{"id":5041,"date":"2026-04-24T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/docs\/003-settings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:38:05","slug":"003-settings","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/docs\/003-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can configure global settings for Cevento in the WordPress dashboard under <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Cevento<\/span> &rarr; <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Settings<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-004-cevento-dashboard_uebersicht-einstellungen.jpg\" data-caption=\"Click on the &ldquo;Settings&rdquo; link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-004-cevento-dashboard_uebersicht-einstellungen.jpg\" alt=\"Click on the &ldquo;Settings&rdquo; link\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The settings are divided into several tabs. These may contain submenus. The following explains these tabs and their submenus in sequence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cevento-docs__notice\">Be sure to check the following settings before making events available to your users:\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">E-Mails<\/span> &rarr; <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">General<\/span>: <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Admin E-Mails<\/span> (This email address is used to notify you about new booking statuses.)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">E-Mails<\/span> &rarr; <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">New Booking<\/span>, <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Booking Confirmation<\/span>, <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Booking Cancellation<\/span> (The texts stored here are sent to your users.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once you have finished configuring or changing settings within a tab, click the button <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Save Settings<\/span> to save and apply your changes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"general\">General<\/h2>\n<h3>General Settings<\/h3>\n<p>Here you can enable booking confirmation and adjust related settings.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_allgemein.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;General&rdquo; tab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_allgemein.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;General&rdquo; tab\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Booking Confirmation<\/h4>\n<p>Enable this switch next to <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Booking Confirmation<\/span> if you want all bookings to require your approval before users receive a booking confirmation email.<\/p>\n<p><mark class=\"cevento-docs__notice\">If the switch Booking Confirmation is enabled, the email named <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">New Booking<\/span> will not be sent.<\/mark><\/p>\n<h4>Booking Button<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here will be displayed on the booking button on the event detail page.<\/p>\n<h4>Booking Success Message<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here will be shown to users directly on the website after successfully submitting a booking.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"display\">Display<\/h2>\n<p>In this tab, you can configure settings that affect the layout and appearance of your event views as well as the date format.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-01.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-01.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>General<\/h3>\n<p>In the first submenu you&rsquo;ll find various layout settings.<\/p>\n<h4>Archive Layout<\/h4>\n<p>In this dropdown you can define the appearance of your event archives. Options are List, Grid, or Compact.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-liste.png\" data-caption=\"Example &ldquo;List&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-liste.png\" alt=\"Example &ldquo;List&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"cevento-docs__caption\">Example archive layout &ldquo;List&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-raster.png\" data-caption=\"Example &ldquo;Grid&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-raster.png\" alt=\"Example &ldquo;Grid&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"cevento-docs__caption\">Example archive layout &ldquo;Grid&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-kompakt.png\" data-caption=\"Example &ldquo;Compact&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/cevento-view-kompakt.png\" alt=\"Example &ldquo;Compact&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"cevento-docs__caption\">Example archive layout &ldquo;Compact&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Event Thumbnails<\/h4>\n<p>Enable this switch to display small preview images (thumbnails) for each event in your event views.<\/p>\n<h4>Event Excerpt<\/h4>\n<p>Enable this switch to display an excerpt of the respective event description in your event lists.<\/p>\n<h4>Available spots<\/h4>\n<p>Enable this switch to show the available spots for each event. If enabled, your event views will display <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">X spots available<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4>Pagination Max. Events<\/h4>\n<p>The maximum number of events displayed per page in your event archives. Events are split across multiple pages and pagination appears at the bottom for navigation.<\/p>\n<h3>Styling<\/h3>\n<p>In this tab, you can customize the appearance of your event views.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-02.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;Styling&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-02.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;Styling&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Highlight Color<\/h4>\n<p>Use this color picker to define the accent color within the event display on your website.<\/p>\n<h4>Container Max. Width<\/h4>\n<p>Here you can set the maximum width of the event container. This applies to event archives and event detail pages. All valid CSS units are accepted.