{"id":1966928,"date":"2025-09-25T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=1966928"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:09:42","slug":"changing-time-intervals-in-the-events-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/changing-time-intervals-in-the-events-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Time Intervals in The Events Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By default, <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/products\/wordpress-events-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Events Calendar<\/a> displays event times in the dropdown at 30-minute increments (e.g., 10:00, 10:30). However, there are ways to customize this behavior to allow more precise time selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) Entering Custom Times Manually:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with the default 30-minute dropdown, you can manually type a time in 15-minute increments (or any other interval) directly into the time input field, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) Changing the Dropdown Interval<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want the dropdown itself to display 15-minute intervals (or other custom intervals), you can use the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.theeventscalendar.com\/reference\/hooks\/tribe_events_meta_box_timepicker_step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tribe_events_meta_box_timepicker_step<\/a><\/code> filter. This requires adding a small code snippet to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-kb-palette-0-background-color has-background\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> This snippet works only in the <strong>Classic Editor<\/strong> but will <strong>not work when using the Block Editor<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Install and activate the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/code-snippets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code Snippets plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Add a new snippet with the following code:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nfunction my_custom_tribe_timepicker_step( $step ) {\n    return 15; \/\/ Change this value to your desired interval in minutes\n}\nadd_filter( &#039;tribe_events_meta_box_timepicker_step&#039;, &#039;my_custom_tribe_timepicker_step&#039; );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>3) Save and activate the snippet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Now, the time dropdown will display increments based on the value you set (e.g., 15 minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-1024x302.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1966930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-1536x453.png 1536w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-23.18.47-2048x604.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, The Events Calendar displays event times in the dropdown at 30-minute increments (e.g., 10:00, 10:30). 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