Recommended Way to Switch From Network to Single Site Install

[Patrick]

Events Calendar was installed as a network plugin. Is there a recommended way to make it a single site installation?

[Brook]

Howdy Patrick,

I would love to help you with this.

Before doing anything I would make a backup if I were you, just to be doubly safe. Tutorial: Making Backups.

I actually don’t see any reason why you can’t simply deactivate the plugin on your network, and uninstall it. Then install the zip from your site admin. This should not remove any data, but your backup will help you be extra sure. In fact, I think you will see all of your events just appear once you activate the plugin. You will need to reinput your license key, and double check all of your event settings to make sure they are still accurate. But in theory it should be pretty seamless.

Can you give that a go? Is it as seamless as I’m picturing?

Cheers!

– Brook

[Patrick]

Thanks Brook for the speedy answer. I made sure to have multiple backups first. I misunderstood how Network vs Site Plugins worked. I thought they were installed from either the Network Plugins page or a specific Site’s Plugins page. Plugins are installed the same way, but you can choose to activate it on a single Site or for the whole Network. I didn’t have to reinstall the Plugin or worry about my events getting deleted.

I went to the Network Plugins page, clicked on Network Deactivate on “The Events Calendar” & “The Events Calendar PRO” Plugins. Then I went to the specific Site’s Plugins page and activated “The Events Calendar” & “The Events Calendar PRO” Plugins. My events were all still there.

[Brook]

Perfect! Thanks for getting back. Happy it went smooth.

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