<\/p>\n<h4>Container Padding<\/h4>\n<p>The value entered here defines the inner spacing of the event container to its content. This applies to event archives and event detail pages. All valid CSS units are accepted.<\/p>\n<h3>Date Formatting<\/h3>\n<p>The following settings control the format for displaying dates in event views and booking requests. All formats supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/manual\/en\/datetime.format.php\" rel=\"noopener\">PHP DateTimeInterface<\/a> are accepted.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-03.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;Date Formatting&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_darstellung-03.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Display&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;Date Formatting&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Range Symbol<\/h4>\n<p>This symbol is used to separate the start from the end date. By default, a dash (&ndash;) is set. You can replace the default with any character. Once the settings are saved, your chosen symbol will also appear in the settings view. You can copy the symbol using the small icon in the input field.<\/p>\n<h4>Single Full Day<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used for single all-day events. (Default: d.m.Y)<\/p>\n<h4>Full-Day Day Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format applies to date ranges with single all-day events in the same month and year. (Default: d.&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y)<\/p>\n<h4>Full-Day Month Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used for events spanning a full-day range within the same year. (Default: d.m.&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y)<\/p>\n<h4>Full-Day Year Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format applies to single all-day events spanning multiple years. (Default: d.m.Y&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y)<\/p>\n<h4>Single Open-Ended Day<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used for events with no defined end. (Default: d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i)<\/p>\n<h4>Single Day<\/h4>\n<p>This format applies to events starting and ending on the same day. (Default: d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;H:i)<\/p>\n<h4>Day Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used for multi-day events within the same month. (Default: d.&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i)<\/p>\n<h4>Month Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format applies to multi-day events in the same year spanning several months. (Default: d.m.&nbsp;H:i&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i)<\/p>\n<h4>Year Range<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used for multi-day events spanning multiple months and years. (Default: d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;d.m.Y&nbsp;H:i)<\/p>\n<h4>System Date Format<\/h4>\n<p>This format is used to display data in booking requests. (Default: d.m.Y)<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"e-mails\">E-Mails<\/h2>\n<p>In this tab you can configure settings for emails sent by Cevento. Important information and tips about emails can be found in the document <a href=\"\/en\/docs\/004-emails\/\">Emails<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>General<\/h3>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-01.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;E-Mails&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;General&rdquo;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-01.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;E-Mails&rdquo; tab, submenu &ldquo;General&rdquo;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Send Emails<\/h4>\n<p>If this switch is enabled, Cevento may send emails. If disabled, no emails will be sent to you or your users &ndash; even if Email Templates are filled in the settings or event editing.<\/p>\n<h4>Admin E-Mails<\/h4>\n<p>This email address is used to notify you about new booking statuses. You can enter multiple addresses by providing a comma-separated list (example: support@cevento-plugin.at,example@cevento-plugin.at). (Default: the administrator email set in the WordPress dashboard under <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Settings<\/span> &rarr; <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">General<\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p><mark class=\"cevento-docs__notice\">If no email address is entered here, no emails will be sent to admins.<\/mark><\/p>\n<h4>E-Mail Logo<\/h4>\n<p>The image file stored here (your logo) will appear at the top of all emails sent by Cevento. To upload a logo, click the button <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Select Image<\/span> and select an image from your WordPress media library. To remove the logo, click the red button with the X at the bottom left of the image.<\/p>\n<h4>E-Mail Footer<\/h4>\n<p>The content entered here will be added to the end of all emails sent by Cevento.<\/p>\n<h3>E-Mail Templates<\/h3>\n<p>Cevento can send emails in the context of three booking events: <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">New Booking<\/span>, <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Booking Confirmation<\/span>, <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Booking Cancellation<\/span>. Here you will find the settings that define the template of each email. Each tab provides two emails per booking event. More details can be found in the document <a href=\"\/en\/docs\/004-emails\/\">Emails<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><mark class=\"cevento-docs__notice\">For each booking event, one email can be sent to the user and one to admins. If you leave the subject or content of the respective email empty, the email will not be sent.<\/mark><\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-02.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot &ldquo;New Booking&rdquo; email settings\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-02.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot &ldquo;New Booking&rdquo; email settings\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-03.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot &ldquo;Booking Confirmation&rdquo; email settings\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-03.