How to Create and Assign Categories to Events with WP Event Manager?

How to Create and Assign Categories to Events with WP Event Manager?

Events are classified into various types based on the kind of visitors they have. Visitors come from different backgrounds. That is why an event organizer or admin must ensure that they make a lot of event categories available to their clients. This helps registered visitors or attendees quickly find their preferred events using filters.

To fulfill this purpose, WP Event Manager gives organizers the right to add, edit and pick categories by clicking on the event categories section which is placed under the event listing.

Admins and organizers can follow the below mentioned steps to Create or pick event categories:
  1. Log into your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Go to Event Manager >> Event category.
    Wp Event Manager Event Categories General
  3. This page provides you with the list of categories that are already available. In case you want to add a new category, complete the details on the page and the new category would be added to the list of categories.
    Wp Event Manager Event Category List

The list of these Event Categories can be easily accessed on the frontend. The home page has the option to filter event categories. When a person selects a specific event category, events related to that particular category only are displayed to him or her.

Event Organizers can post events from the frontend as well. In that case, they can link their event to the categories that are already present at the backend.

To perform the task, the following are the steps they need to take:

  1. Event organizers can submit their events from the frontend without logging in. All they need to do is to fill up the event submission form with the necessary details. 
  2. The user needs to fill in a form with the details of the event. He or she will also get an option to select an event category from the Category List.

    3. Wp Event Manager Category Frontend

  3. All the event categories registered at the admin panel are displayed at this stage that allows the organizer to pick one that is suitable for their current event post.
  4. In case an event category that is available on the admin panel and does not appear on the frontend, the user needs to go to the “inspect element” option.
  5. A user can get access to the Inspect Element option in mainly two ways.
    • By pressing the F12 key or. 
    • By right clicking and selecting the Inspect Element Option.

    Wp Event Manager Inspect

  6. The user needs to fix the JavaScript error that would appear under the console section in the Inspect element.
    Wp Event Manager Console
  7.  However, if the user faces issues in solving it, our support team is there to assist them. The user can create a support ticket or contact our support team.