Issue with Automatically Created Events Not Showing on Frontend

Hi,

I am encountering an issue with events created programmatically using the tribe_create_event function in The Events Calendar plugin. Here are the specifics of the problem:

Process:

1. A WordPress post is scheduled or published via an automated process (e.g., WP Automatic).
2. An event is created programmatically using the tribe_create_event function based on the published post. The event includes details such as title, content, start date, end date, categories, organizer, and location.
3. Although the event is successfully saved in the database and all metadata appears to be correctly set, the event does not display on the frontend immediately.
4. To make the event visible on the frontend, I have to manually open the event in the WordPress admin panel and update it.

My code:

add_action(‘save_post’, ‘create_event_on_scheduled_publish’, 10, 3);
function create_event_on_scheduled_publish($post_ID, $post, $update) {
// Checking if the post is already being processed to prevent duplicate events

if (get_post_meta($post_ID, 'event_created', true) === true) {
return;

}

if ($post->post_type == 'post') { //$post->post_status == 'future' && 
    // Get the post ID, title, and content
    $ID = $post->ID;
    $title = get_the_title($ID);
    $content = apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);

    // Extract start and end dates from the content using regex
    preg_match_all('/\b\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\b/', $content, $matches);

    if (count($matches[0]) >= 1) {
        $start_date = $matches[0][0];
        $end_date = isset($matches[0][1]) ? $matches[0][1] : '';

        // Retrieve post categories by name
        $post_categories = wp_get_post_categories($ID);
        $event_categories = array();

        foreach ($post_categories as $c) {
            $cat = get_category($c);
            if ($cat) {
                // Get the category by name
                $event_cat = get_term_by('name', $cat->name, 'tribe_events_cat');
                if ($event_cat) {
                    $event_categories[] = $event_cat->term_id;
                }
            }
        }

        // Create event post
        // $event = array(
        //     'post_title'    => $title,
        //     'post_content'  => $content,
        //     'post_status'   => 'publish',
        //     'post_type'     => 'tribe_events',
        //     'post_author'   => 1, // Ensure a valid author ID is set
        //     // 'tax_input'     => array(
        //     //     // 'tribe_events_cat' => $event_categories,
        //     // ),
        // );
        $event_args = array(
                'post_title' => $title,
                'post_content' => $content,
                'post_status' => 'publish',
                'EventStartDate' => $start_date,
                'EventEndDate' => $end_date,
            );

            // Insert the event
            $event_id = tribe_create_event($event_args);

        // Insert the event post into the database
        // $event_id = wp_insert_post($event);

        // Assign categories to the event
        if (!empty($event_categories)) {
            wp_set_object_terms($event_id, $event_categories, 'tribe_events_cat');
        }
        update_post_meta($post_ID, 'event_created', true); // to avoid duplication

        // Set event start and end dates
        if ($event_id) {
            update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventStartDate', $start_date);
            if (!empty($end_date)) {
                update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventEndDate', $end_date);
            }

            // Set organizer (whoisin)
            $organizer = get_term_by('name', 'whoisin', 'tribe_organizer');
            if ($organizer) {
                update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventOrganizerID', $organizer->term_id);
            }

            // Set location (barcelona)
            $location = get_term_by('name', 'barcelona', 'tribe_venue');
            if ($location) {
                update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventVenueID', $location->term_id);
            }

            // Set map display options
            update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventShowMap', '1');
            update_post_meta($event_id, '_EventShowMapLink', '1');

                // Clear the cache (if a caching plugin is used)
                if (function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')) {
                    wp_cache_clear_cache();
                }

                // Flush rewrite rules
                flush_rewrite_rules();


        }
    } else {

        // Log error or handle the case when dates are not found
        error_log("Start and/or end date not found in post content for post ID: $ID");
    }
}

}

• This topic was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by ubaid ismail.
• This topic was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by ubaid ismail.