# Overview

**Calorie Calculator** (Free) estimates daily calorie needs and offers simple guidelines for weight loss or gain. Visitors enter age, gender, height, weight, and activity level. Results include BMI (with category), basal BMR, TDEE (maintain), and lose/gain calorie targets.

## What Free includes

- BMI, basal BMR, and TDEE alongside lose/gain guidelines
- Mifflin–St Jeor equation (results always name the formula used)
- Block editor, Elementor widget, shortcode, and classic widget
- **Look & feel** — site-wide layout, font size, and brand colours
- **Behaviour** — goal display, GDPR / privacy consent, webhook, admin notification
- **Tools** — copyable system info plus settings export / import / restore defaults
- Calculator logs when name and/or email fields are used
- Pro feature teasers in settings (locked previews of Formula & goals, Labels, Integrations, Email, Foods & exercises)

## Default formula

Free uses the **Mifflin–St Jeor** equation for basal metabolic rate (BMR), then applies an activity factor for TDEE.

> Results are for general wellness education. They are not medical advice.

## Upgrade to Pro

[Calorie Calculator Pro](https://wp.zubaer.com/calorie-calculator-pro/) adds PDF download, email results, macros, editable activities and goals, mailing-list integrations, foods and exercises libraries, multi-step form flow, Labels overrides, and more.