fix – Prevent 404 errors for paginated TEC list view requests on MariaDB. [TEC-5056]
  • Fix – Rewrite the day view URL to query-param form and fall back to the default view when day view is disabled, preventing a 404 after a page refresh. [TEC-5765]
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 13 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.19] 2026-04-07

  • Tweak – Added filters: tec_events_views_v2_url_allowed_query_args
  • Security – Ensure Venues and Organizers linked to an event, are still honoring their individual capabilities. [SVUL-61]
  • Security – Strengthen capability checks for categories and terms. [SVUL-64]
  • Security – Tighten capability checks and server-side validation for Event Aggregator scheduled import edits. [SVUL-63]
  • Language – 2 new strings added, 20 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.18] 2026-03-25

  • Fix – Add is_array verification to guard against non-array values passed by Elementor in some contexts. [TEC-5762]
  • Fix – Improve the URL compatibility with non-ASCII languages. [TEC-4848]
  • Fix – Verify if Elementor CSS exists before adding it to avoid a 404 response. [TEC-5752]
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.17.1] 2026-03-09

  • Security – Strengthen file type and location checks during aggregator imports. [SVUL-54]

[6.15.17] 2026-02-25

  • Tweak – Changed views: modules/meta/organizer, v2/components/content-title, v2/components/header, v2/day/nav, v2/day/top-bar/nav, v2/month/calendar-body/day/cell-title, v2/month/calendar-body/day/date, v2/month/top-bar/nav
  • Tweak – Custom SEO titles set in Yoast SEO for Event Categories and Event Tags are now correctly applied to both the page <title> tag and og:title meta tag. [TEC-4952]
  • Tweak – Restore post_tag for events after change_locale action, which was being overwritten for fr_FR, causing the tags to not show with the block editor. [TEC-4996]
  • Accessibility – Add an outline on hover for the datepicker. [TEC-5740]
  • Accessibility – Increase contrast of text for past event times. [TEC-5741]
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 109 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.16.1] 2026-02-24

  • Security – Strengthen user permission checks. [SVUL-48]

[6.15.16] 2026-02-11

  • Fix – Evaluate correctly whether the email and phone field of a non-password protected organizer should display and by default the organizer’s website opens in a new tab.[TEC-5744]
  • Tweak – Add aria-label attribute to events navigation. [TEC-5732]
  • Tweak – Changed views: modules/meta/organizer, v2/components/content-title, v2/components/header, v2/day/nav, v2/day/top-bar/nav, v2/month/calendar-body/day/cell-title, v2/month/calendar-body/day/date, v2/month/top-bar/nav
  • Tweak – Improve Day View content title to display contextual “Events for [Date]” format at the top of the view. [TEC-5733]
  • Tweak – Improve heading hierarchy in month view by making date headings only when events are present. [TEC-5622]
  • Tweak – Improve keyboard focus order in zoomed/mobile layouts to follow a more logical and predictable sequence, aligning with WCAG best practices. [TEC-5193]
  • Tweak – Improve mini calendar accessibility by adding non-color indicators for past, current, and upcoming days. [TEC-5735]
  • Language – 3 new strings added, 11 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 1 obsoleted.

[6.15.15] 2026-01-28

  • Tweak – Correct datepicker navigation to include icons on click. [TEC-5736]
  • Language – 0 new strings added, 0 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.14] 2026-01-13

  • Version – The Events Calendar 6.15.14 is only compatible with Events Pro 7.7.12 or higher.
  • Fix – Ensure that the Series post status is not changed during maintenance.
  • Fix – Improve category table stability by preventing fatal errors when custom column data receives null values. [TEC-5712]
  • Fix – Prevent category data from persisting between events when some have colored categories and others do not. Props to @deltragon. [TEC-5622]
  • Tweak – Add a visual outline when a day is in focus in the datepicker for improved accessibility. [TEC-5646]
  • Tweak – Change content template name to ’embed-content’ to avoid conflicts for Calendar Embeds. [TEC-5717]
  • Tweak – Enhance Top Bar datepicker with semantic HTML, ARIA support, and reliable keyboard navigation. [TEC-5620]
  • Tweak – Improve archive view content title to default to an H1 while allowing heading tag overrides via tec_events_views_v2_view_{$view_slug}_content_title_heading_tag filter. [TEC-5617]
  • Tweak – Improve JavaScript namespace initialization by ensuring window.tribe is defined before category color scripts run. [TEC-5712]
  • Tweak – Increase contrast for current day in the datepicker for improved accessibility. [TEC-5640]
  • Tweak – Increase contrast in datepicker navigation arrows for improved accessibility. [TEC-5639]
  • Tweak – Increase contrast of past events title for improved accessibility. [TEC-5642]
  • Tweak – Increase contrast for month view past multiday events for improved accessibility. [TEC-5641]
  • Tweak – Increase contrast on pagination arrows for improved accessibility. [TEC-5638]
  • Tweak – Reorder event markup in archive and widget views so event titles precede their date and time for improved screen reader navigation. [TEC-5621]
  • Language – 2 new strings added, 57 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 1 obsoleted.

