Managing events through a wp page

  • I have inherited an old wp website (wp v5.9.5, PHP v5.6.40) which I am struggling with. This is my first experience of wp so I am learnign how to manage things through online research.

    This website is a basic Village events website but I am struggling to upgrade it due to an outdate and no longer supported plugin, ABASE for Accessing MySQL Databases which is incompatible with the latest versions of php. However, they rely on this plugin currently to manage users who request to attend an event via a CF7 contact form.

    The CF7 entries are added to the sql db and then ABASE is used to pull the entries from the db in to a page for the non technical volunteers to accept/assign/update – which is then reflected in the db and an email auto sent to the submitter to confirm the details (date/seat number etc).

    I need to replace this functionality for them if I am to then reinstall the website with the latest wordpress version and to update the DB to the latest php version too.

    There are probably a 1000 plugins to do this but I am struggling to find one that can replace Abase – if I search “database management” tools or “event management” tools I get lots of suggestions but not necessarily what I need…

    Plus I don’t want to take a paid version unless I know it is going to do what they need.

    Can somebody give me a few suggestions of plugins to help me manage these events in the best (and simplist) way – paid is ok if necessary.

    Hoping for some simple advice from the guru’s here ??

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  • CF7 does not store form entries in a database by itself. You would need this plugin for that:
    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/contact-form-entries/

    What comes after that sounds like a custom solution. You will not find something like this ready-made. You could program it yourself, have a look at the plugin manual: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/plugins/
    Or you can commission someone to do it, e.g. here: https://jobs.wordpress.net/
    Or you ask the developer of the above mentioned plugin. Maybe they have an idea or can make you an offer for the creation of an individual plugin, which refers to their own plugin.

    By the way: PHP is not a database. However, you must update the PHP version in the hosting in any case. WordPress 5.9.5 also works with 7.4. After that you should update WordPress to the very latest version, then you can set PHP to 8.0 (not 8.1 or newer). Always think about backups.

    CF7 does not store form entries in a database by itself.

    Actually, it does now.

    But oddly enough, as a CPT… and it doesn’t expose this CPT in the dashboard UI. So to end users, it’s as good as not saving it at all.

    Thread Starter bash99

    (@bash99)

    Thanks for the responses.

    I want to move the site away from Custom solutions since it is a village website run by volunteers, so it should be as simple as possible going forward from an admin perspective. Perhaps I need to get them to change their idea’s of what they really need…

    Potentially a plugin such as Events Manager or the CFDB Editor could work for them if they are prepared to change their workflows and pay the plugin costs. The free versions wont fit their needs due to one event (Carboot sale / Yard sale) but its their most important event so it needs to be catered for.

    Appreciated

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