Search by external database?

[Zach Keller]

Hey there. I am looking for a calendar search plugin which will allow me to populate results based on an external, non WP database. Our client has a database that includes events across the state of Tennessee. We want this plugin to query events from this external db, which does not live from within wordpress.

is this achievable with this plugin?

[Geoff]

Hey Zach,

Great question! The Events Calendar itself is not designed to support searching an external database. However, if the events exist in another site/database and they are contained in an .ics format that is hosted on a server, then you could use our iCal Importer add-on to fetch those events and display them in WordPress. It will allow you to fetch from as many feeds as you need, and do so on a scheduled basis.

Will that work? Please let me know!

Geoff

[Zach Keller]

Thanks Geoff, we’re going to keep doing some research and may come back to you guys!

[Geoff]

Right on! Definitely keep us posted and feel free to ask any other questions — I hope this works out with your project because it sounds really interesting.

Cheers,
Geoff

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