My events will simply not migrate

Hi @earthnutvt ,

Thank you for reaching out.

Are you referring to migrating to the new event data system (Migrating to the New Event Data System) here? If yes, have you tried enabling WordPress debugging (see How to Enable Debugging in WordPress) to see if there’s anything in the debug log that could potentially point us to the failure?

Apparently it was already on, and there are just thousands of entries that say this:

[08-Mar-2025 14:09:23 UTC] the-events-calendar/common – Log: Initializing Tribe Events on Mar, 8th at 02:03:23 pm

Hi @earthnutvt ,

Thank you for your message and the information.

Could you provide the following version so I can understand and learn more about your setup?

1. PHP
2. WordPress
3. The Events Calendar
4. Events Calendar Pro (if using)
5. Event Tickets (if using)
6. Event Tickets Plus (if using)
7. Theme and Version

1. 7.4.33
2. 6.7.2
3. 6.10.2
4. N/A
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. Enfold v7.0

Hi @earthnutvt ,

Thank you for your message and the information.

Nothing seems to stand out from the debug log and versions information that you provided.

To help us better understand the situation, could you please share some detailed information about what happens when you start to do the migration? Are there any particular events being flagged?

It’s just the normal thing that everyone else reports… it starts previewing, and it lists the wrong number of events. Previewing never finishes. Then when I tried all the tricks, adding the code snippet got it to start the migration but that also never finished. I’m not sure if the process usually flags events, but it didn’t do that for me.

Hi @earthnutvt ,

Thank you for your message and the information.

You mentioned “the wrong number of events” during the preview step. Do you have events that are in draft and/or in trashed state? How many events are currently published on the site? Are there past events?

No drafts or deleted events. I am suddenly getting this message now. Not sure if it’s related or how to fix it.

Warning: The Events Calendar REST API endpoints are not accessible! This may be due to a server configuration or another plugin blocking access to the REST API.
Please check with your hosting provider or system administrator to ensure that the below is accessible:
https://circusarts.org/wp-json/tribe/events/v1

Hi @earthnutvt

The REST API warning could be false-positive. In the meantime, could you try re-doing the migration process by following the exact steps below:

Here are the steps to revert and re-do the migration:

1. Update to the latest versions of The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro.
2. Remove any un-needed draft events and empty the Trash.
3. Activate only our plugins and use the 2020 theme.
4. Make sure server-side caching is disabled temporarily while you’re migrating your events.
5. Install and activate the?Code Snippets?plugin.
6. Add?this snippet?and run it once (be sure it does not stay activated).
7. Go to Events > Settings > Upgrades and go through the migration process again.

Please re-do the migration on your staging site first before applying to your live site.

Let me know how it goes.

Hi @earthnutvt

I hope you’re doing well. I just wanted to touch base and check in with you. It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from you. I was just curious if you had the chance to try out the recommendation provided above.

Let me know if there’s anything I can assist you with.

It’s going to take me a minute because I’ll need to create a copy of the site. I’ve already done 1, 2 and 4 together. This seems like an awful lot of work.

Hi @earthnutvt ,

Thank you for your message and the update.

We understand how how challenging this must be. Rest assured that we’re here to assist in any way we can.

Please feel free to let us know how things go with the steps that my colleague, @d0153 , had provided.

Hi @earthnutvt

I hope you’re doing well! I just wanted to check in since we haven’t heard from you in a little while. Were you able to go through the recommendation provided above?

Let me know if there’s anything I can assist you with.