MEC Knowledgebase

  • How to Add Event In MEC Plugin?

    Alright it’s time to create an event. To add an event, go to WordPress menu and navigate to M.E. Calendar > Add Event.

  • Event Notifications

    At MEC, we offer a comprehensive Event notifications system for all booking and event-related situations. In this article, we will… Continue Reading

  • Event Modules

    In MEC, we offer a variety of event modules that you can use to enhance the functionality of your event… Continue Reading

  • Ticket and Invoice App

    Upon purchasing the Ticket and Invoice Addon, you will be granted access to the Ticket and Invoice App. This app… Continue Reading

  • How to Cancel MEC Subscriptions

    This article aims to guide you on how to cancel MEC subscriptions. Please keep in mind that any issues you… Continue Reading

  • GDPR Compliant

    MEC is fully compliant with the European GDPR rules and provides the following features: You might need to disable Google… Continue Reading

  • Liquid-view Layouts Addon

    Using this addon you can revolutionize the appearance of your events and shortcodes. Make sure to enjoy the awesome experience with the new UI and UX of it. Also, it has more than 20 different skins compatible with your devices. These skins are designed based on the most recent design trends using which you can…

  • Square Payment Addon

    To get this addon going you simply need to sign up using the link below and follow the steps. Done…. Continue Reading

  • Elementor FES Builder Addon

    MEC Elementor FES Builder is a great tool for creating frontend event submission forms with Elementor Page Builder. This amazing… Continue Reading

  • Gutenberg Single Builder Addon

    The Gutenberg Single Builder addon is one of the Modern Events Calendar builder addons which has been released after the… Continue Reading

  • Seat Addon

    Event Seat Addon

  • Social Poster Addon

    Social Auto Poster is one of the recent addons that we have produced for MEC. with this addon you can… Continue Reading

  • Webex Integration Addon

    With this add-on you can show your users the information regarding your meetings and webinars. Provide the users with an embedded code of your event link plus username and password.

  • How to Get Custom Field on Single Event Page?

    The event custom fields data is stored in WordPress meta, and you can access them using the get_post_meta function. Please… Continue Reading

  • General Calendar View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Improving Accessibility

    According to W3C, When websites and web tools are properly designed and coded, people with disabilities can use them. However,… Continue Reading

  • BuddyBoss Integration Addon

    This is an integration with BuddyBoss, to provide and help you with options to assign events to groups with each… Continue Reading

  • RSVP Events Addon

    With RSVP Addon you can enable users to RSVP to events through their name and email, plus having other fields and determine how many spots are needed. You can create different forms for different situations and manage users from backend.

  • Wizard

     After installing and activating MEC, you will be redirected to a Wizard page. Here, you can click on any of… Continue Reading

  • Translate with WPML Plugin

    WPML (The WordPress Multilingual Plugin) is one of the most popular translation plugins for WordPress. With WPML, you can translate all pages, posts, custom types and taxonomy, and more. We work directly with the WPML team to guarantee 100% compatibility between MEC and the WPML, so to start translating, follow the steps below:

  • Creating Google Calendar API Key

    You can find tips and Tricks for Importing from Facebook/Google in this doc.

  • Advanced Importer Addon

    With this addon, you can connect to Facebook, Google, Meetup, and Eventbrite unlimitedly. This makes the import process so easy. You should authenticate your account with just a few clicks and plan the import process. Also, with this plugin, you can have more third-party plugins for importing. You should initiate the process from a WordPress…

  • Custom CSS Settings

    Sometimes you may want to add your custom CSS codes to the single event pages or shortcodes. There are several reasons for this, so you can insert the CSS code in MEC.

  • Advanced Location Addon

    This add-on provides you with a dedicated page for each of the locations. You can have a list of locations wherever you like, using the shortcodes. Using different options, you can have various features for your shortcode.

  • Advanced Organizer Addon

    This add-on provides you with a dedicated page for each of the organizers. You can have a list of organizers wherever you like, using the shortcodes. Using different options, you can have various features for your shortcode.

