Artists can now enjoy the
MusicIDB Events Calendar WordPress Plugin

While the world is not quite back in full concert-going mode quite yet, we can share some positive progress here at MusicIDB that is focused on artists. The MusicIDB Events Calendar WordPress Plugin is now available to artists for the first time. For this we have extended the MusicIDB API (which powers the plugin) to make it possible to pull a list of events for any artist or band.

We have launched a brand new events list view and shortcode option called “Simple List (popular for artists)”.  

(Thank you Dirty Dotty's of Boston, MA for the preview graphic)

The artist name column displays a hover-card with links to any tagged artists’ social links that are included on their MusicIDB profile.  We hope this presents a unique opportunity for artists to promote each other easily by simply tagging each other when creating their events on MusicIDB.com.

Benefits for Artists

By implementing the MusicIDB Plugin, artists can 

• Tag other artists or bands playing on your events for cross-promotion
• Tag any Venue which will automatically allow venue address and image to appear on your site
• Add new venues and keep a dynamic database of your tour records
• Display events in a nice overlay with videos and embeddable media for any tagged artists
• No iframe / scrollbar compared to embed widgets (when not using the WordPress Plugin / MusicIDB API)
• MusicIDB is totally free for artists

Customization and Theme Template Overriding

Since the plugin uses the MusicIDB API to pull events directly to an integrated venue or artist's webpage, without using an iframe, theme developers have full reign to write their own CSS to override default styles directly from their theme, giving them full control of colors, fonts, buttons, and layout of any events or details.

Developers also have the freedom to copy theme templates and views into their theme folder so they can create their own look and feel entirely using the API and default views as a starter kit.  Template overriding is documented in the official readme of the plugin in the FAQ's section.