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[Chris]

Am I understanding your product correctly? If I want recurring events, I need to purchased Event Calendar Pro. Then if I want to be able to search event by e.g. category which is really the most basic expectation in a search, I have to buy the filter that costs as much as the entire plugin. And if I want front end submission I have to also buy the Community plugin. So I end up with a near $300/year plugin? Did I get it right?

[George]

Hey Chris,

Recurring Events indeed requires buying the PRO add-on, which comes with many other features as well.

For front-end submission, that also does require buying another add-on, as front-end submissions is quite a lot of extra features.

However, for basic category searching, you shouldn’t necessarily need the Filter Bar. The Filter Bar is an extensive addition to the search bar that already exists on calendar pages for The Events Calendar – by default, for example, without getting the Filter Bar add-on, you can already categorize Events with Event Categories, and search for these event categories, etc. What the Filter Bar add-on itself adds is a “fancier”/more aesthetically-appealing interface on events pages that lets you “filter” events – the difference is subtle, but it’s not the same as simply “searching”. We agree that basic searching is of course vital, and it’s included even in the free version of The Events Calendar. The Filter Bar just creates a user-friendly way to be very specific with filtering – categories, tags, even distance from your current location for events that have location data with them….

I hope any of the information here helps – if not, please let us know anything you’d like more clarification about, or anything else you have questions/concerns about!

Thanks,
George

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