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This tutorial shows how to use the Worship Times event management system to display your events in list or calendar form in the widget area or on a page. This is for the Events Manager plug-in, which is the events management system used on our older sites and networks. This video tutorial also uses the old widget editor – some sites may have a block widget editor, which will look different but functions in the same manner. Please don’t hesitate to submit a support ticket or email us at support@worshiptimes.org if you have any questions or need any help.

To add an event list to your sidebar, footer, or widget-based home page:

• From your dashboard, go to Appearance –> Widgets
• Add the Events widget to the widget area where you’d like to display the event list
• Give the widget a title, like Upcoming Events
• Select the number of events to display
• Select the scope of the events, usually “Future events”
• Change the sort order if you’d like
• If you want to display just one category instead of all events, enter the category ID here
  • The category ID can be found by going to Events –> Event Categories – the IDs are on the right-hand side of your category list
• Select whether or not to display a link to all of your events and the text for that link
• Edit the list item format as desired. Placeholders can be found at https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/placeholders/.
  • If you need help editing HTML and the placeholders, please contact us by submitting a support ticket or emailing us at support@worshiptimes.org.
• Save

To add a full calendar to your sidebar, footer, or widget-based home page:

• From your dashboard, go to Appearance –> Widgets
• Add the Events Calendar widget to the widget area where you’d like to display the event list
• Give the widget a title, if desired
• Select whether or not to display long events, which, when checked, displays events that occur over multiple days on each day of that event
• If you want to display just one category instead of all events, enter the category ID here
  • The category ID can be found by going to Events –> Event Categories – the IDs are on the right-hand side of your category list

To add an event list to a page:

• Create a new page or edit an existing page
• Click on Add Media
• Click on Events
• Select Events List from the dropdown menu
• Select a single category or All
• Select the number of events to display or All
• Select the date range, usually “Future”
• Insert Events List
• Publish/Update

To add a full calendar to a page:

• Create a new page or edit an existing page
• Click on Add Media
• Click on Events
• Select Full Calendar from the dropdown menu
• Select a single category or All
• Select the number of events to display or All
• Select the date range, usually “Future”
• Insert Events List
• For full calendar pages, we recommend selecting a full width layout for your page
• Publish/Update