Title: Exporting data from anon submitters
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Exporting data from anon submitters

 *  [atlyss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atlyss/)
 * (@atlyss)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-data-from-anon-submitters/)
 * Hi there, I have a copy of Community Events as a non-profit. My current problem:
    1. I need to collect the contact info (Name, Org, email address) for people who
       submit events anonymously through the Community Events form
    2. Currently I can’t allow people to register as a user of the site due to CRAZY
       fake user spam
 * My question is this – **for people who don’t register with the site, where is
   the event information stored?**
 * I’m working with a dev to find a way to export this info. I’m considering using
   a different event management plugin, which stores its data in wp_postmeta table
   which is apparently very difficult to export. Is this where your plugin stores
   the data as well? Note that I assume their contact info would be a custom attribute
   we add to the form, if that makes a difference.
 * Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/)

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 *  [Barry Hughes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitebakery/)
 * (@websitebakery)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-data-from-anon-submitters/#post-4503899)
 * Though it’s great to see non-profits using our plugins and we’re happy to provide
   copies of the code, please note that in the case of premium plugins such as Community
   Events you would really need [to obtain a license](http://tri.be/shop/wordpress-community-events/)
   to access further support, which would give you access to our Community Events
   forum.
 * What you want to do certainly sounds achievable, particularly in concert with
   [Event Calendar PRO’s](http://tri.be/shop/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/) additional
   fields functionality (which Community Events can take full advantage of).
 * > I’m considering using a different event management plugin, which stores its
   > data in wp_postmeta table which is apparently very difficult to export.
 * We certainly do make use of the postmeta table to store information that won’t
   readily squeeze into the main posts table – and that is unlikely to change any
   time soon if ever. I’m not really sure why that would be difficult to export –
   WordPress’s own export tools seem to manage this without issue and it should 
   be possible with a fairly straightforward query (there are also some handy API
   functions provided by WordPress itself and also by The Events Calendar, for event-
   specific meta data, to let you access these fields).
 * Sorry we can’t offer much else on this one – but do consider a license if you
   need extra support.

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## Tags

 * [Data export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/data-export/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [form](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/form/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Barry Hughes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitebakery/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-data-from-anon-submitters/#post-4503899)
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