Widgets: Google Calendar

Widget Categories: Business

Keep site visitors up-to-date at a glance by adding the Google calendar widget to your site. It is a great way to keep visitors engaged by showing them upcoming events, bookings, workshops, seminars and more. The widget provides a seamless integration of a public Google calendar and can be customized like any other widget.

Note

  • This widget enables you to display public Google calendars only. For how to set a calendar public cee Google's documentation, Create & manage a public Google calendar.

  • If you have added a calendar after connecting an account, the calendar may not appear in the calendar options. To display, disconnect and then reconnect the account.

  • The Google Calendar widget:

    • Does not display multiday events.

    • Is not able to be translated. The structure of the calendar (for instance the month and days) will remain in the site's default language. The calendar that is selected to be displayed should appear in the language set within its Google Calendar settings.

Content Editor

  1. Click Sign in with Google After the account is connected, you will see all public Google calendars associated with that account.

  2. Select the public calendar you want to display and which day of the week you want the calendar to start on.

  3. (Optional) By default, the time format is set based on the site language. For example, English uses 12 hour format with AM/PM and European languages are in 24 hour format. If it is set to 12 hour format and you need to switch to 24 hour, enable the Use 24-hour clock toggle.

  4. To add or edit events, go directly to the Google calendar.

Design Editor

  1. To customize the style of the calendar sections, click Calendar. Customize the following:

    • Header—month & icon

    • Days of the week

    • All days

    • Events

    • Today

    • Calendar direction

  2. To customize the style of the event popup that displays when you click an event in the calendar, click Event Popup. On mobile, events are marked with a dot.

Supported Fields

The following fields are supported in the Google Calendar widget:

  • Title

  • Description

  • Date and Time

The following fields are not supported:

  • Location

  • File