[6.15.13.1] 2026-01-07

  • Fix – Corrective language fix for Category Colors. [TEC-36]

[6.15.13] 2025-12-18

  • Security – Strengthen the user access level in the system information opt-in functionality. [SVUL-35]

[6.15.12.2] 2025-11-20

  • Fix – Removes the element as a wrapper in events related pages, avoiding the calendar page rendering issues for many themes. Adds a role=”main” to the first element printed by The Events Calendar on those pages to maintain accessibility. [TEC-5729]

[6.15.12.1] 2025-11-19

  • Fix – Provides context to a translatable placeholder which could result in an error when using existing translation. [TEC-5728]
  • Language – 1 new strings added, 5 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 0 obsoleted.

[6.15.12] 2025-11-18

  • Version – The Events Calendar 6.15.12 is only compatible with Event Tickets 5.27.0 or higher.
  • Version – The Events Calendar 6.15.12 is only compatible with Events Pro 7.7.11 or higher.
  • Fix – Correct use of globals in admin scripts.
  • Tweak – Added filters: tec_events_rest_v1_events_read_params, tec_events_rest_v1_venues_read_params, tec_events_main_container_id
  • Tweak – Removed filters: tec_events_rest_v1_events_read_args, tec_events_rest_v1_venues_read_args
  • Tweak – Changed views: v2/components/content-title, v2/day/time-separator, v2/list/event/title, v2/list/month-separator, v2/month/calendar-body/day/date
  • Tweak – Correct notice display on the troubleshooting page. [TEC-5724]
  • Tweak – Updates Shepherd library to 0.0.9 from 0.0.6 including various improvements. Shepherd’s changelog can be found here https://github.com/stellarwp/shepherd/blob/0.0.9/CHANGELOG.md
  • Tweak – Improve Day View accessibility by using semantic H2 headings for time separators to create a proper heading hierarchy. [TEC-5627]
  • Tweak – Improve mini calendar accessibility by adding descriptive ARIA labels and clarifying focus indicators for color-based event markers. [TEC-5630]
  • Tweak – Update heading levels for “Events at this venue” and “Events from this organizer” to improve accessibility and semantic hierarchy. [TEC-5636]
  • Accessibility – Add filter to wrap event content in a main landmark if needed, which allows for the ‘Skip to Content’ button to work. [TEC-5628]
  • Compatibility – Make method signatures in Builder explicitly nullable to resolve PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings. [TEC-5725]
  • Compatibility – Updates to support TEC v1 REST API Changes.
  • Language – 3 new strings added, 75 updated, 0 fuzzied, and 1 obsoleted.

[6.15.11] 2025-11-04

  • Tweak – Add JavaScript logic to move keyboard focus to expanded date content and announce event counts for screen reader users in month view mobile calendar [TEC-5231]
  • Tweak – Avoid logging a warning when bulk deleting events. [TEC-5721]
  • Tweak – Changed views: blocks/parts/details, blocks/parts/organizer, blocks/parts/venue, modules/meta/details, modules/meta/organizer, modules/meta/venue, v2/month, v2/month/calendar-body/day/date-extras, v2/month/calendar-body/day/date, v2/month/calendar-header
  • Tweak – Improve accessibility in the mini calendar by replacing elements used for event dots with semantic s and removing redundant aria-label and title attributes [TEC-5228]
  • Accessibility – Improve screen reader accessibility for weekday headers in month view calendar. [TEC-5719]
  • Accessibility – Remove the presentational role from the Month View table. [TEC-5719]
  • Accessibility – Replace misuse of definition list (<dl>/<dt>/<dd>) tags with semantic unordered lists (<ul>/<li>) in event details, organizer, and venue meta sections to improve screen reader accessibility and reduce confusion.[TEC-5224]
  • Language – 3 new strings added, 53 updated, 1 fuzzied, and 4 obsoleted.

[6.15.10] 2025-10-28

  • Security – Improve authorization checks in QR codes. [SVUL-28]
  • Security – Improve ORDER BY clause validation. [SVUL-26]

For all versions, please see the full changelog in our documentation.

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Author
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Version:
6.16.5
Last Updated
June 24, 2026
Active Installs
700000
Requires
WordPress 6.7
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP
7.4

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