{"id":1896451,"date":"2019-10-18T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/finding-your-calendar-on-the-front-end-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:44:39","slug":"finding-your-calendar-on-the-front-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/finding-your-calendar-on-the-front-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Locating Your Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may have noticed that your calendar is not a typical WordPress page or post. As an <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Creating_an_Archive_Index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">archive page<\/a>, it is not something that you are able to see on the front end and edit directly on the page. The good news is that even though it is an archive page, you can still <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/customizing-template-files-2\/\">customize the appearance<\/a> of the page on the front end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that even though it isn&#8217;t a traditional WordPress page, it does have a slug. This slug should only be used for your calendar and no other page on your site. In other words, if your calendar slug is \/events, no other WordPress page on your website should have the same URL. This will keep everything working as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSGUZp-gZYs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-changing-the-calendar-location\">Changing the Calendar Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxDbcQ2lesU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The calendar is automatically located at <code>your-site.com\/events<\/code>, where <code>events<\/code> is the <em>slug<\/em> of the calendar. <em>Slug<\/em> is the name WordPress uses to describe the part of the URL that comes after the domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to change the calendar slug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-via-settings\">Via Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to change the address is directly in the plugin settings. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Events \u2192 Settings \u2192 General \u2192 Viewing<\/strong>, change the &#8220;Events URL slug&#8221; setting, then click &#8220;Save&#8221; to save the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tec-admin-settings-calendar-slug.png\" alt=\"Events URL slug\" class=\"wp-image-1949214\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that you can change the slug for single events as well in the very next setting. By default, events use <code>\/event<\/code> in the URL. But if you want to change that to, say <code>\/workshop<\/code>, then this is where you would do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tec-admin-settings-event-slug.png\" alt=\"Single event URL slug\" class=\"wp-image-1949213\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-embed-the-calendar-on-a-page\">Embed the calendar on a page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#141827;background-color:var(--global-palette8)\">\ud83d\udc4b This method requires Events Calendar Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another option is to embed the calendar on another page and use the URL of that page as your main calendar. If you have Events Calendar Pro installed with The Events Calendar, then the calendar can be embedded on a page using the <code>[tribe_events]<\/code> shortcode. Add it using the &#8220;Shortcode&#8221; block and the calendar will be displayed on that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ecp-admin-editor-page-shortcode.png\" alt=\"WordPress page with shortcode block\" class=\"wp-image-1949216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-set-the-calendar-as-the-homepage\">Set the Calendar as the Homepage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By default, The Events Calendar places its calendar at a specified URL on your site. The &#8220;out-of-the-box&#8221;, default URL is \/events, so that the events calendar for <kbd>example.com<\/kbd> would be at <kbd>example.com\/events<\/kbd>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also make your calendar your site&#8217;s home page! Visit your WordPress <strong>Settings \u2192 Reading<\/strong> page. 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