Events Manager – Event Cancellation
Requires Events Manager (free plugin) to be installed & activated.
Unfortunately, you sometimes have to cancel a planned event. In Events Manager it can be quite cumbersome to make sure you have done everything. This add-on makes that extremely easy!
Just change the Post Status to “Cancelled” and this add-on will automatically:
- Close the Booking Form by adjusting the Event cut-off time to the timestamp of cancellation;
- Change the Event Category to the new “Event Cancelled”;
- Change the Booking Status to the new “Event Cancelled” for selected booking statuses;
- Send the new “Event Cancelled” Email to notify your customers.
- After cancelling an event, it will still be visible in the front end, but the booking form will be closed. This prevents 404-errors for visitors and search engines.
- Refunding online payments remains a manual procedure.
This add-on is fully integrated with the Events Manager Dashboard. These new options will work exactly the same as the built-in ones.
Supports EM in Global Tables Mode
If you are running Events Manager on a WordPress MultiSite with Global Tables Mode enabled, you will probably have noticed that (by default) some features are missing on the sub-blogs. Unlike what the EM Dev told me, it is possible to filter the Admin Events List per Event Category if Global Tables Mode is enabled.
Since version 2.0 this add-on is (almost) fully compatible with that. The only thing still missing, is selecting Events Categories in the Quick Edit menu on sub blogs. But all other features of this add-on run smoothly.
Compatibility with EM – Ongoing Events:
If you cancel a main event, all sub events will be cancelled as well, but if you cancel a sub event, the rest of this Ongoing Series will remain unchanged.
How to test it?
Simply create a test event like any other. Publish it and add yourself as a participant. Then set the test event to “Cancelled” and watch the magic happen.
Feedback
I am open to your suggestions and feedback!
Please also check out my other plugins, tutorials and useful snippets for Events Manager.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.