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MEC – Advanced Speaker Addon
MEC Advanced Speaker Addon extends Modern Events Calendar with dedicated speaker profile pages, speaker directories, and configurable event listings. It suits conferences and event sites that need structured speaker information, although it depends on MEC and standard WordPress shortcode processing.
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Overview
MEC Advanced Speaker Addon is designed for event websites where speaker information needs to be presented separately from individual event pages. It can create a dedicated page for each speaker and place speaker directories elsewhere through shortcodes, making it practical for conferences, summits, and sites that want both individual profiles and a browsable directory. The documentation also describes controls for associated events, including limits, date-based visibility, list or grid presentation, columns, filtering, sorting, and optional contact-detail removal. Setup is not standalone: the site must have Modern Events Calendar Lite or Pro installed and activated, the Speaker module enabled, and a suitable WordPress page available for the profile output. Site owners should test shortcode rendering, page-builder behavior, profile content, links, and responsive layouts on staging before publishing. The documentation specifically notes that pages or builders unable to process standard WordPress shortcodes may not display the lists, so compatibility should be checked against the active theme and builder rather than assumed.
Creates dedicated WordPress pages for individual speaker profiles.
Provides shortcodes for a single speaker, a speaker directory, and featured speaker displays.
Displays events associated with a speaker beneath the speaker information when enabled.
Supports list or grid layouts, configurable column counts, speaker and event limits, and a Load More option.
Offers directory controls including filtering, search, exclusions, random ordering, and sorting by name, added date, event count, or featured status.
Can show ongoing or past events and filter events from a specified start date.
Allows selected speaker details such as job title, telephone, email, website, and social profiles to be excluded.
Supports speaker-name links that can open as a direct link, popup dialog, or both, with current-window or new-window targets.
Compatibility and setup context
- Requires Modern Events Calendar Lite or Pro; the documentation specifies the latest MEC version as a requirement.
- MEC and the Advanced Speaker Addon must both be installed and activated before setup.
- The MEC Speaker feature must be enabled under MEC Settings > Event Module.
- The profile output uses WordPress pages and shortcodes, so the active theme or page builder must process standard WordPress shortcodes.
- Sites should verify shortcode rendering, widget behavior, speaker content, and layout responsiveness on staging before launch.
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- The addon requires Modern Events Calendar Lite or Pro and both products must be installed and activated.
- The addon provides dedicated speaker pages, speaker lists, associated event listings, and shortcode-based display options.
- The documentation lists single-speaker and speaker-list shortcodes with controls for layouts, limits, filtering, search, sorting, dates, and excluded details.
- The speaker module must be enabled in MEC Settings > Event Module.
- The documentation identifies standard WordPress shortcode processing as necessary for speaker lists to display.
- The official demo shows a single speaker profile with contact details, biography content, and related events.
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Version 1.4.0
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Version
1.4.0
Last Updated
Jan 19, 2026
File Size
0.2 MB
License
GPL
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