Bulk Delete The Events Calendar Events based on Event Date

[Aaron RiddleParticipant]

Hi. I have figured out that the custom fields I need to target old events are the “_EventEndDate” custom field for the “tribe_event” post type.

I think I am on the right track, but still need some help. I am including two screenshots of the options the bulk delete plugin gives me. I know I need to select “tribe_events” as the post type, and am assuming “_EventEndDate” is the Key…however I am unsure what to place in the “Value” box or the “Enter Date Format” box.

Screenshots:

http://imgur.com/XtXrpoW.png

http://imgur.com/wjAkSfD.png

What are your thoughts? Thanks!

[SudarKeymaster]

Hello Aaron,

Yes, you are on right track.

In the “Delete Posts by Custom Field” module, you have to enter the following information to delete events based on their end date.

– Post Type – Select “tribe_events”
– Key – _EventEndDate
– Dropdown – less than (date)
– Value – Date in this format YYYY-MM-DD (eg: 2016-02-23)
– Date Format – Empty

I have also attached a screenshot with these values.

Please note that you need to have v0.8 of the “Bulk Delete Posts by Custom Field” addon. It was released just today.

The earlier versions of the addon had some compatibility issue with “The Events Calendar” plugin.

Let me know if you face any issues with it.

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[Aaron RiddleParticipant]

Hi, Sudar.

Thank you for this information! It helped me out a lot and appears to work perfectly.

I do have one more question. I also have the “Delete Posts by Custom Field Scheduler” plugin. Is it possible to schedule deletions of these types? So if I wanted to schedule the plugin to delete event posts older than 30 days from the _EventEndDate key (not the published date), how would that be done?

[SudarKeymaster]

Thank you for this information! It helped me out a lot and appears to work perfectly.

Glad to know that you got it working.

Is it possible to schedule deletions of these types?

Yes. But there is one caveat.

So if I wanted to schedule the plugin to delete event posts older than 30 days from the _EventEndDate key (not the published date), how would that be done?

The caveat is that in the values textbox you have to enter a date and it can’t be calculated dynamically.

Adding the ability to input the date dynamically might increase the complexity of this addon. I am planning to create a separate addon for “The Events Calendar” plugin itself with this feature.

I will let you know once I release that addon.

[Aaron RiddleParticipant]

Got it. Calculating the date dynamically is what I am looking for. I look forward to the future release of the Events Calendar addon plugin once you have that ready. It seems there is a strong demand for this feature and your plugin seems to provide that need.

[SudarKeymaster]

Hello Aaron,

Just a quick note to let you know that we just released v1.0.0 of Bulk Delete Posts by Custom Field add-on with the ability to specify dynamic or relative dates.

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