  • Advanced Speaker Addon

    This add-on provides you with a dedicated page for each of the speakers. You can have a list of speakers wherever you like, using the shortcodes. Using different options, you can have various features for your shortcode.

  • Zoom Integration Addon

    With this add-on you can show your users the information regarding your meetings and webinars. Provide the users with an embedded code of your event link plus username and password.

  • Waiting List Addon

    This addon enables you to create a waiting form after selling out the tickets, so people can reserve one in case one of the attendees cancel their reservation. The people in the waiting list get transferred to the main list based on their reservation priority.

  • Divi Single Builder Addon

    Use this Addon to build your single event in Divi Page Builder. It allows you to use various different types of fields and rearrange them using drag and drop and modify their styles.

  • Virtual Events Addon

    With this addon, you can organize virtual events as easily and effectively as possible.

  • Booking Report

    you can see all the participants in your events and send an email to these users and/or view a list of them.

  • MEC Integrations

    After activating the “Enable Campaign Monitor Integration” option in Campaign Monitor Integration, you’ll encounter two new fields “API Key” and “List ID”.

  • Zapier Integration Addon

    This addon works as a link between MEC and Zapier, using which you can create different zaps and sync them with your website. In this addon, you can create different tasks (adding/editing events, canceling events, new bookings). Details of each task can be exported in JSON format which is compatible with Zapier. You just need…

  • Fluent-view Layouts Addon

    Using this addon you can revolutionize the appearance of your events and shortcodes. Make sure to enjoy the awesome experience with the new UI and UX of it. Also, it has more than 20 different skins compatible with your devices. These skins are designed based on the most recent design trends using which you can…

  • Advanced Reports Addon

    This addon helps you create a report of all the reservations made by MEC on your website. It is now available with more features in the backend, such as: Professional reservation filtering based on date, Events names, Categories, Organizers and Places. Also, two diagrams are included in this addon in which you can find all…

  • Add Events to Google Calendar

    In order to export events to the Google Calendar, you need to get API key from Google. So, first, you need to create a google calendar API and then put it to MEC settings. To do this, please follow the instructions below:

  • Import Events From Third Party Plugins

    Transferring your events from other famous plugins will be possible using this section. Simply select the corresponding plugin which is activated on your WordPress along with MEC, choose Events and “Import Options” and import the events.

  • Advanced Map Addon

    With this addon, you can create the professional shortcode for Map view with 2 popular styles included OpenStreetMap instead of Google Map and enjoy new features such as Street, Region, etc. for detailed and precise filtering. Display filters and events next to the map in a new view.

  • How To Fix Internal Server Error

    To coordinate WordPress with your server, You need to do a few things. This configuration will help you use WordPress and themes better.

  • Change License Domain

    If you want to change domains, navigate to Webnus download panel, and click on View Licenses.

  • Tile View Skin Settings

    In tile view skin you can show all the events in the form of the tile and they can be arranged in order of the date of a month.

  • Timeline View Skin Settings

    Timeline View is one of the most elegant displays in the Modern Events Calendar. 

  • Elementor Shortcode Designer Addon

    If you want to create fully customized event websites, then the shortcode designer feature of the Modern Events Calendar gives you great versatility. By a simple drag and drop, add as many visual elements as you want to maximize the potential of your website.

  • Website Troubleshooting by Installing A Fresh Copy

    With all that into the acount. Yet, you may experience conflicts with some plugins and this is due to the fact that checking compatibility with all the plugins in the WordPress repository is simply not plausible.

  • How to Set Cron Job in MEC?

    Cron jobs is a feature of CPanel and you need to contact your host provider to set it.

  • Ticket and Invoice Addon

    You can easily sell your events on your website using the Ticket & Invoice addon. this addon allows you to manage your attendees’ check-in, send out tickets and invoices in email format.

  • Using Inspect Element (Dev Tools)

    You can use Inspect element and change each section for yourself. For more information, please read the following article.

