Title: Adding Frontend Anonymous Events
Last modified: June 23, 2026

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# Adding Frontend Anonymous Events

 *  [andywalt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andywalt/)
 * (@andywalt)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-frontend-anonymous-events/)
 * I’m wanting events to be added on the front end. I’ve created a dummy Subscriber
   user with the relevant permissions so that any added event is set to Pending.
   I’ve selected Allow Anonymous Submissions and selected the dummy user. I need
   the [event_form] shortcode to bring up the option for them to add their name 
   and email address. In fact if logged I just get an Unauthorised Access message.
   
   What am I doing wrong?

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 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-frontend-anonymous-events/#post-18946280)
 * Change the role of the dummy account to Contributor and then it will work. Alternatively,
   you can create a new role using the [Members](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/)
   plugin (call it EventContributor) and assign the dummy user that role. Then go
   to Event > Settings go to the General tab and then in the User Capabilities assign
   the capabilities in for the EventContributor role (the Subscriber role doesn’t
   have these capabilities): delete_events, edit_events, read_private_events, delete_recurring_events,
   edit_recurring_events, edit_locations, read_private_locations, read_other_locations,
   manager_bookings, upload_event_images
 * Or you could just leave the dummy user to have the Subscriber role. Next, configure
   User Capabilities: Go to Events > Settings > General > User Capabilities. Ensure
   the Subscriber role has permission to Edit Events, but DO NOT give it permission
   to Publish Events. This ensures submitted events are held as “Pending” for moderation.
    -  This reply was modified 1 week, 5 days ago by [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/).

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-frontend-anonymous-events/#post-18946280)
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