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot &ldquo;Booking Confirmation&rdquo; email settings\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-04.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot &ldquo;Booking Cancellation&rdquo; email settings\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_e-mails-04.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot &ldquo;Booking Cancellation&rdquo; email settings\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>User Subject<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here will be used as the subject line of the respective email sent to users.<\/p>\n<h4>User Content<\/h4>\n<p>These texts will be used as the content of the respective email sent to users.<\/p>\n<h4>Admin Subject<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here will be used as the subject of the respective email sent to admins.<\/p>\n<h4>Admin Content<\/h4>\n<p>These texts will be used as the content of the respective email sent to admins.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"advanced\">Advanced<\/h2>\n<p>In this tab you will find settings related to the plugin&rsquo;s technical capabilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Advanced Settings<\/h3>\n<p>Here you&rsquo;ll find settings that should be used with caution. For most of them, it is helpful if you have some technical knowledge in this area.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_erweitert.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Advanced Settings&rdquo; tab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_erweitert.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of settings in the &ldquo;Advanced Settings&rdquo; tab\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Dev Mode<\/h4>\n<p>If you have some knowledge of HTML, you can enable this switch. Once enabled, two links will appear above each text editor allowing you to switch between two views (Visual and Code). This allows you to edit the HTML code of text editor contents.<\/p>\n<h4>Archive Views<\/h4>\n<p>If you enable this switch, archive and category views will be added to your website. If this switch is disabled, you can only display event output on your website via <a href=\"\/en\/docs\/001-shortcode-builder\/\">shortcodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Archive Slug<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here forms the basis of the URL for the event archive and event detail pages. Only letters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.<\/p>\n<h4>Category Slug<\/h4>\n<p>The text entered here forms the basis of the URLs of the category archives. Only letters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.<\/p>\n<h4>Data Cleanup<\/h4>\n<p>Enable this switch if you want all plugin and settings data of Cevento to be deleted upon uninstalling the plugin.<\/p>\n<h4>Single Template Overwrite<\/h4>\n<p>It is advisable to treat this setting with care. Having a good understanding of programming for WordPress is of advantage. This setting allows the plugin to completely overwrite your theme&rsquo;s single event view. By default, the switch is active, which means that the plugin attempts to load the theme&rsquo;s header and footer in the single event view.<\/p>\n<p><mark class=\"cevento-docs__tipp\">Deactivate this option if your theme is not displayed correctly in the event single view (e.g. faulty display of header, footer or layout). This will insert the event content directly via the <code>the_content<\/code> WordPress hook.<\/mark><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"license\">License<\/h2>\n<p>In this tab you will find all important information about the plugin license.<\/p>\n<h3>License Settings<\/h3>\n<p>To receive all future Cevento updates in WordPress, you must enter your Cevento license key, which you received when purchasing the plugin, in this tab.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_lizenz.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot of activated license\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-003-einstellungen_lizenz.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of activated license\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>License Status<\/h4>\n<p>The <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">License Status<\/span> shows whether your license is active. Only with an active license can updates for Cevento be installed.<\/p>\n<h4>License Key<\/h4>\n<p>Enter your valid <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">License Key<\/span> in the input field and then click the button <span class=\"cevento-docs__term\">Save Settings<\/span> in the top right corner. The License Status will then show you whether your license is active.<\/p>\n<div uk-lightbox><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-002-installation_lizenz-aktivieren.gif\" data-caption=\"License activation process\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/cevento-docs\/en\/001-002-installation_lizenz-aktivieren.gif\" alt=\"License activation process\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"next-steps\">Next steps<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/docs\/001-types-of-events\/\">Learn more about types of events<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/docs\/002-create-event\/\">Create your first event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/docs\/003-categories\/\">Create event categories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"thema":[677],"class_list":["post-5041","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","thema-basics"],"acf":{"excerpt":"Set global plugin settings","toc":"<ol class=\"toc\">\n<li><a href=\"#general\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">General<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#display\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">Display<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#e-mails\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">E-Mails<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#advanced\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">Advanced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#license\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">License<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#next-steps\"  uk-scroll=\"offset: 120\">Next steps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cevento-plugin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}