It sorta does have this capability already, but only in the Single event view. The default List view template still shows ending times. I got it to work the way you’re describing by creating a custom template for the List view with a few extra lines of code taken from the Single view.
First, follow the plugin’s instructions for creating custom templates. Essentially, you do the following:
1) Create a subfolder called “events” in your theme’s main folder.
2) Copy the file “/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/views/list.php” into this subfolder. Leave the original file alone, this copy in your theme’s folder is the one you want to modify.
Next, open the new list.php and look for the code that displays the end date (lines 39-42):
<tr>
<td class="tec-event-meta-desc"><?php _e('End:', $spEvents->pluginDomain) ?></td>
<td class="tec-event-meta-value"><?php echo the_event_end_date(); ?></td>
</tr>
Replace it with this:
<?php if (the_event_start_date() !== the_event_end_date() ) : ?>
<tr>
<td class="tec-event-meta-desc"><?php _e('End:', $spEvents->pluginDomain) ?></td>
<td class="tec-event-meta-value"><?php echo the_event_end_date(); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endif; ?>
With this change, just like in the Single event view, any event that has an End date/time that’s the same as the Start date/time will not have the event’s end time displayed in the List view.
I just discovered that if you enter an end time that is exactly the same as the start time, it will only display the start time. 🙂
I guess that works, but it’d also be nice if you didn’t have to monkey around with an end date/time if you don’t actually have one.
I find that this plug-in also doesn’t delete past events, just removes them from the list. I think I’m going to start looking around for a different plug-in that will include those features.
