Random events on mini calendar

[Ren]

Hi. I have a question.

i have a mini calendar shortcode displayed on a page displaying only 4 events due space limitations.

i have some recurrent events that happens all the days, but they are always showing first on the mini calendar so for the user it seems mini calendar doesnt work when he clic on any date because is always the same events.

i would like to display other events instead, or at least display random events in the mini calendar.

how can i do this?

thank you so much.

[Jaime Marchwinski]

Hi Rene,

Thanks so much for reaching out!

One option that you have is to add a filter to that shortcode, so that you will only display events in a certain category or tag.  This way, you won’t have to display that recurring event that appears on every day (if you don’t want it to).  You can read more about that process here:

https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/configuring-the-calendar-widget/

If you are looking for something else, you can customize the Calendar Widget with the help of our Themer’s Guide.  You will want to look at this template: /plugins/events-calendar-pro/src/views/pro/widgets/mini-calendar-widget.php

https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/themers-guide/

Let me know how it goes!

 

Thanks,

Jaime

[Ren]

, seems that picking only categories wont work as i need. maybe editing the code to add random order of events displayed.
do you know a snippet to implement such functionality. i’m not a techy guy.

[Jaime Marchwinski]

Hi Rene,

Take a look at the snippets provided in this thread to see if they help you to achieve the results you are looking for:

https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/show-random-event-from-today/

Let me know how it goes!

 

Thanks,

Jaime

[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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