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title: How to Integrate The Events Calendar with Spaces Engine
description: "You will need multiple plugins to enable the Create Events for Spaces integration with the Events Calendar plugin. We will cover both the **admin**and **Spaces owner** sides in this article. ## Required plugins 1. [The Events Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) (free or pro)…"
url: "https://spacesengine.com/docs/how-to-integrate-the-events-calendar-with-spaces-engine/"
updated: "2024-09-02"
category: Extensions and Integrations
---

# How to Integrate The Events Calendar with Spaces Engine

You will need multiple plugins to enable the Create Events for Spaces integration with the Events Calendar plugin.

We will cover both the **admin**and **Spaces owner** sides in this article.

## Required plugins

1. [The Events Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) (free or pro)
2. [The Events Calendar - Community Events](https://theeventscalendar.com/products/community-events/)

Install these plugins first and then follow the next steps **chronologically**.

## Create Categories - Admin

Go to **Events > Events Categories** from your WP Dashboard

Create as many categories as you need.

![Event Categories](https://spacesengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1-1024x562.png)

## Allow Creating Events - Admin

- Go to **Spaces > Settings** from your WP Dashboard.
- Select the **Events Calendar** section.
- **Enable**the Checkbox “Let your Space owners run events”.
- Save your changes, and **flush your permalinks**

![Enable events](https://spacesengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2.png)

## Limit Event Creation Capacities - Admin

Go to **Events > Settings** from your WP Sidebar and click on the **Community**tab.

![Event Settings](https://spacesengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-1024x897.png)

As an admin, on this tab, you will get advanced settings to control the way events behave on your site.

To enable your **manual approval** for creating new events, set the **Default status for submitted events**to Pending Review.

You can also enable a T&C agreement and email notification when an event is requested. 

## Enable the Events Tab - Spaces Owner

- Go to your spaces profile and click on the **Settings**Tab
- Go to the **Tabs and Buttons** section
- Enable the slider beside Events

![Enable Events Tab](https://spacesengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/4.png)

## Register as the Events Organizer - Spaces Owner

Reload / Go back to your spaces profile, you will see the events tab has been added. Click on the tab.

![Event Organizer Registration](https://spacesengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/5-1024x716.png)

You will be prompted with a registration form.

**Use your Spaces admin email.**

## Creating and Viewing Events

**Reload**the Events tab. Now you will be able to create and view events from your Spaces.

### Create Events

Click on the link to create an event. You will be taken to the event creation screen. Remember to select your organizer name from the dropdown, so the event is linked to your Space.

### View Events

You can also view any events you organize, from within a Space.

If you have activated Events Calendar Pro, you will see an enhanced Events list, complete with filters to narrow down your search.

Click on any event to be taken to the main Event page.

## Troubleshooting

From Version 1.5, event creation, editing and deletion are handled on the Events Calendar dedicated screens. If you run into any issues with these screens, please [get in touch with the Events Calendar team](https://theeventscalendar.com/support/).