The platform fee never stops
Meetup charges organizers a subscription every year, whether your group met four times or forty. Free groups pay to exist.
For meetup organizers
Take your meetup home. Keep your members.
Everything a recurring meetup needs is in the free plugin: the series, the RSVPs, the waitlist. The member list lives in your database, not on someone else's platform.
No yearly platform fee · no per-member charges · GPL, self-hosted
Sounds familiar?
Renting your own community back
The member list is not yours
You built the group, but the platform holds the emails. Leave, and you start over from zero.
Your group looks like every other group
Same page layout, same branding, same competing groups one click away. Your community deserves its own front door.
Recurring events · Free
Set the series once, meet all year
"Every second Thursday" is one rule, not twelve copy-pasted events. Eventonomy generates each occurrence with its own date, page, and RSVP counts.
- Real repeat rules. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly series free; Pro adds patterns like "last Friday of each month."
- Per-date RSVPs. Members RSVP to a specific date, so August's list is not September's list.
- Edit one occurrence. Cancel or move a single date without touching the rest of the series.
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RSVPs · Free
Capacity caps and a waitlist that works
Set the room size and stop worrying. When the event fills, the waitlist catches the overflow, in order.
- Going, maybe, no. Three honest answers, each with an optional guest count.
- Guests without accounts. A name and an email is enough. A magic link handles changes later.
- Custom questions. Ask about skill level, topics, or dietary needs right on the RSVP form.
Your data
The member list belongs to you
Every RSVP, email, and answer lands in your own WordPress database. Export any event's attendees to CSV whenever you want, for free.
- CSV exports built in. Attendees and answers download as a clean UTF-8 file.
- No lock-in. GPL code, custom tables, and a documented REST API. Your data stays portable.
- Branded emails. Confirmations come from your site with your logo, not a platform's.
yoursite.com/wp-admin · Eventonomy
Reminders
Fewer no-shows, no manual nagging
Confirmation and cancellation emails are free and automatic. Pro adds scheduled reminder emails before each occurrence, plus SMS through Twilio.
- You pick the timing. Remind all Going attendees a set number of hours before start.
- Add-to-calendar included. Every event offers ICS downloads for Apple, Google, and Outlook.
A month in the life
One series, zero busywork
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Once
You create "WP developers meetup, every second Thursday" and set capacity to 30.
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Week 1
Members and guests RSVP to the next date. Confirmations go out automatically.
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Week 2
The date fills. Four people join the waitlist and move up as spots open.
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Day before
Pro sends the reminder email and SMS. No-shows drop.
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Next month
The next occurrence is already on the calendar. You changed nothing.
Which plan?
A typical meetup runs on Free
Recurring series, RSVPs, waitlists, and CSV exports cost nothing. Add Pro when you start charging for tickets or want scheduled reminders and SMS.
Questions
Meetup organizers ask
Do my members need WordPress accounts?
No. Guests RSVP with a name and an email address. A magic link lets them update or cancel later, no account required.
Are recurring events really free?
Yes. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly series are in the free plugin. Each occurrence gets its own date and its own RSVP list.
What does Eventonomy cost compared to Meetup?
The core plugin is free forever on your own site. Pro is a flat yearly license for paid tickets and reminders, with no per-member or per-event fees.
Stop paying rent on your own group
Set up your recurring series on your own site this weekend. Your members will follow.