Salesforce WordPress Event Calendars

Salesforce Event Calendar for WordPress

A live Salesforce event calendar is important for Education teams because event schedules, registration availability, locations, and program details change frequently, and static website calendars quickly become inaccurate when staff must manually copy updates from Salesforce into WordPress. Publishing events from real-time Salesforce data saves time otherwise spent updating listings, correcting outdated pages, and answering routine scheduling questions, which gives teams more time for outreach, attendee support, program delivery, registration follow-up, and the operational work that keeps events running smoothly.

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Salesforce Event Calendar displayed in WordPress using Sawfish plugin

The #1 WordPress Integration for Salesforce

See your Salesforce events live in WordPress

Display live event calendars with list, daily, weekly, and monthly views. Visitors can browse, filter, and register — all from real-time Salesforce data. The plugin automatically adopts your website's theme so colors and fonts always match.

1. Download Sawfish

Install the Sawfish plugin on your WordPress site.

2. Connect to Salesforce

Create a Salesforce External Client App and authorize via OAuth 2.0.

3. Publish Your Event Calendar

Add the calendar shortcode, pick your event fields, and publish. Schedule changes and registrations update live.

A live Salesforce event calendar is important for Education teams because event schedules, registration availability, locations, and program details change frequently, and static website calendars quickly become inaccurate when staff must manually copy updates from Salesforce into WordPress. Publishing events from real-time Salesforce data saves time otherwise spent updating listings, correcting outdated pages, and answering routine scheduling questions, which gives teams more time for outreach, attendee support, program delivery, registration follow-up, and the operational work that keeps events running smoothly.

Why teams choose Sawfish for event calendars

Built for both your team and your visitors

For Your Team

  • ✓Display live calendars for admissions events, campus activities, academic sessions, alumni gatherings, and workshops from Salesforce.
  • ✓Reduce manual coordination between academic systems, CRM records, and website calendars.
  • ✓Keep students, families, alumni, and staff aligned with current event details and registrations.

For Visitors

  • ✓Browse admissions events, campus activities, classes, alumni programs, and workshops.
  • ✓Filter by audience, department, campus, or event type and register online.
  • ✓View live event schedules in list, daily, weekly, or monthly calendar views.

Use Cases

Common ways teams use this calendar

Marketing Team

Publish a live Event Calendar

Turn Salesforce events into a WordPress event calendar that stays current as dates, locations, speakers, and registration details change.

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Operations Team

Reduce manual schedule updates

Stop copying event changes into website pages by hand and keep the public calendar aligned with the same Salesforce data your education institutions team already maintains.

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Attendees

Find the right event faster

Help visitors browse, filter, and register for the latest sessions without relying on outdated calendar pages or separate registration tools.

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Setup

Publish a live Salesforce calendar in WordPress

Use Sawfish to show list, daily, weekly, and monthly event views while keeping registration and event details connected to the live Salesforce record.

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Example Sawfish event calendar shortcode
[sf-event-calendar
  slug="education-institutions-event-calendar-registration"
  views="list,day,week,month"
  registration="true"
  filters="type,location,audience"
  sync="realtime"]

Event Calendar is just the beginning

Sawfish sets up a complete Salesforce–WordPress integration

Collect data with forms, display it with tables and cards, lock content behind Salesforce logins, and build charts — all from one plugin.

Event Calendars
Tables & Lists
Forms & Submissions
Charts & Dashboards
Cards & Layouts
Member Logins
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Sawfish gave us the ability to publish all our jobs in Salesforce onto our website in real-time, dramatically increasing the number of job applicants, candidates, and placements with our clients. Upon go-live, we saw immediate traction on published jobs, applications, candidate presentations, and overall job placements. Allen is amazing — very experienced, professional, responsive, and efficient — and the connection works like a charm!

★★★★★
Frankie Farrar-Helm — Western Healthcare

Frankie Farrar-Helm

Director of Marketing
Western Healthcare, LLC

We represent over 75,000 public service workers and care providers in Oregon. Our leadership rosters were manually updated and always out of date. Sawfish plugin makes Salesforce data, like leadership rosters and steward lists, available on our public website. Members can find and contact union representatives without calling the Member Assistance Center.

SEIU Local 503

Sarah Schneider

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503

★★★★★

Pricing Options — Event Calendar + more!

Save thousands on development costs — one flat fee for your whole team. Trusted by 200+ organizations.

Annual

$ 19

per month · paid annually

Can be used by everyone in your team!

✓ Create Unlimited pages with Cards, Tables, Calendars using Salesforce data

✓ Custom layouts with images, links, YouTube URLs

✓ WordPress-Salesforce logins for unlimited users

✓ Real-time info from Salesforce

✓ Live event calendars with registration

✓ Connect to ANY WordPress form

✓ Real-time Charts & Dashboards

✓ Dedicated Support & Installation Assistance

✓ Latest Feature Updates

2-Year Plan

$ 17

per month · paid every 2 years

Can be used by everyone in your team!

✓ Create Unlimited pages with Cards, Tables, Calendars using Salesforce data

✓ Custom layouts with images, links, YouTube URLs

✓ WordPress-Salesforce logins for unlimited users

✓ Real-time info from Salesforce

✓ Live event calendars with registration

✓ Connect to ANY WordPress form

✓ Real-time Charts & Dashboards

✓ Dedicated Support & Installation Assistance

✓ Latest Feature Updates

Save more time and money
Sawfish vs custom dev vs Salesforce Experience Cloud

Keep your WordPress site, your design, and your team's workflow. No expensive portals or developer contracts.

Sawfish Plugin Custom Dev Experience Cloud Manual Updates
Where do calendars live? Your WordPress website Custom WordPress build Salesforce-hosted portal Static page / spreadsheet
Real-time event data? Yes — live from Salesforce Depends on build Yes No — manual updates
Registration built in? Yes — Salesforce-backed Custom build required Yes Separate tool needed
Uses your site's design? Yes — matches your theme Yes (dev required) Separate Salesforce UI N/A
Setup time Hours Weeks–months Days–weeks Ongoing manual effort
Annual cost From $228/yr $10k–$50k+ $25/user/mo+ Staff time

FAQ

Questions teams ask before publishing

Can I publish a event calendar from Salesforce on WordPress? +

Yes. Sawfish can display Salesforce event data as a live event calendar in WordPress with registration, filters, and multiple calendar views.

Will the event calendar update when Salesforce events change? +

Yes. The page reads live Salesforce data, so schedule updates, availability, and event details can appear without manual syncing.

Can visitors register directly from the calendar? +

Yes. You can connect registration to Salesforce-backed event records so visitors can browse events and register from the same WordPress page.

Can I show list, weekly, and monthly views? +

Yes. Sawfish supports list, daily, weekly, and monthly event views so you can match the layout to the audience and event volume.

Can I filter events by type, location, or audience? +

Yes. You can expose filters based on the Salesforce fields your team already uses to organize event records.

How much does the Sawfish plugin cost? +

Sawfish is $19/month billed annually — one flat fee covering your entire organization. Unlimited users, unlimited page views, no per-seat pricing. See full pricing →

Publish your Event Calendar on WordPress today.

Real-time data from Salesforce. No coding. No manual updates. Works with any WordPress theme.

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