My Calendar vs Responsive Menu
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| Feature | My Calendar v3.8.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Responsive Menu v4.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 25, 2026 | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | My Calendar · My Calendar Pro ($) | Responsive Menu · Responsive Menu Pro ($) |
| Pros | Single and recurring events with venues and categories; Accessibility-focused calendar output; Shortcodes, widgets and a REST endpoint for events | Works with any WordPress menu and most themes; Trigger button with aria-expanded and labelled submenus; Live editor with style options and no code |
| Cons | Front-end submission and payments need My Calendar Pro; Google Maps needs an API key for map views; Settings and templates are extensive for a small site | Desktop and mega menus need the paid Pro edition; Free edition shows upgrade prompts for locked options; Theme catalogue is fetched from the vendor site at runtime |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Single and recurring events, Venue and location management, Calendar shortcodes for lists, today, upcoming and search, Today, upcoming, mini and filter widgets, REST endpoint for events, Front-end event submissions ($), Payments screen for paid event submissions ($) | Hamburger trigger button with aria-expanded, Integrated menu search box, Hide menu items by login state or user role, Multiple menu configurations stored as a custom post type, Shortcodes to place a menu anywhere, Pre-built menu themes loaded from the vendor catalogue, Elementor widget, Locked options show an upgrade message |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Polylang | Elementor |
| Other | Google Maps, Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 3.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | maps.googleapis.com | responsive.menu |
| Shortcodes | 12 | 2 |