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SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz

by Michaelv2.0.0Unlimited sites

SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz is a WordPress plugin by Michael that lets you build Advent calendars on your site.

Product facts

Version
2.0.0
Released
31 October 2026
Type
Plugin
Licence
GPL
Included in
Every plan, or $2.79 on its own

Overview

Holiday content on a website often sits on a single banner that visitors see once and forget. SantaPress gives you a calendar format instead. Each door holds something different, such as a quiz, an image, a video, a message or a promotion, so there is a reason to come back during December. You choose what goes behind each door and how the calendar looks.

Setup happens through a user-friendly interface and needs no coding. You configure content, style and behavior, then adjust the layout to suit your branding and holiday look. The calendar is mobile-friendly, translation ready and built to work with popular WordPress themes and plugins, so it fits into an existing site without a redesign.

Features

  • Customizable calendar layouts: Design Advent calendars that match your site's branding and holiday style, so the calendar looks like a natural part of your existing theme.
  • Daily door reveal: Each door opens on its correct day, which builds anticipation and gives visitors a reason to return to your site throughout the month.
  • Quizzes behind the doors: Embed custom quizzes behind calendar doors to add an entertaining and educational element to the daily surprise.
  • Images, videos and offers: Place images, videos or special offers behind doors, giving you varied festive content to share with your audience.
  • Coupons and promotions: Share holiday discounts or promotions directly through calendar doors, so seasonal offers appear inside the calendar itself.
  • Countdown timer option: Add a visual countdown to the calendar interface to build holiday excitement as each day approaches.
  • Responsive and translation ready: The calendar works on smartphones and desktops, and supports multiple languages so you can reach visitors who read different languages.
  • Interaction tracking: Monitor how visitors interact with calendar doors, which helps you review what content gets opened and adjust your promotions.

Best for

  • WordPress stores sharing holiday promotions and coupons
  • Bloggers and publishers planning daily December content
  • Site owners adding festive quizzes without coding

Changelog

Version 2.0.0

  • New AI Calendar Design — describe a scene and let AI generate your calendar design (SantaPress > AI Design & Slicer, opt-in, 10 free generations per license)
  • New Slicer — cut any calendar image (AI-generated or from the Media Library) into single door images along an adjustable grid, with an option to assign the slices to your doors directly
  • New Blank calendar layout — start without door images and design your own with AI Design & Slicer
  • New Two new calendar layouts — SantaPress now ships 6 layouts plus the blank calendar
  • New Redesigned Auto-Layouts — the door popups of all 6 layouts now match the colors and motifs of their calendar, including the quiz buttons
  • New Choose between the classic editor and the block editor for doors (SantaPress > Global Settings, default: classic editor)
  • Improved Layout selection shows the blank calendar first, followed by the templates in rows of three
  • Improved Custom CSS field uses the WordPress code editor (syntax highlighting, line numbers, error markers)
  • Fixed Custom CSS containing child selectors (>) or quotes had no effect on the front end
  • Fixed HTML5 video and audio kept playing after closing a door popup; closed doors are now removed from the page
  • Fixed Updated the bundled Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) from 6.6.0 to 6.8.10
  • Security SantaPress now requires WordPress 6.2 or newer (required by the bundled ACF)
  • Security Door popups, quiz answers and click tracking now only work for published doors — no password protected, unpublished or other content can be fetched
  • Security Hidden mode shortcode attributes and the door image preview are escaped; a door's Custom JavaScript is only output if its author may post unfiltered HTML
  • Fixed Your own Gemini API key was encrypted twice when it was saved for the first time
  • Fixed Iframe modal mode logged a get_footer() deprecation with block themes; the embed template now outputs a complete HTML document
  • Fixed PHP 8.5 deprecation in the Slicer, and fatal errors on malformed quiz requests, an invalid start date or direct access to plugin files
  • Fixed JavaScript errors when a door could not be loaded, when Contact Form 7 was not active or the quiz cookie was malformed; removed jQuery Migrate warnings
  • Removed Obsolete Auto-Layout styles of discontinued layouts
  • Other General adjustments
  • Other CSS Fixes

Earlier versions

  • 1.8.0: 3 improved
  • 1.7.4: 1 improved, 1 fixed
  • 1.7.3: 2 new

FAQ

Is SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz free?

The code of SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. Buy GPL is a paid service: a plan or a purchase of SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz gives you the download and its updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.

Which version of SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz is this?

Version 2.0.0, released 31 October 2026. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them.

How do I update SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz?

Install Buy GPL Updater on your site and paste your key from My Account. It installs new versions of SantaPress - Advent Calendar Plugin & Quiz for you.

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