Calendar Plug In – Are the tags cumulative?

[Jennifer Dodd]

Hi!

We are looking for a calendar plugin that we can have cumulative tags

For example – if we are looking for a free event, but only a free event for ages 0-5, could our users click on “free” and “0-5” and it was filter to show only events that have both?

The issue we’re running in to now, is that if our user clicks both tags it shows ALL free events for all ages.

Thanks!

[Jennifer Dodd]

Sorry, I should clarify, that our issue is with our current old plug in – which is why I’m looking for a new option!

[Courtney]

Hi Jennifer

Filtering by tags like this can be tricky. There are a few options here to show you.

First, WordPress itself can combine tags into a single link. See our demo site as an example of 2 different tags combined: http://wpshindig.com/tag/javascript,social/. You could create a button or menu item with that link structure to filter if you’d like. However, this again will show ALL events within that tag.

Another option is to see what Filter Bar can do. We use it on the demo site: http://wpshindig.com/events. It is the 2nd bar on display. This too is going to have the same issue though as the first example.

What might work better is if you create these as categories with a child category (see http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-categories-and-subcategories-to-wordpress/). Tags don’t work quite the same way. With the categories approach, you should be able to help filter down to exactly what you are looking for.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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