The Events Calendar Errors
The Errors and Troubleshooting section for The Events Calendar provides diagnostic workflows and structural fixes for resolving technical anomalies on your WordPress calendar. When core site functions fail—whether due to plugin conflicts, server performance thresholds, or misconfigured database pathways—disruptions to event schedules can directly impact visitor engagement and ticket sales. Systematically identifying and resolving these errors ensures your dynamic calendar content loads reliably across all devices.
The error library covers server, connection, and data-related issues:
Data Discrepancies: Practical steps for fixing missing events that exist in the admin dashboard but fail to populate the front-end layout, as well as debugging a common glitch where event dates inaccurately reset to January 1, 1970 due to UNIX timestamp calculation failures.
Server-Level and Gateway Errors: Guides for diagnosing 502 Bad Gateway or 503 Service Unavailable errors, which typically signify that server resource thresholds or upstream script executions have timed out during complex calendar queries.
Routing and Migration Issues: Resolutions for HTTP 404 Errors on event permalinks and troubleshooting structural fixes for an empty events calendar after switching hosts, an issue often caused by broken API loops or dropped database schemas.
Asset and Security Conflicts: Walkthroughs for fixing CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) and Mixed Content Errors, ensuring that script libraries, stylesheets, and images load securely over HTTPS without browser blocks.
The Events Calendar Errors articles
This collection provides detailed troubleshooting articles, diagnostic paths, and corrective measures for addressing operational errors within The Events Calendar ecosystem.
Fixing an Empty Events Calendar After Switching Hosts
Read more: Fixing an Empty Events Calendar After Switching HostsThis issue often arises after migrating a website to a new host, which can result in missing database tables or problems with the API path used to load events. A quick way to diagnose this is by adding a new event and checking if it appears on your calendar. If it doesn’t, here are some…
Fixing Events That Show the Date January 1, 1970
Read more: Fixing Events That Show the Date January 1, 1970If you’re seeing your event dates appear as January 1, 1970, you’re not alone, and you’re definitely not doing anything wrong. This is a common issue that can happen for a few different reasons. In this article, we’ll walk you through why this happens, how to troubleshoot it, and what information to share with our…
Fixing HTTP 404 Errors
Read more: Fixing HTTP 404 ErrorsIf you’re seeing 404 errors related to The Events Calendar, the right solution depends on what kind of 404 you’re dealing with. This article covers three distinct situations: 👋 If your entire site is returning 404 errors — not just event pages — contact your hosting provider. That’s a server-level issue outside the scope of…
Fixing Missing Events on the Calendar
Read more: Fixing Missing Events on the CalendarUsing The Events Calendar plugin in WordPress is usually straightforward. You create events, they show up in calendar views or list views. But sometimes, you’ll find that events appear in the admin side (in the Dashboard) but don’t display on the frontend calendar. Or sometimes only some of them show. This can be frustrating. Common…
Troubleshooting 502 and 503 Errors with The Events Calendar
Read more: Troubleshooting 502 and 503 Errors with The Events Calendar502 Bad Gateway Errors A “502 Bad Gateway” (or sometimes “502 Proxy Error”) is an HTTP status code indicating that a server functioning as a gateway or proxy received an invalid or no response from an upstream server. In simpler terms: your browser sends a request → it hits a server or proxy → that…
Troubleshooting CORS and Mixed Content Errors with The Events Calendar
Read more: Troubleshooting CORS and Mixed Content Errors with The Events CalendarMixed Content or HTTPS Issues If your website is showing a “Not Secure” warning or your events page isn’t loading styles or scripts correctly after switching to HTTPS, you’re likely facing a mixed content issue. This happens when your site loads some resources (like images, scripts, or stylesheets) over HTTP on a page served over…
Troubleshooting WordPress Errors on Events
Read more: Troubleshooting WordPress Errors on EventsAre you getting crazy-looking error messages from The Events Calendar? Here are some of the common errors you might encounter and what they mean. Click the message for more details. wp_debug_display mode is on This is just a notice that lets you know your site is in debug mode. It’s a handy notice, but in general,…