Documentation

Installation and Setup

For those of you new to Events Manager, we highly recommend you check out our getting started page, which gives a quick overview of how to get up and running.

First Steps

• Installation and Upgrades
• Getting Started
• Introduction to Settings

Basic Settings

• Using Widgets
• Mail Settings
• Configure Automated Emails
• Booking Options

Advanced Setup

• Multisite Installations
• Buddypress Installations
• User Permissions (Capabilities)
• Privacy & GDPR Compliance
• WooCommerce Integration

Payments Setup Pro

• Custom Booking Forms
• Payment Gateways Overview
• PayPal
• Stripe Payments
• Offline Payments
• Authorize.net AIM

Your Events

Once you've installed Events Manager, it's time to start adding event and locations! Here's some handy links to help you along the way.

Events

• Create and Edit Events
• Recurring Events
• Group Events with Categories
• Accept User-Submitted Events
• Manage User-Submitted Events
• Event Calendars
• Sharing Events with iCal

Bookings

• Set Up Event Bookings
• Allow Bookings Without Accounts
• Manage Bookings
• Multiple Bookings at Once Pro New
• Manual Bookings Pro
• Coupons Pro
• Custom Booking Emails Pro New

Locations

• Create and Edit Locations
• Google Maps
• Zoom Meetings, Webinars and Rooms

Advanced Usage

_Requires knowledge of HTML._There are several ways of showing your events throughout your site. Here are some of the basics. Each way has its advantages and offer varying levels of flexibility. If you are a developer wishing for more flexibility, it's advised you check out the developer docs too.

• Placeholders - change event page information/layouts
• Conditional Placeholders - placeholders that display on conditions being met
• Shortcodes - for pages/posts
• Event Search Attributes - add filters and options to shortcodes
• Event and Location List Grouping - powerful grouping logic for your lists, such as showing first upcoming event in each town
• Custom Event/Location Fields - Add custom fields to your events
• Importing and Exporting New
• Optimization Recommendation - plugin-specific tips to speed up your website
• General Optimization Recommendations - more tips to speed up your website
• Upgrading to Dev-Versions - Get the latest and greatest!
• WP Cron - Recommended setup of scheduled tasks

Developer Docs & Tutorials

If you have some experience using PHP and editing wordpress themes or plugins, you may find the more advanced features useful, as they provide a very high degree of flexibility and power, which you can use in your own  theme customization.

• Tutorials - a comprehensive set of walkthroughs for customizing Events Manager
• Using Template Files
• Template Tags
• Hooks and Filters
• Advanced Usage
• Translating

Finding Help

If after reading the documentation you get stuck, there's a lot of places to find help. We do recommend you read the documentation though, there's a good chance the answer is there already!

• Troubleshooting - regularly updated with recently common issues
• FAQ - regularly updated with recently common issues
• Community Forum - a lively community, visited regularly by the team
• Pro Support Forum - for faster support, monitored regularly mon through fri