Since 4.2, "Organizer is required" — but it’s already filled out.

[Sean Sullivan]

Hello,

See other users have had this issue in the past:

"organizer name already exists" and "event organizer required" errors

"Organizer Required" Even When Organizer is Filled Out

Since our upgrade to 4.2, visitors are unable to submit events to our community calendar. They receive an “Organizer is required” error message when selecting one of the existing organizers.

You can test at http://MYDOMAIN.com/calendar/community/add

[Sean Sullivan]

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[George]

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[Sean Sullivan]

You nailed it, George! (You can make your reply public if you’re able.)

Here was the offending snippet. I commented out the Organizer line and that solved the problem:

// Add required fields to community calendar 
add_filter( 'tribe_events_community_required_fields', 'my_community_required_fields', 10, 1 );
 
function my_community_required_fields( $fields ) {
    $fields = array(
        'post_title',
        'post_content',
   //    'EventCost',
   //    'EventCurrencySymbol',
   //   'EventURL',
   //     '_ecp_custom_2',
         'EventStartDate',
         'venue',
   //     'organizer',
    //    'event_image',
    );
  
    return $fields;
}

I would like to keep that field mandatory, though. Is there a better way to achieve this?

[George]

Hey @sean,

While enforcing a requirement for most other fields is still as straightforward as the snippet above, enforcing a requirement for organizers is a bit more complex now because we allow for multiple organizers instead of just one.

I have tinkered with this on my own to no avail thus far, but have reached out to our developers for some assistance on this and will post a snippet as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience!
George

[Support Droid]

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[Nico]

Hey Sean,

Just wanted to give you a heads-up on this issue: other users are experiencing the same glitch, and I’m trying to help theme here → https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/organizer-cant-be-set-as-required-field/

Feel free to chime in if you are still interested in a workaround.

Best,
Nico

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