Add to Calendar

This is not our plugin you are using!

Hi @eftcolumbus,

Thank you for bringing this up again. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible for us to update the old thread :(.

Here is the update:
We published our PRO offering in the meantime. You can find it at https://add-to-calendar-pro.com/.
There, you can create an event, which generates a landing page for you, that you can share. It also automatically generates buttons you can copy+paste to your email. Or you can use the direct links for specific calendars (we have a guide here: https://docs.add-to-calendar-pro.com/recipes/custom-email-links.html).

In addition, the tool routes clicks through our middleware, making sure each user gets a working solution. For that, we check the device and browser of the user, check whether the selected calendar is working correctly and use the ideal setup.

All the best!

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm is also unofficially supported (mind the “T”, which separates date from time.

Add the debug option to it. It usually tells you what’s wrong.

like [add-to-calendar-button debug name="Add" ...

Double-check what the ACF shortcode is printing. It needs to be format YYYY-MM-DD here!

Can you share a screenshot of the integration?

The button on the linked website for sure does not use the code you have posted above.

When using the button via its shortcode option, you can use a shortcode inside the shortcode.

However, you would need to use {sc_start}xxx{sc_end} instead of [xxx] as scheme!

Like [add-to-calendar-button startDate=”{sc_start}ACF-Shortcode-Content{sc_end}”]

When using the button via its shortcode option, you can use a shortcode inside the shortcode.

However, you would need to use {sc_start}xxx{sc_end} instead of [xxx] as scheme!

Like [add-to-calendar-button startDate=”{sc_start}wpdts-custom format=”Y-m-d” next=”TUE 18:00″{sc_end}”]

And for the example: It is all documented at the linked page.

No. It comes with batteries included.

You can use the native style in your php files.

Or the Shortcode or Gutenberg Block in the editor.

As said, the debug option helps a lot. But mind the usual tech pitfalls like too early closing of statements.

Or use the Block or regular short code flow (inside a page/post, not PHP source code).

When using it that way, you are breaking your code with the single quotes in both, the wrapper code and the options parameter. You would need to change this.

Or you use the native implementation with the <add-to-calendar-button /> Tag. For this, your initial code looks fine. Make sure it is rendered this way at the HTML layer.

Add the debug option to get hints about what is not working.

See https://add-to-calendar-button.com/use-with-wordpress for more details.

Basically, for a Shortcode, you would write something like:

[add-to-calendar-button name=”abc” start date=”2024-04-03″ /]

That’s the bare minimum. All other parameters work accordingly.

You mayb not use characters [ and ] with the plugin as they are reserved for the WP Shortcode in general.

For pseudo html tags, you can use curly brackets instead.

You can now (v2.3) use a shortcode inside the shortcode for dynamic values.

Mind that you can only replace the values of the attributes with a shortcode, not the attribute names.

You also need to use {sc_start}xxx{sc_end} instead of [xxx] as scheme!