WordPress FOSSASIA Event Plugin (WPFAevent)

The FOSSASIA Event Plugin provides WordPress integrations for Eventyay-based events. It lets you display event landing pages, speakers, events, past events, schedules, and code of conduct content using classic page templates, Gutenberg blocks, or shortcodes. Shortcodes and blocks use embedded template rendering so WPFA content can live inside existing theme pages without the standalone template header/footer.

This plugin is maintained by FOSSASIA and is compatible with the eventyay platform.

Features

• Display speakers, sessions, and event schedules from Eventyay or other compatible APIs.
• Works with the unified Eventyay (Django + Vue 3) architecture.
• Includes an admin settings page to configure JSON API endpoints and cache duration.
• Supports WPFA template shortcodes for embedding event pages anywhere on your site.
• Provides Gutenberg blocks for the landing, speakers, events, past events, schedule, and code of conduct templates.
• Uses embedded template output for shortcodes and blocks so templates work in classic and block themes.
• Built with modern WordPress development practices:
  • Class-based structure
  • Hooks and actions
  • Internationalization (translation-ready)
• Includes placeholder data for local development and testing.
• Easily extendable with custom templates, endpoints, or additional shortcodes.

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Requirements

• WordPress 5.8 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or newer
• HTTPS-enabled server (for API calls)
• The WordPress REST API and wp_remote_get() must be available

Installation

1. Download or clone this plugin into your WordPress wp-content/plugins/ directory:

   git clone https://github.com/fossasia/WPFAevent.git event-plugin
   
   

2. Activate Event Plugin in your WordPress Admin under Plugins → Installed Plugins → Event Plugin → Activate.

3. Configure your API endpoints:

   • Go to Settings → Event Plugin in the WordPress Admin.
   • Enter the URLs of your Eventyay API endpoints for Speakers, Sessions, and Schedule.
   • Optionally adjust the cache time (TTL) in seconds.

4. Add WPFA template shortcodes to your pages or posts, for example:

   [wpfaevent_landing]
   [wpfaevent_speakers]
   [wpfaevent_events]
   [wpfaevent_past_events]
   [wpfaevent_schedule]
   [wpfaevent_code_of_conduct]
   

   You can also add the matching WPFA blocks in the block editor.

Directory Structure

event-plugin/
│
├─ event-plugin.php                 → main plugin file (entry point)
│
├─ includes/
│   ├─ class-event-loader.php       → initializes hooks and shortcodes
│   ├─ class-event-api.php          → handles remote API fetching with caching
│   ├─ class-event-admin.php        → admin settings page (API config, cache)
│   ├─ class-event-speakers.php     → logic for speakers shortcode
│   ├─ class-event-sessions.php     → logic for sessions shortcode
│   └─ class-event-schedule.php     → logic for schedule shortcode
│
├─ public/
│   ├─ partials/
│   │   ├─ event-speakers.php       → speaker display template
│   │   ├─ event-sessions.php       → sessions display template
│   │   └─ event-schedule.php       → schedule display template
│   ├─ css/
│   │   └─ event-public.css         → public-facing styles
│   └─ js/
│       ├─ event-public.js          → public-facing scripts
│       └─ event-admin.js           → admin JS for “Test Connection” buttons
│
├─ assets/
│   └─ img/
│       └─ speaker-placeholder.jpg  → placeholder image (no real data)
│
├─ languages/
│   └─ event-plugin.pot             → base translation template
│
└─ README.md

Shortcodes Overview

Shortcode	Description	Output Source
[wpfaevent_landing]	Displays the WPFA event landing page.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_speakers]	Displays the speaker directory.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_events]	Displays the upcoming events hub.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_past_events]	Displays the past events archive.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_schedule]	Displays the event schedule.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_code_of_conduct]	Displays the code of conduct content.	WPFA template
[wpfaevent_template template="events"]	Embeds a selected WPFA template by template key.	WPFA template

Note: All shortcodes now accept an optional align attribute (align="wide" or align="full"). When provided, the shortcode output will be wrapped in a corresponding alignment container, e.g., [wpfaevent_events align="full"]. If omitted, the shortcode renders the raw embed without altering the surrounding layout.

