Title: [Plugin: Events Manager] Custom Placeholder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Events Manager] Custom Placeholder

 *  [digitalnordic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnordic/)
 * (@digitalnordic)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/)
 * I have created a custom add-on called “Levels” as per your tutorials and everything
   is working except the placeholder. I added #_LEVELS in the Default single event
   format but what it returns is “#_LEVELS”
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * (@angelonwl)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149925)
 * can you paste a snippet of your code on how you added the placeholder?
 *  Thread Starter [digitalnordic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnordic/)
 * (@digitalnordic)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149931)
 * <p>
    **Level(s)** #_LEVELS </p>
 *  [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * (@angelonwl)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149934)
 * is this the docs you’ve read [http://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/create-a-custom-placeholder-for-event-formatting/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/create-a-custom-placeholder-for-event-formatting/)
 *  Thread Starter [digitalnordic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnordic/)
 * (@digitalnordic)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149935)
 * Yes.
 *  [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * (@angelonwl)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149949)
 * did try calling it like `$EM_Event->output("#_LEVELS")`
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149969)
 * my guess is you’re missing an add_filter hook, or something’s going wrong there(
   e.g. misspelt function). any php errors?
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2149970)
 * you could also try pasting the function here
 *  [customedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/customedia/)
 * (@customedia)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2150082)
 * I’m having the same issue as well I would like to style up my list like this
 * **Date**
    Category Post Name
 * I manage to get the output, but I cant seem to style it at all. I would like 
   to add spans and classes.
 *     ```
       if (class_exists('EM_Events')) {
       			echo EM_Events::output( array('limit'=>7, 'orderby'=>'start_date', 'format'=>'<span class="date">sss</span>'.'#_{ F j Y}#_CATEGORY<br/>#_EVENTLINK') );
       ```
   
 * thanks
 *  [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * (@angelonwl)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2150083)
 * [@customedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/customedia/)
 * did you try working on the template instead? [http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/)
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-placeholder/#post-2150084)
 * [@customedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/customedia/) post each question
   on one topic please

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