  • MEC Activation Issue

    There are a number of reasons why auto update issue in the Modern Events Calendar appears for you in your WordPress website. Check out its leading causes

  • Email Troubleshooting

    Here we can see a conversation from the Modern Events Calendar’s support desk which about receives email from MEC

  • Troubleshooting for Syncing MEC with Google Calendar

    Here we can see a conversation from the Modern Event Calendar’s support desk which is about Sync With Google Calendar

  • Removing Comment Box on Single Event Page

    This is a default feature of WordPress. But if you want to remove comment box on one or all of the events, do this:

  • No Event Found Issue in Modern Events Calendar

    If you confronted “No Event Found!”.  we will send you this message, so please before submitting a ticket check it and then if your issue was not fixed, then submit a ticket:

  • How To Increase Modern Events Calendar Load Speed?

    First of all MEC is compatible with PHP 7.0.x – 7.1.x – 5.6.x versions. With regard to the low speed of your website’s loading: Deactivate all your plugins

  • What Are The Best PHP Settings For WordPress?

    Host configurations: To access these fields please edit “php.ini” file which is located in host (if you can’t find it then contact with your host service provider)

  • Elemenetor Content Area Was Not Found Issue

    If you encounter this error: You should read this article: https://docs.elementor.com/article/56-content-area-not-found

  • Shortcode Image Size in Modern Events Calendar

    First check this link: / Image crop sizes in MEC are like that, as you are using cropped images then you can use full images. Go to following directory and according to shortcode skin open “render.php” file

  • What to do if I see ‘Fatal Error’?

    Seeing the error: If your debug is on, you will see the related error directly. Then you can realize where it’s from and what is causing it.

  • Troubleshooting No Register Button Issue

    Here we can see a conversation from the Modern Events Calendar’s support desk which is about Booking System

  • Show Attendees List On the Sidebar

    Here we can see a conversation from the Modern Events Calendar’s support desk which is about BuddyPress

  • Date Method in MEC plugin

    Here we can see a conversation from the Modern Event Calendar’s support desk which is about Date Method

  • User Dashboard Addon

    User Dashboard Addon works with MEC version 4.7.5 and higher. Using this addon, you can create a specific page for each user. It contains information about purchased tickets, registered events and much more. Users can now login to purchase tickets.

  • Multisite Event Sync Addon

    The addon works with All version. Sync events between your subsites and main websites. Changes in the main one will be inherited by the subsites. you can set these up in the admin panel.

  • Event API Addon

    With this addon, you can easily copy events from one website into another, export your scripts, or download JSON file.

  • Organizer Payment Settings

    Using this features, revenues from the event can now go directly to the organizers account. You can set payment accounts for your events.

  • Overriding Single Event Page

    MEC is created by developers for developers! And it’s highly developer-friendly so you can simply override MEC templates in your theme and make it compatible with your theme style or use MEC filters/actions to customize it.

  • Overriding Shortcodes Skins

    MEC supports many skins for showing events and all of them are override ready! For example if you want to customize the grid skin for MEC

  • Importing Events via SQL

    You can import your events to MEC in two ways: The first method is to use the option in the plugin. In this method, you can simply go to the MEC dashboard> Import / Export

  • MEC Hooks

    List of the category Taxonomy page, single page, archives and shortcodes Hooks

  • Import And Export Events

    There are 8 tabs in the Import/Export menu, which are explained in details below:

  • Appearance Settings

    You can stylize certain sections of MEC, using Styling Options. In addition to being able to change the base color, you can also change the color of the title, title hover, and description in the shortcode settings.

  • Import / Export Settings

    You can transfer all of your settings from one MEC to another. To do so, go to MEC Settings >Import/Export, on the site you want to get an export from.

  • Welcome Page (Intro)

    After activating MEC, you will be redirected to the “intro page”, which you can always access from M.E. Calendar in MEC menu and there you can find all the information you may need, including all the details about your end users’ reservations.

  • Elementor Single Builder Addon

    Use this Addon to build your forms in Elementor Editor. It allows you to use various different types of fields and rearrange them using drag and drop and modify their styles.

  • Elementor Form Builder Addon

    The Form Builder is a new addon for MEC which employs Elementor Page Builder. It allows you to style the tickets’ booking form however you want. In order to use Form Builder you need to have MEC Pro and Elementor Page Builder installed and activated.

