Events
Your site’s calendar as a native screen. Members browse upcoming and past events as a list or a month calendar, search and filter them by category, open one to RSVP, and the people who manage events create new ones.
This page covers Events from The Events Calendar. The Events card that opens Ultimate Member - Events in place is a different feature, documented on its own page.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”| Plugin | The Events Calendar |
| For RSVP | Event Tickets, with Events ticked under Post types that can have tickets (Tickets → Settings → General), and an RSVP added to each event that takes one |
| Endpoint groups | Events. Event RSVP too, for RSVP |
| Plan | Every plan |
Every Memberside endpoint is off until it is enabled. Placing any events feature switches the Events and Event RSVP groups on for you when your site is connected. If the site was not connected at the time, turn them on yourself under Memberside → REST API — see Enable the endpoints you need.
Event RSVP is listed only while Event Tickets is active. Without it, events still show in full, with no RSVP button.
Add it to your app
Section titled “Add it to your app”Drag Events onto a navigation bar or into the side drawer.
Tapping an event opens it natively. You do not have to place anything for that — the Event screen is added to the background for you, and you can open its settings from the preview.
Most calendars also place My Events, so members can find the events they RSVP’d to. Place Create Event too if you want a tab for the form; the Create button on this screen opens the same form without it.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Title, Description | Shown at the top | Empty |
| Opens on | Whether the screen opens on the List or the Month calendar. Members switch between them at the top of the screen | List |
| Search box | A search box above the list. It matches the event title and description | On |
| Category chips | A chip per event category above the list. Hidden when your site has no event categories | On |
| Past events | An Upcoming / Past switch on the list. Off lists upcoming events only | On |
| Event images | Each event’s featured image on its card | On |
| Create button | A button that opens the Create Event form | On |
| Post new events to the news feed | Each newly published event appears in your app’s feed as a card members can open and RSVP to. See New events in the feed | On |
| Restrictions | Which roles see the tab | Everyone |
Create button is drawn only for a member The Events Calendar lets create events. For everyone else it is hidden whatever the setting says. See Who can create events.
What your members see
Section titled “What your members see”List shows upcoming events, soonest first. Past turns it round: events that have ended, the latest first. Each card carries the event’s image, title, date and venue.
Month shows the month as a calendar, with every event that falls in it. An event that runs over several days is on every one of them.
Times are the event’s own. An event at 7 pm in Chicago reads 7 pm on every phone, wherever the member is, which is how The Events Calendar shows it on your website.
Anyone can browse, signed in or not, because your calendar is public on the website too. RSVP asks a visitor to sign in.
The events list, switched to the month calendar
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Not in the app
Section titled “Not in the app”These parts of The Events Calendar and Event Tickets stay on the website:
- Paid tickets and Tickets Commerce. An event that sells tickets and has no RSVP shows no RSVP button in the app.
- Recurring events and series from Events Calendar Pro. The app is built and tested against the free plugin, so a series cannot be made or edited in the app.
- Community Events submission, where anyone may submit an event. The app’s form is for people who can already manage events in wp-admin.
- Editing venues and organizers. The form picks existing ones, and can add a new venue for the people allowed to.
- Comments on events.
- The Week, Day, Photo and Map views.
Neither plugin raises in-app notifications. RSVP confirmations arrive by email, sent by Event Tickets.
When it does not work
Section titled “When it does not work”| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The list is empty and the site has events | The Events endpoint group is off | Turn it on in Memberside → REST API |
| The card is greyed out | The Events Calendar is inactive | Activate it |
| An event on the website is missing from Upcoming | It has ended, or it is a draft or pending review | Check Past, or publish it |
| No category chips | Your site has no event categories, or Category chips is off | Add categories under Events → Event Categories, or turn the setting on |
| No Create button for a member | Their role cannot create events in The Events Calendar | Give the role the permission, or sign in as an author, editor or administrator |
| No Create button for anyone | Create button is off | Turn it on |
| A time looks an hour or more out | The event was saved with a different timezone to the one expected | Correct the event’s timezone on the website. The app shows the event’s own time, not the phone’s |
| A month with many events shows only some | A month returns at most 300 events | Narrow it with a category chip, or use the list |