Major issues – plugin causing database connection errors

This is a large problem that many are just now experiencing. I posted the problem 3 days ago, and I’m not alone. It appears to be an issue with the newest WP 5.3 upgrade. However, the Time.ly folks are not responding to these forum alerts.

I’m having my website rolled-back to last week’s settings. Then I’ll see if I have to change out event plguin to something stable. Hopefully, the Time.ly folks will get on it.

I understand your pain, we’ve opted to go with a different event calendar plugin after this latest event, this plugin has been such trouble for well over a year and a switch is well overdue. It could be a conflict with our specific theme, however any attempts to bring this to the attention of the developers has brought little to no attention so we’ve been left on our own to figure it out.

have you selected your replacement calendar plugin yet? I’d be interested in any recommendations. I’m currently considering “The Events Calendar” plugin.

@laptophobo The Events Calendar plugin is the one we ultimately went with, it works perfectly and has many great features. We actually bought the paid version to receive automatic updates and other feature such as the Community Calendar, so far we’re quite pleased with the switch.

Hope it works out good for you!

Thanks for the feedback. You are awesome. Can I bother you for 1 last question?

Did you export data from Time.ly calendar and import into TEC calendar? If so, did you use their simple method of using the “ics” file. Or, did you utilize the “WP All Import” tool that was receommended by TEC?

This website I’m working on (it’s a domestic violence shelter) has a lot of events which would be best transfered over instead of re-inputted.

Thanks!
Richard

@laptophobo We were able to export the Time.ly calendar as an .ics file and directly import that into the new Tribe The Events Calendar – one thing to note however in order to do that you will need to purchase one of their packages that contains the “Event Aggregator” plugin in order to perform an import.

Hopefully this helps you – feel free to ask any questions, I’m glad to help.

Landon Cahow
Red Zephyr Design

Yes, it sure does. Thanks for that.
I had read in one of the review about this (TEC) plugin is that it did not provide for the exportation of files, just import. I’m going to assume that the paid version provides for that.
Again, thanks for your help on this.

Richard
Dot Org Web Works

BTW, London. Your site appears to be broken. (at least at: https://redzephyrdesign.com/)

Hi again. Is your site crashed? I’m wondering because the link (above) shows a crashed site. Was this due to the new TEC calendar plugin?

@laptophobo The issue at my website redzephyrdesign.com was related to another plugin error that I have since resolved, unrelated to the events calendar (which is not even installed on that site).

The site we do have The Events Calendar plugin installed on is experiencing other issues there again, unrelated to the plugin itself, we are in the process of moving that site to another host at this point and restoring it. The plugin however is running well on our staging site and in the new site we are migrating, so far so good. Site will eventually be live here: https://shoredailynews.com

Hope this helps!

It does, thanks.

I’d love to get in touch with you via email to exchange ideas. I have the new “The Events Calendar” plugin, but the way it looks is really raw. I have a ticket out to their support, but since we are experiencing similar issues with calendars, we might be able to save ourselves some time. You can reach me through the Contact Us on my website at: doww.org. Or, you could get back to me here.

Best,
Richard