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What are the shortcode and block options for customizing my events?

Here’s the full list of shortcode and block options you can use to customize how your events display:

• Basic shortcode: [ecs-list-events]
• cat – Show events from an event category [ecs-list-events cat='festival'] or specify multiple categories [ecs-list-events cat='festival, workshops']
• limit – Total number of events to show. Default is 5. [ecs-list-events limit='3']
• order – Order of the events to be shown. Value can be ‘ASC’ or ‘DESC’. Default is ‘ASC’. Order is based on event date. [ecs-list-events order='DESC']
• date – To show or hide date. Value can be ‘true’ or ‘false’. Default is true. [ecs-list-events eventdetails='false']
• venue – To show or hide the venue. Value can be ‘true’ or ‘false’. Default is false. [ecs-list-events venue='true']
• excerpt – To show or hide the excerpt and set excerpt length. Default is false. [ecs-list-events excerpt='true'] //displays excerpt with length 100
  excerpt=’300′ //displays excerpt with length 300
• thumb – To show or hide thumbnail image. Default is false. [ecs-list-events thumb='true'] //displays post thumbnail in default thumbnail dimension from media settings.
• thumbsize – Specify the size of the thumbnail. [ecs-list-events thumb='true' thumbsize='large']
• thumbwidth / thumbheight – Customize the thumbnail size in pixels [ecs-list-events thumb='true' thumbwidth='150' thumbheight='150']
• message – Message to show when there are no events. Defaults to ‘There are no upcoming events at this time.’
• viewall – Determines whether to show ‘View all events’ or not. Values can be ‘true’ or ‘false’. Default to ‘true’ [ecs-list-events cat='festival' limit='3' order='DESC' viewall='false']
• contentorder – Manage the order of content with commas. Default to title, thumbnail, excerpt, date, venue. [ecs-list-events cat='festival' limit='3' order='DESC' viewall='false' contentorder='title, thumbnail, excerpt, date, venue']
• month – Show only specific month (in YYYY-MM format). Type 'current' for displaying current month only or 'next' for next month. [ecs-list-events cat='festival' month='2021-06']
• past – Show Outdated Events. [ecs-list-events cat='festival' past='yes']
• key – Hide events when the start date has passed [ecs-list-events cat='festival' key='start date']
• orderby – Change the ordering to the end date [ecs-list-events orderby="enddate"]

With The Events Calendar Shortcode PRO you also get the following options:

• design – Shows improved design by default. Set to ‘standard’ for the regular one, ‘compact’ for a more compact listing, ‘calendar’ for a monthly calendar view, ‘columns’ to show a horizontal/columns/photo view, or ‘grouped’ to group events by day
• days – Specify how many days in the future, for example [ecs-list-events days="1"] for one day or [ecs-list-events days="7"] for one week
• tag – Filter by one or more tags. Use commas when you want to filter by multiple tags.
• id – Show a single event, useful for displaying details of the event on a blog post or page
• location (city, state/province, country) – Display events by location. Use commas when you want to include events from multiple (ie. country=’United States, Canada’)
• description – Use the full description instead of the excerpt of an event in the listing
• raw_description – Avoid filtering any HTML (spacing, links, bullet points, etc) in the description
• raw_excerpt – Avoid filtering any HTML (spacing, links, etc) in the excerpt
• featured only – Show only events marked as “featured”
• date – Show only events for a specific day [ecs-list-events date='2022-04-16']
• year – Show only events for a specific year [ecs-list-events year='2021']
• date range – Show only events between certain days [ecs-list-events fromdate='2021-05-31' todate='2021-06-15']
• timeonly – To show just the start time of the event. [ecs-list-events timeonly='true']
• offset – Skip a certain number of events from the beginning, useful for using multiple shortcodes on the same page (with ads in between) or splitting into columns
• custom design – Create one or more of your own templates for use with the shortcode
• filter bar – Allow the user to filter the events shown in the full calendar design (ie. by category, state/province, country, venue, etc)
• hiderecurring – To only show the first instance of a recurring event, set to ‘true’

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Can I use this plugin to list my events using the new WordPress 5.0 editor (Gutenberg)?

Yes! There is now a block to list your events anywhere in a page or post, just click “+” in the top-left and search for The Events Calendar Block (under Common).

How do I use this shortcode in a widget?

You can put the shortcode in a text widget (as of WordPress 4.7). If a regular text widget doesn’t work, put the shortcode in a Visual Editor Widget.

What are the classes for styling the list of events?

By default the plugin does not include styling. Events are listed in ul li tags with appropriate classes for styling with a bit of CSS.

• ul class=”ecs-event-list”
• li class=”ecs-event” and “ecs-featured-event” (if featured)
• event title link is H4 class=”entry-title summary”
• date class is time
• venue class is venue
• span .ecs-all-events
• p .ecs-excerpt

Want a better looking design without knowing any CSS? Check out The Events Calendar Shortcode & Block PRO

How do I include a list of events in a page template?

Put this in the template where you want the events list to display.

How do I include a monthly calendar view instead of a list?

The pro version of the plugin has the option to put design="calendar" in the shortcode (or pick Calendar as the design with the block) to show a calendar view of the events you want.