Single Item: Event – Template
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I’m trying to override the GatherPress created template for a Single Event page.
I’m using the MotoPress FSE Theme – https://motopress.com/products/prime-fse/
I’ve created a “Single Item: Event” templateWhen I create a new Event in GatherPress, it still shows the plugin’s default page theme in the editor, however the correct “Single Item: Events” Template is selected in the right sidebar.
When I enter the event details, add a featured image, and save – my custom “Single Item: Event” template is shown on the front-end.
However, the editor doesn’t show my “heading” or “event details” sections on the live page – because they’re not available in the editor.
How can I make GatherPress show my custom “Single Item: Events” Template in the editor when I create a new Event?
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Hi Travis, I was able to reproduce, but the issue I saw was a relic from an older version of GatherPress before we made some changes to the post type naming. Just to help us debug for you, can you provide the query string in the URL when you are editing the
Single Item: Eventtemplate. For example, mine looks like this with the Twenty Twenty-Four theme:wp-admin/site-editor.php?postId=twentytwentyfour%2F%2Fsingle-gatherpress_event&postType=wp_template&canvas=edit.The issue I originally ran into was that the old post type for events was
gp_event, but we changed it togatherpress_event. I’m not sure how far back you started using GatherPress, so just want to ensure it’s not the same issue I just saw. After I deleted that template and created a new one, I was seeing the correct template applied to Event post type.
/wp-admin/site-editor.php?postId=prime-fse%2F%2Fsingle-gatherpress_event&postType=wp_template&canvas=editI first saw GatherPress early July in the WordPress Repo. Version 0.29.3. I started playing around with it a little ~mid-July, so not very long.
Per your suggestion, I deleted my custom “Single Item: Events” Template then recreated it. Still the same. When I create a new Event in GatherPress, it still shows the plugin’s default page theme in the editor.
With more testing, I think it’s definitely an issue within GatherPress. As you mentioned, you were able to replicate the issue while using the Twenty Twenty-Four theme.
I’ve now tested with 10 fresh WordPress installations using Twenty Twenty-Four with only the GatherPress plugin active. Not once has my custom “Single Item: Events” Template?successfully overridden the default GatherPress template within the Add New Event Editor.
I’ve tested by adding my custom event layout in a Pattern and then adding the Pattern to the custom “Single Item: Events” Template.I’ve also tested by adding my custom event layout directly to the custom “Single Item: Events” Template.
No matter how I try to create a custom “Single Item: Events” Template within WordPress, it doesn’t override the default GatherPress layout in the Editor.
The only way I’ve been able to override the default GatherPress template within the editor has been to create my own template override plugin. NOTE – I’m not a very skilled dev, so this is really the limit of my abilities
<?php
/*
* Plugin Name: My Block Templates
* Description: Post Types: GatherPress Event
*/
function gatherpress_event_my_block_template() {
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( 'gatherpress_event' );
$post_type_object->template = array(
array(
'core/group',
array(
'layout' => array(
'type' => 'constrained'
)
),
array(
array(
'core/columns',
array(),
array(
array(
'core/column',
array(
'width' => '66.66%'
),
array(
array(
'core/columns',
array(),
array(
array(
'core/column',
array(
'width' => '66.66%'
),
array(
array(
'gatherpress/event-date',
array(),
array()
),
)
),
array(
'core/column',
array(
'width' => '33.33%'
),
array(
array(
'gatherpress/add-to-calendar',
array(),
array()
),
)
),
)
),
array(
'core/post-featured-image',
array(),
array()
),
)
),
array(
'core/column',
array(
'width' => '33.33%'
),
array(
array(
'gatherpress/rsvp',
array(),
array()
),
array(
'gatherpress/venue',
array(),
array()
),
)
),
)
),
array(
'gatherpress/rsvp',
array(),
array()
),
array(
'core/heading',
array(),
array()
),
array(
'core/paragraph',
array(
'placeholder' => 'All about the get-together'
),
array()
),
array(
'gatherpress/rsvp-response',
array(),
array()
),
)
),
);
}
add_action( 'init', 'gatherpress_event_my_block_template' );
?>
I do understand the plugin is in Alpha, and I’m happy to work it hard with every real-world use-case to find bugs and offer improvement ideas. My ultimate application will be to create a simple front-end form for my Club’s organizers (setup as a custom role) to create a new event for our club.
NOTE – I’ve added the GatherPress Alpha plugin you linked
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