Title: Red Notification Badge
Last modified: June 12, 2026

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# Red Notification Badge

 *  [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/)
 * (@tomoffinlandfoundation)
 * [2 days, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/)
 * There is a red numerical notification badge next to Events in the WordPress sidebar.
   What is this?
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i4klfxtlii5zfe6a9p4nu/EMP-Badge.png?rlkey=lheyh9c0isb0bvbznsv6wlwsj&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i4klfxtlii5zfe6a9p4nu/EMP-Badge.png?rlkey=lheyh9c0isb0bvbznsv6wlwsj&dl=0)
 * ![](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i4klfxtlii5zfe6a9p4nu/EMP-Badge.png?rlkey=
   lheyh9c0isb0bvbznsv6wlwsj&dl=0)

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 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [23 hours, 22 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18937840)
 * The number indicates the number of events pending approval from the administrator.
 *  Thread Starter [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/)
 * (@tomoffinlandfoundation)
 * [22 hours, 29 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18937863)
 * Thank you, but how do I find those? I have over 600 events, and there doesn’t
   seem to be a way to filter or search for them. There is no status column.
    -  This reply was modified 22 hours, 29 minutes ago by [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/).
    -  This reply was modified 22 hours, 24 minutes ago by [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/).
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [21 hours, 58 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18937877)
 * Above the events list I see the following links (with a count next to each one):
   All, Mine, Published, Drafts, Private
 * I don’t have any pending events but I think there will be a “Pending” link if
   there is at least one pending event. Clicking on that link will show you just
   the events that are pending approval.
 *  Thread Starter [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/)
 * (@tomoffinlandfoundation)
 * [21 hours, 30 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18937889)
 *  there is not a pending link
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [20 hours, 42 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18937911)
 * It could be that the red badge in this case is referring to pending Bookings.
   Try clicking on Events > Bookings (instead of Events > Events) and see if there
   are pending Bookings.
 * The other possibility is there are orphaned database entries. There could be 
   events owned by a user-id that no longer exsists. Try running the following SQL
   command to find the orphaned events:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       SELECT ID, post_title, post_status, post_author FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'event' AND post_status = 'pending';
       ```
   
 * If the post_author is invalid you could set it to a valid user-id (or delete 
   those posts).
 *  Thread Starter [tomoffinlandfoundation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomoffinlandfoundation/)
 * (@tomoffinlandfoundation)
 * [11 hours, 43 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18938080)
 * The tag, as shown in the screen shot, is next to Events not Bookings. But I checked,
   and I see nothing in the Bookings section that would show or indicate any pending
   bookings. Filtering by “Needs Attention” returned nothing. Running that SQL command
   returned an empty result set. So I’m still at a loss.
 * [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yBaIjWjoegY8RoSeNDrFuH3v0ERvblPf?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yBaIjWjoegY8RoSeNDrFuH3v0ERvblPf?usp=sharing)
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [12 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/red-notification-badge/#post-18938755)
 * First I would try going to Events > Settings and then click on the Admin Tools(
   Advanced) section at the bottom go to the Database Cleanup in that section and
   click on the “Remove Orpaned Events” button and then click on the Save Changes
   button and see if that solves the problem. If not try the following SQL command:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       SELECT event_id, post_id, event_name, event_start_date FROM wp_em_events WHERE event_status = 0;
       ```
   
 * Replace “wp_” with the prefix in your WordPress installion.
 * This will find the two entries in the wp_em_events table that is resulting in
   the red badge.

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