Which Add-Ons Do I Need?

[Brent]

Hi,

I currently have your https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar/ installed on my new site.

I intend to buy the Community Events add-on. As well as enabling members of the public to add their own events, I’d like the calendar to be searchable by the following options:

Country
City
Venue
Event type

Lastly, I’d like for the calendar to be searchable by individual persons involved within larger events. This is so that someone, for example a public speaker, could upload all their dates to my calendar then promote a URL linking only to said dates via their own website or social media.

Hope I’ve explained that clearly enough!

Can you please clarify whether or not I’ll need any other add-ons to achieve this?

Regards

[Geoff]

Hi Brent, thanks for getting in touch! We’re glad you’ve loved the free version of the plugin and are looking into upgrading. 🙂

Good questions. Let’s try to hit them one at a time.

I’d like the calendar to be searchable by the following options: Country, City, Venue, Event type

I think the Filter Bar add on might be worth looking into. It creates a set of filters on the calendar that allows visitors to search events based on the filters they select, including Venue, Organizer, Category, Tag, Cost, Day and Time and Distance. Here”s a nice overview on Filter Bar you might find helpful.

While the Filter Bar does not specifically allow visitors to search by Country or City, the “Near” field in the calendar’s default search bar does search by city and breaks those down by country.

You might also consider using countries as Tags so visitors can search those in the Filter Bar.

Lastly, I’d like for the calendar to be searchable by individual persons involved within larger events.

The Filter Bar is still a good option here since it allows visitors to filter events by Organizer. If public speakers will be adding their own events to the calendar using the Community Events form, then they will have the option of setting themselves as the “Organizer” of the event, which will be searchable in the calendar via the Filter Bar.

This is so that someone, for example a public speaker, could upload all their dates to my calendar then promote a URL linking only to said dates via their own website or social media.

You’ll want The Events Calendar PRO for this one. It automatically creates individual pages for Organizers that contains information about them as well as their associated events.

So, in short, you will have the following combo:

• The Events Calendar
• The Events Calendar PRO
• Community Events
• Filter Bar

Does this help answer your questions? Please let me know. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[Brent]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the speedy and detailed reply!

As mine is a new site and not yet returning its investment, I’m inclined to think that the Community Events and Filter Bar will be enough for now. I could go for the PRO add-on once I’m a little more established.

However, I will share this page with my tech guy and get his advice too.

I/we will get back to you ASAP…

[Geoff]

That sounds great, thanks Brent! I’m happy to hear the plugins sound like a good fit for the new site. 🙂

I’ll go ahead and close this thread since we tackled the first round of questions, but feel free to start a new one if other questions pop up and we’d be more than happy to hit them there.

Thanks again and cheers!
Geoff

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