  • Elementor Shortcode Builder Addon

    Modern Events Calendar Shortcode Builder Addon enables you to create shortcodes in Elementor Live Editor. Adding this widget to your pages allows previewing the events and placing the shortcodes in pages with ease.

  • WooCommerce Integration Addon

    You can use WooCommerce cart to purchase tickets, it means that each ticket is defined as a product. You can purchase ticket and WooCommerce products at the same time.

  • Import Facebook Events

    In order to to import events from the page you need to be the admin of the page. So, first you need to create a temporary access token and then upgrade it to a permanent one. To do this, please follow the instructions below:

  • Shortcode Date Options

    Modern Events Calendar has five major Shortcode Date Options.  However, you need to consider the skin and theme when you… Continue Reading

  • Translate MEC

    There are two main methods for translating MEC to languages other than English. These methods can be used to either… Continue Reading

  • Including MEC in Your Theme

    Including MEC in your theme means for seamless integration of both, you need to adjust dummy shortcodes. If you’re going to include the Modern… Continue Reading

  • Add a Booking System

    How to add a Booking system in Modern Events Calendar? Modern Events Calendar can handle ticket service and registration forms. You can easily build up your own form to get the information you need before processing payment.

  • MEC Single Sidebar

    There are certain options, such as Speaker, that need to be first enabled from MEC Settings. In MEC Single Events Sidebar, drag the items you want to MEC Single Sidebar.

  • PHP Date Format

    Here’s a list of the characters you can use to display the date format you want:

  • Translate Options

    You can change some of MEC messages here. For example if you like to change the label for the Register button, you can do it here. By the Way, if your website is multilingual, we recommend you change the messages/phrases from language files.

  • Masonry View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Agenda View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Available Spot View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Timetable View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Yearly View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Slider View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Countdown View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Cover View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Map View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Weekly View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Daily View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Calendar/Monthly View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Full Calendar Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Carousel View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Grid View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • List View Skin Settings

    You can use shortcodes in your internal pages to have this on your website. The shortcode is located in M.E.Calendar > Settings > Shortcodes. It generally resembles the skin. Here’s the original demo:

  • Making Advanced Shortcodes

    After adding your event, Modern Event Calendar enables you to make a calendar from all of the events with adorable skins, nice and tidy styles. Also, it has a powerful filtering tool to create a new calendar.

  • Booking Settings

    By enabling booking module service, Modern Event Calendar will be able to handle ticket services. Using the registration form you can easily build up your own form to get the information you need before processing payments.

  • Frontend Event Submission

    Front-End Event Submission offers the users several options to register their events in the current page, without having to enter a dashboard.

  • Single Event Settings

    1. In single event page, you can change the date format. For more information please refer to All Date Formats.

  • General Settings

    This feature is useful for SEO, categorizing, and indexing for search engines. Not to mention sorting out your events.

  • Labels

    Label is like a badge and is set to your event when you want to inform your participants of any news on the event (e.g. event is canceled). Also, you can add a description to your label edit page and it will be displayed in the MEC single sidebar.

  • Categories

    Categories are meant for general grouping of your events just like posts. It is used to sort and group content into different sections. Think of them as general topics or the table of contents for your site.

  • Tags

    Tags are basically keywords for each page/article you create. Tags are intended to be words or very short two or three-word phrases.

  • Manual Update

    You can manually download MEC from Webnus panel or WordPress plugins repository, then go to FTP and to the folder wp-content/plugins. Then upload the zip file there, and extract it in the same place to replac the previous files. And the update is done.

  • Auto Update

    If you have not installed it yet go to Appearance > Install Plugins and install and activate MEC. It will need a Webnus License, which can be found in the download menu after logging to webnus.net.

  • Activation

    After installing or updating MEC, you will notice certain changes. To activate MEC, you no longer need to go to Settings menu. Now, you can find it in the main menu.

  • Installation

    To download Modern Events Calendar plugin, please log in to Webnus.net, and navigate to download tab. From there you can see license key URL and more details for downloading Modern Events Calendar.