Title: Sync across WordPress installations
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Sync across WordPress installations
* [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/)
* Hi
* I have the pro version of this plugin. Is there any way of syncing calendar data
across WordPress installations? What if they’re not on the same server?
* Anyone got any thoughts on how I would otherwise do this or can point me to where
this/something similar has been done?
* Many thanks!
* [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/)
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* [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* (@jonahcoyote)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755437)
* Hi Usayd,
* There is no feature for this built in. You will need to find a 3rd party solution
to help you with this. Something like this plugin might help: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedwordpress/)
* Regards,
Jonah
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755467)
* Hi Jonah
* Thanks for that, the feed plugin works great.
* Unfortunately the calendar doesn’t output the event dates in the RSS feed. Do
you have any tips for how to customise it so that it does?
* Thanks
Usayd
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755469)
* I found how to customise the RSS feed output here: [http://tri.be/faqs/how-can-i-customize-the-events-rss-feed/](http://tri.be/faqs/how-can-i-customize-the-events-rss-feed/)
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755477)
* Can you advise how I can use the start and end dates from the RSS feed in the
event post?
* ```
May 1, 2013 8:15 pm
June 30, 2013 9:30 pm
```
* I tried using _EventStartDate custom field from here [http://tri.be/faqs/i-need-a-list-of-all-the-custom-fields-events-calendar-pro-uses/](http://tri.be/faqs/i-need-a-list-of-all-the-custom-fields-events-calendar-pro-uses/)
but I seem to be missing something.
* Thanks
* [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* (@jonahcoyote)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755478)
* Hi Usayd,
* What do you mean use the start and end dates from the feed in the event post?
The event posts should already display the start and end dates automatically.
* – Jonah
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755480)
* Hi Jonah
* I’m importing the feed into another version of the same plugin on a different
site.
* To include the event start and end dates in the feed I’ve used the method cited
above, however I don’t know how to use these values to populate the dates that
are imported on the events on the other side. It is just using the current date
as the default values.
* Thanks
* [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* (@jonahcoyote)
* [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755481)
* Oh gotcha Usayd, unfortunately no I don’t know how you would do this. You’d need
to somehow import the custom fields for _EventStartDate and _EventEndDate and
populate them accordingly for each event imported, but I’m not sure how you would
do this in the feed plugin. You’ll need to work on figuring it out on your own.
If you come up with anything, please let us know. I’m sure it would be something
helpful for others.
* Thanks,
Jonah
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755529)
* Hey Jonah
* I’ve almost got it all working and will post up the solution once complete. The
only issue remaining is outputting multiple start dates for recurring events (
to create multiple events on the other side).
* Ideally I need a global var (like tribe_get_start_date) that gives all of the
dates linked to the single event ID. Do you know how I could achieve this? The
logic would be something like:
* if (tribe_is_recurring_event($postid)) {
recurring i++ echo $recurring_dates[
i] }
* [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* (@jonahcoyote)
* [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755533)
* Hi Usayd,
* That’s great to hear! Try taking a look at the tribe_get_start_date() function
in /wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/public/template-tags/date.php on line
25. There may be some clues there as to how the dates are retrieved for recurring
events.
* – Jonah
* Thread Starter [Usayd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usayd/)
* (@usayd)
* [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755537)
* Hi Jonah
* I still can’t figure out how to use your existing hooks to access an array of
start dates attached to a single ID. The function tribe_get_start_date() never
returns an array and I can’t use the get_posts_meta function as it isn’t global.
* The closest thing I found to what I’m looking for is the function on line 635
on the-events-calendar.class.php
* Any thoughts?
* Thanks
Usayd
* [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* (@jonahcoyote)
* [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755540)
* Hi Usayd,
* Unfortunately no, I don’t have any other ideas and we do not have the resources
available to be able to help you with this. You’ll either need to buy a Pro license
and possibly get some more support with the issue or hire someone to help you
with it.
* Regards,
Jonah
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## Tags
* [calendars](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/calendars/)
* [multi-site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multi-site/)
* [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/)
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* Last reply from: [jonahcoyote](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonahcoyote/)
* Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-across-wordpress-installations/#post-3755540)
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