Title: Google Events won't parse correctly Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Google Events won't parse correctly * Resolved [seweasysewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seweasysewing/) * (@seweasysewing) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/) * Haven’t been able to get the plug-in to work for several months now…about to give up! * The newest version won’t display anything except: * “Some data was retrieved, but could not be parsed successfully. Please ensure your feed settings are correct. Back Next No events to display.” * when I view the feed. Any ideas? Using it straight from the installed version. I’m not doing anything fancy – only thing I did to create the feed was put in the correct calendar id. * Page is at: [http://seweasysewing.com/WordPress/?p=2620](http://seweasysewing.com/WordPress/?p=2620) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983400) * Hello, * SOrry you are having issues. I just went to your link but it gave me a 404 page not found error. * What are your settings set to? * Thread Starter [seweasysewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seweasysewing/) * (@seweasysewing) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983457) * Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I’ve been out with the flu. * Here’s another link to the page: [http://seweasysewing.com/WordPress/category/classes/](http://seweasysewing.com/WordPress/category/classes/) * I don’t have any special settings – use all the defaults. I use it for the widget showing upcoming events, but even if I do a post it still shows the same error message of not be able to parse successfully. * Thanks. * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983458) * Could you post both your settings for that feed as well as the widget settings you are using? * Thanks! * Thread Starter [seweasysewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seweasysewing/) * (@seweasysewing) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983477) * Here are the settings for the gcal events: * Feed Shortcode [gcal id=”2626″] Google Calendar ID: [l67krr4isu4mv5eckmla0gigdc@group.calendar.google.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/l67krr4isu4mv5eckmla0gigdc@group.calendar.google.com?output_format=md) Search Query: [blank] Expand Recurring Events? Yes Multiple Day Events Show on each day Display Mode: List Events per Page: Number of Days: 7 Display Start Date Offset: Number of Days Back: 0 Earliest Feed Event Date: Number of Months Back: 1 Latest Feed Event Date: Number of Years Forward: 2 Show Paging Links:[ checked] Show Tooltips: [checked] Date Format: [blank] Use PHP date formatting. Leave blank to use the default. Time Format: [blank] Use PHP date formatting. Leave blank to use the default. Cache Duration: 43200 * Here are the settings for the widget: * Title: Upcoming Events Feeds to display: 2626 Display events as: List Sort Order: Ascending Events per Page: Number of Days: 7 Display Start Date Offset: Number of Days Back: 0 Display Title on Tooltip: Events on Show Paging Links: [checked] Show Tooltips: [checked] * Still receiving the same error: “Some data was retrieved, but could not be parsed successfully. Please ensure your feed settings are correct. Back Next No events to display.” * Any ideas? * Thanks * [callia82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callia82/) * (@callia82) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983478) * I got this issue when I didn’t have my google API set up correctly and in the google developer console you have to make sure that calendar is set to “on”. * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983480) * [@seweasysewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seweasysewing/), * Does it work if you change your “Latest Feed Event Date” to something smaller like 3 or 6 months? * [@callia82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callia82/), Glad you were able to figure that out and get it working. * Here is the docs page for setting up an API key in case anyone needs it: * [http://wpdocs.philderksen.com/google-calendar-events/getting-started/api-key-settings/](http://wpdocs.philderksen.com/google-calendar-events/getting-started/api-key-settings/) * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-events-wont-parse-correctly/#post-5983493) * Assuming this was resolved since there haven’t been any replies here. Let us know if you need any more help. * Thanks! 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