Using Modern Events Calendar Plugin

The options documented below are only available if the Modern Events Calendar Plugin is installed and activated on your WordPress web site, and you are editing status settings for Events.

WordPress to Hootsuite Pro provides options specific for Events, which are created and updated using the Modern Events Calendar Plugin.

WordPress to Hootsuite Pro: Status Settings: Status

When defining status messages on an Event’s status, some specific options are available:

Event Tags

The following Tags can be inserted into your status messages, and will display Event-specific data:

Name Tag Description
Event Start Date {mec_event_start_date} Displays the Event’s Start Date
Event Start Time {mec_event_start_time} Displays the Event’s Start Time
Event End Date {mec_event_end_date} Displays the Event’s End Date
Event End Time {mec_event_end_time} Displays the Event’s End Time
Event Cost {mec_event_cost} Displays the Event’s Cost
Event Venue Name {mec_event_venue_name}
Event Venue Address {mec_event_venue_address} Displays the Event Venue’s full Address
Event Venue Website URL {mec_event_venue_website_url}
Event Organizer Name {mec_event_organizer_name} Displays the Event Organizer’s Name
Event Organizer Phone {mec_event_organizer_phone} Displays the Event Organizer’s Phone Number
Event Organizer Email {mec_event_organizer_email} Displays the Event Organizer’s Email Address
Event Organizer Website URL {mec_event_organizer_website_url} Displays the Event Organizer’s Website URL

Scheduling Options

Modern Events Calendar: Relative to Event Start Date

WordPress to Hootsuite Pro: Status: Scheduling: Modern Events Calendar: Start Date

Allows you to schedule the status on Hootsuite for a given offset in days, hours and minutes relative to Modern Event Calendar Event’s Start Date.

For example, to send a status update to social media profiles 12 hours before an Event’s Start Date:

  • Days: 0
  • Hours: 12
  • Minutes: 0
  • Before / After: Before Event Date

Modern Events Calendar: Relative to Event End Date

WordPress to Hootsuite Pro: Status: Scheduling: Modern Events Calendar: End Date

Allows you to schedule the status on Hootsuite for a given offset in days, hours and minutes relative to Modern Event Calendar Event’s End Date.

For example, to send a status update to social media profiles 2 days before an Event’s End Date:

  • Days: 2
  • Hours: 0
  • Minutes: 0
  • Before / After: Before End Date

Specific Date and Time

WordPress to Hootsuite Pro: Status: Schedule: Specific Date and Time

This option is only available when defining status messages at Post level.  Refer to the Documentation on how to do this.

Schedules the status update in your Hootsuite queue for the given date and time.