Multiple upcoming events widgets showing different category of events?

[Tom Widd]

Hi,
About to buy pro.
Can I add multiple versions of the upcoming events widget? So on individual pages a widget will show upcoming events from different categories?

I have 11 films showing, each with multiple screenings, all will be in main calendar. Then on each individual film page I want the widget to show upcoming events for just that film. I will create a category for each film to use as filter.
Thanks,Tom

[Geoff]

Hi there, Tom! Thanks for reaching out and for considering the PRO plugin. We hope you choose it. 🙂

Great question. You can certainly add any of the Event widgets (Event List, Event Calendar, etc.) to any number of widgetized areas that are set up on your site and configure them per use.

I think the tricky part in your case will be creating a unique widgetized area for each film. As long as each film has its own widgetized area registered, I think this will work for you. Here is the direct link to the WordPress Codex for creating Widget Areas.

By default, the Events List widget allows you to filter events by Category and Tags to control what gets displayed in the widget (screenshot). You can add as many of these filters as you want on a per-use basis to fine tune it to your needs for each film. For your specific case, I would add a category or tag for each event tied to film so you can filter them as needed.

Does this help answer your question? Please let me know. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[Tom Widd]

Sounds great thanks.
I’ll look into creating a unique widgetized area per film page and then use an instance of the event widget in each, with each using a different category representing each film.
I’ll use the sane categories to filter the main calendar/list view using the filter bar. Which I believe means I can link to the main calendar with a unique URL based on each category filter.
Thanks,
Tom

[Geoff]

My pleasure, thanks Tom! I’m so glad this helps.

I’m going to go ahead and close this thread, but please feel free to hit us up with a new thread if any other questions pop up. We’d be happy to help. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

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