Importing Events from Outlook Calendar

Would you like to import events from Outlook Calendar to your WordPress site? Sugar Calendar lets you import events directly from third-party calendar apps.

This tutorial covers how to export events from Outlook Calendar and import them to WordPress using Sugar Calendar.


Before getting started, make sure the Sugar Calendar plugin is installed and activated on your WordPress site and that you’ve verified your license.

Exporting Events from Outlook Calendar

To get started, open the Outlook Calendar web app on your browser and then click the Settings gear icon at the top right side.

Click the settings icon

In the settings page, navigate to the Calendar » Shared calendars page.

Shared calendar settings in Outlook

Then scroll to the Publish a calendar section and select the calendar you’d like to export from the Select a calendar dropdown.

Select calendar

After that, choose the Can view all details option from the permissions dropdown.

Set calendar permission

Then click the Publish button to make your calendar public.

Publish calendar

This will generate an HTML and ICS URL for your calendar. Go ahead and click on the ICS URL to copy its value.

Copy ICS URL

Importing Google Calendar Events to Sugar Calendar

After copying the .ics URL from Outlook Calendar, go to your WordPress admin dashboard. Then navigate to Sugar Calendar » Tools and select the Import tab.

Sugar Calendar settings page

Once there, paste the .ics URL you copied into the Enter an ICS URL field.

Paste ICS URL in Sugar Calendar

Then click Import to proceed.

Click the Import button

You should see a success message with the total number of imported events.

Imported events

The imported events will be added to the default calendar on your site. You can view them from the Sugar Calendar » Events page.

Sugar Calendar events

That’s it! You’ve now learned how to import Google Calendar events to Sugar Calendar.

Next, would you like to display calendars on your site’s frontend? Our guide on displaying event calendars covers the steps in detail.