Church Content – Sermons, Events and More

The Church Content WordPress plugin provides an interface for managing sermons, events, people and locations. Please be aware that a compatible theme is required for presenting content from these church-centric post types in a tightly-integrated manner.

Who this is for

This plugin is intended for a very specific audience. If you are not one of the following then this plugin will not be useful to you.

• Users of official themes from ChurchThemes.com
• Users of third-party themes made specifically for this plugin
• Theme developers improving data portability for church sites

What it does

It provides post types, taxonomies and fields for sermons, events, people and locations to be shown by a compatible church WordPress theme.

Experienced WordPress developers agree that functionality like this does not belong in themes since themes are intended only for controlling the appearance of a WordPress site. Content that users might expect to take with them if they switch themes should “live” in a plugin in order to avoid theme lock-in. Similarly, our approach is not to present content using the plugin since themes offer more control for that purpose. This is why a compatible theme is required.

See the Plugin Details on ChurchThemes.com for a tour of features. Read the User Guide for instructions.

Compatible Themes

A compatible theme is required for presenting sermons, events, etc. added with the plugin.

• Official themes provided by ChurchThemes.com
• Third-party themes at churchthemes.com/third-party-themes

Church Content Pro

Church Content Pro is an add-on that provides additional features.

• Sermon Podcasting (iTunes, Google Play, etc.)
• Recurring Events (e.g. “every Monday and Thursday”)
• Event Date Exclusions (holidays, weather closings, etc.)
• Enhanced SEO (schema.org Structure Data using JSON-LD)
• Location Memory (autofill and select previous event locations)
• Wording Settings (e.g. rename “Sermons” to “Messages”)
• Agency Mode (simplify license management for clients)

Developers

Please see the Developer Guide on ChurchThemes.com for notes on developing themes that use this plugin. A couple benefits are that you will save time and be helping to accomplish better data portability among church websites powered by WordPress.

You can follow development on GitHub.

Translations

Several translations are available, including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Serbian and Slovak. See the Translations section in the plugin’s user guide for a more complete list. Also see translate.wordpress.org.

Follow us

• Visit ChurchThemes.com for compatible themes, add-ons and help
• We’re on Twitter, Facebook and have a Newsletter
• Lead developer: stevengliebe.com

Note: This plugin was previously named “Church Theme Content”.