{"id":1896462,"date":"2019-10-18T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/pro-additional-fields-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:51:06","slug":"pro-additional-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/pro-additional-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Additional Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When creating your events, do you ever find yourself wishing there was a way to add additional information about your event? What about a checkbox to designate age-restricted events? Or a drop-down of &#8220;DJs&#8221; to select which one will be performing at the event? The ability to add these additional fields is included within our Events Calendar Pro plugin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#141827;background-color:var(--global-palette8)\">\ud83d\udc4b If you&#8217;re looking to add Additional Fields to tickets, then check out the free <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/extensions\/additional-fields-for-tickets\/\">Event Tickets Additional Fields extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create-add-fields\">Creating Additional Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To start creating additional fields, navigate to the <strong>Events \u2192 Settings \u2192 Additional Fields<\/strong> tab within your WordPress dashboard. Within this section, you can create&nbsp;as many of the following field types as you would like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Text Area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checkbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dropdown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating these fields, the &#8220;Field Label&#8221; will be the value that displays when editing the field as well as on the front end of your site when displaying the values assigned to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, when creating events, you&#8217;ll notice that the <em>radio<\/em>, <em>checkbox<\/em>, and <em>dropdown<\/em>&nbsp;options provide an additional field for setting the &#8220;Options&#8221;. This is where you can set the options for this field, one option per line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PRO-Additional-Fields-Settings-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"display\">Adding Custom Fields to an Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-classic-editor\">Classic Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After&nbsp;your additional fields are created, they will be added to the edit screen for your events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PRO-Additional-Fields-Event-Edit-Screen.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Classic Editor Additional Fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-block-editor\">Block Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When adding a new block to display an Additional Field you can either search for &#8220;Additional fields&#8221;, which will list all of them (left screenshot), or search for the label of the additional field you want to add (right screenshot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1962439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-1.jpg 896w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-1-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Listing all additional fields in the block editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1962440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-2.jpg 896w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/08\/add-additional-fields-with-block-editor-2-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Searching for a specific additional field in the block editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-fields-on-the-frontend\">Additional Fields on the Frontend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The values selected for the event will then be displayed within their own section on your event page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-09-at-12.50.22-PM.png\" alt=\"Additional fields appearing on the Block Editor\" class=\"wp-image-1952215\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional fields can help you add all sorts of useful information right into your event pages.&nbsp;Have fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/product\/wordpress-events-filterbar\/\">Filter Bar<\/a>&nbsp;user?<\/strong> You can add any of the additional fields as a new filter. Learn more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/configuring-filter-bar\/#additional-fields\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When creating your events, do you ever find yourself wishing there was a way to add additional information about your event? What about a checkbox to designate age-restricted events? Or a drop-down of &#8220;DJs&#8221; to select which one will be performing at the event? 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