{"id":1962165,"date":"2024-08-02T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=1962165"},"modified":"2024-08-02T17:18:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T21:18:18","slug":"how-can-i-allow-any-user-to-add-an-event-on-the-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/how-can-i-allow-any-user-to-add-an-event-on-the-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Allow Any User to Add an Event on the Calendar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Allowing users to add events to your calendar can greatly enhance community engagement on your site. With The Events Calendar Plugin and the Community Events <\/a>add-on, you can set this up easily. Follow these steps to enable event submissions from all users, including anonymous users.

Step-by-Step Guide to Enable User Event Submissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Install the Community Events Add-on
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First, ensure that you have the Community Events<\/a> add-on installed and activated. This add-on provides the necessary functionality for user-submitted events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Access Event Submission Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong>Navigate to Events \u2192 Settings \u2192 Community<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard. This section allows you to configure how users can submit events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Allow Anonymous Submissions<\/strong> : Decide if you want to allow anonymous submissions:

Enable Anonymous Submissions:<\/strong> If you want any user, even those not logged in, to submit events, enable this feature.
Disable Anonymous Submissions: <\/strong>If you prefer only registered users to submit events, leave this feature disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udca1<\/strong> Note:<\/strong> Anonymous users will be prompted to log in before accessing the submission form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> User Registration<\/strong> : If allowing submissions only from registered users, ensure that site visitors can register:

Go to Settings \u2192 General<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard, then Check Anyone can register option to allow new users to create accounts and submit events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udca1<\/strong> Note:<\/strong> The default role on each registration is set to Subscriber. You can modify this if you want your users to have additional access<\/a> to your WordPress dashboard. For example, on ticket management, this article<\/a> (see Ticket capabilities) guides you on how to set it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Configure Default Submission Status<\/strong> : Set the default status for submitted events based on your review process:

Draft:<\/strong> Events in this status will not be displayed until an admin publishes them.
Pending Review:<\/strong> Admins can easily identify and review these submissions before publishing.
Published: <\/strong>Events will be publicly accessible immediately after submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Allow Users to add new venues or<\/strong> organizers<\/strong>: You can enable options for logged-in users to create new venues and\/or organizers by checking these boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Allow Users to Edit or Remove Submissions<\/strong> : You can enable options for logged-in users to manage their submissions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allow Users to Edit Submissions:<\/strong> Logged-in users can edit their submitted events on the front end.
Allow Users to Remove Submissions: <\/strong>Users can remove their submitted events without notifying the admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1<\/strong> Note:<\/strong> By default, a logged-in user can access their submitted events on this URL format https:\/\/yoursite.com\/events\/community\/list\/<\/strong> or on your WordPress dashboard depending on their account’s role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.<\/strong> Deleted Events Handling<\/strong> : Decide how to handle deleted events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trash: <\/strong>Deleted events go to the Trash and can be restored if needed.
Delete Permanently:<\/strong> Events are permanently removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Configure Alert Settings<\/strong> : Set up email notifications to stay informed about new event submissions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Community settings page, scroll to Alert Settings, tick the box and enter the email addresses that should receive notifications when a new event is submitted.

That’s it! You have now configured your Community event submission form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allowing users to add events to your calendar can greatly enhance community engagement on your site. With The Events Calendar Plugin and the Community Events add-on, you can set this up easily. Follow these steps to enable event submissions from all users, including anonymous users. Step-by-Step Guide to Enable User Event Submissions 1. Install the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1955565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_swpsp_post_exclude":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[251,252],"stellar-product-taxonomy":[152,153],"class_list":["post-1962165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-community-events","tag-community-tickets","stellar-product-taxonomy-community-events","stellar-product-taxonomy-community-tickets"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}],"post_tag":[{"value":251,"label":"Community Events"},{"value":252,"label":"Community Tickets"}],"stellar-product-taxonomy":[{"value":152,"label":"Community"},{"value":153,"label":"Community Tickets"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2023\/02\/social-share-1024x538.png",1024,538,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jes","author_link":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/author\/jes\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":139,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":1,"category_count":139,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":251,"name":"Community Events","slug":"community-events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":251,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":252,"name":"Community Tickets","slug":"community-tickets","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":252,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962165"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962259,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962165\/revisions\/1962259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962165"},{"taxonomy":"stellar-product-taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stellar-product-taxonomy?post=1962165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}