About this plugin
MultiStage Event Planner turns your WordPress site into the program page of a professional conference, congress or trade fair. It renders a multi-track schedule grid — stages side by side, time on the left, every session exactly where it belongs — the format attendees expect from a serious event program.
Generic event calendars list one thing after another. Multi-track programs don’t work that way: your visitors need to see what runs where, at the same time. That is what this plugin does, natively in WordPress — no external platform, no per-attendee fees, no iframe embeds.
MultiStage Event Planner powers the congress program of BIM World MUNICH, an industry congress with multiple parallel stages.
The multi-track schedule grid
- Parallel stages/tracks displayed side by side in one timetable — as many as your program needs
- Day tabs — one labeled, localized tab per event day, so multi-day programs are one tap apart
- Sticky toolbar — date, day tabs, search and filters stay visible while visitors scroll long programs
- Color-coded session types (keynote, panel, workshop, …) your attendees learn in seconds
- Session details in a modal: times, description, stage, tags and linked speakers
- Responsive — on phones the grid scrolls horizontally with an always-visible scroll bar; single-stage days automatically use the full width
Speaker profiles
Every session links its speakers. One click opens the profile: square-cropped photo, role and company, bio, and every session the speaker appears in. Speakers are a custom post type — maintained like any other WordPress content.
Search & filters
Let visitors search across session titles, descriptions, speakers and tags, and filter the grid by tag — the schedule updates in place.
Session videos (Gold)
Attach a YouTube, Vimeo or HTML5 video to a session. Visitors see a play icon in the grid and watch the recording directly in the session modal — ideal for hybrid events and post-event content.
Built for
- Congress and conference programs with parallel tracks
- Trade fair stage programs and side events
- Summits, expos, corporate events and festivals
- Agencies building event sites for clients
How it works
Create your fair, stages, session types and sessions in wp-admin, then place the schedule anywhere with a shortcode:
[msepStages fair="123" display_search="true" display_filter="true" hide_empty_stages="true"]
- hide_empty_stages — show only stages that have sessions on the selected day
- display_search / display_filter — toggle the search box and tag filter
- display_video / display_print — video icons and print view (Gold)
Privacy
The schedule renders entirely from your WordPress database. The plugin sends no attendee data to external services.
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Development
This plugin includes both compiled and source files:
– Original source files are available in the ‘resources/scripts’ and ‘resources/styles’ directories
– Compiled assets are in the ‘dist’ directory
js (based on webpack) for compilation