The generic wpfaevent_template shortcode accepts a template attribute. Supported values include landing, speakers, events, past_events, schedule, and code_of_conduct.

Blocks Overview

Block Title	Block Name
WPFA Landing	wpfaevent/landing
WPFA Speakers	wpfaevent/speakers
WPFA Events	wpfaevent/events
WPFA Past Events	wpfaevent/past-events
WPFA Schedule	wpfaevent/schedule
WPFA Code of Conduct	wpfaevent/code-of-conduct

WPFA blocks render dynamically and share the same embedded template mode as the shortcodes.

Each generic template shortcode can accept optional attributes, for example:

[wpfaevent_template template="speakers"]

Speaker Data Model

Speaker profiles use the wpfa_speaker custom post type, registered speaker metadata, and the event-speaker relationship fields wpfa_event_speakers and wpfa_speaker_events.

See docs/speaker-data-model.md for the speaker fields, REST-exposed metadata, relationship sync behavior, and the interim session metadata approach.

Settings Page

Navigate to Settings → Event Plugin to configure:

• Speakers Endpoint: https://example.org/api/v1/events/{id}/speakers
• Sessions Endpoint: https://example.org/api/v1/events/{id}/sessions
• Schedule Endpoint: https://example.org/api/v1/events/{id}/schedule
• Cache TTL (seconds): Duration for transient caching of API results
• Test Buttons: Verify that endpoints respond with valid JSON data

If the fields are left empty, the plugin falls back to placeholder content for development.

Calendar Export And Timezones

The schedule page exposes an Add to calendar link when an event has a valid start date. The link opens a Google Calendar event template. Individual events can also be downloaded as .ics files from /wp-json/wpfaevent/v1/events/{event_id}/ics.

Event timezone behavior is deterministic:

• Each event can save an explicit timezone. If it is empty, WPFAevent falls back to the WordPress site timezone.
• All-day events export date-only DTSTART and exclusive date-only DTEND values.
• Timed events are interpreted in the event timezone and exported as UTC DTSTART/DTEND values.

Run the calendar export checks with:

php tests/calendar-test.php

Development Notes

• Core logic resides in includes/, presentation templates in public/partials/.

• All user-facing text should use translation functions __() or _e().

• Load assets using wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style().

• Use the built-in caching layer via transients in class-event-api.php.

• Do not commit large demo data or real images — use placeholders only.

• To modify the layout, you can override templates in your theme directory:

  your-theme/event-plugin/partials/event-speakers.php
  

  WordPress will automatically use the theme’s version if it exists.

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Local Development

1. Install WordPress locally (e.g., using LocalWP, Docker, or WP-CLI).
2. Place this plugin in wp-content/plugins/.
3. Activate it and navigate to Settings → Event Plugin.
4. Test with public Eventyay JSON endpoints or your own mock data.
5. Use wp wpfa import again whenever you need to refresh imported events and speakers from the configured Eventyay source.

To debug API calls, enable WordPress debug logging in wp-config.php:

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

Logs can be found in /wp-content/debug.log.

Translation

• The plugin is fully internationalization-ready (Text Domain: event-plugin).
• Translations are located in the languages/ directory.
• You can generate .mo and .po files using tools such as Poedit or Loco Translate.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

• Fork the repository on GitHub

• Create a feature branch:

  git checkout -b feature/my-feature

• Commit and push your changes, then submit a Pull Request

• Follow WordPress PHP coding standards

Development commands

# Install dev dependencies
composer install

# Run code style checks
composer phpcs

# Auto-fix code style violations
composer phpcbf

# Run static analysis
composer phpstan

# Bootstrap the WordPress test environment
# Requires WP_DB_USER and WP_DB_PASS env vars (defaults: wp_test / test_password)
composer setup-tests

# Run the test suite
composer test

# Run a specific test suite
composer test -- --testsuite Unit
composer test -- --testsuite Integration

Before submitting:

• Run composer phpcs — code must pass WordPress standards
• Run composer phpstan — no static analysis errors
• Run composer test — all tests must pass
• Avoid committing binary or large files
• Test locally with caching disabled
• Ensure translations are wrapped correctly in __() or _e()

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 Copyright © 2025 FOSSASIA