– List events based on category
you organize many events grouped by category — “Jazz nights”, “Family workshops”, “Conferences”, “Wine tastings” — and want a dedicated landing page per category that lists just that category’s upcoming events. Categories are how WordPress already organizes content; this small add-on adds a shortcode that respects category boundaries.
The add-on
- Download: tickera-events-pages-by-category-shortcode.zip
- WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, install, activate.
- Place the shortcode on any page or post:
[tc_category_sc slug="category_slug"]
Replace category_slug with your category’s actual slug. Find it at Tickera → Event Categories — the Slug column shows the value to use. Keep the quotation marks.
What it renders
A list of upcoming events in that category — past events are automatically filtered out, sorted by date with the nearest event first. The visual style matches your theme’s event-listing template.
Why use category landing pages
- SEO. A dedicated “Jazz nights” page lets you target the keyword “jazz events in [your city]” — much more focused than your homepage that lists all event types.
- Audience segmentation. Send “jazz fans” your jazz landing-page URL, not your generic upcoming-events URL.
- Sponsor pages. If a sponsor only cares about your wine events, the wine category page is what you link them to.
- Email segmentation. Newsletter list segmented by interest? Each segment gets the relevant category URL.
Examples
- “Jazz nights” category →
[tc_category_sc slug="jazz-nights"]on a page at/events/jazz-nights/. - “Family workshops” category →
[tc_category_sc slug="family-workshops"]at/family/. - “Conferences” →
[tc_category_sc slug="conferences"]at/conferences/.
Build one page per category, embed the shortcode, repeat — you have a fully organized event archive structure.
Combined with other shortcodes
You can stack category-specific listings with the general all events shortcode on different pages for different audiences. “All upcoming” page on the homepage, category-specific pages in your nav menu.
For deeper event-listing control
If you need pagination, custom filtering UI, or columns/rows layout control beyond what this simple shortcode offers, look at the Event Listing add-on — a more comprehensive event browser with filtering by category, date, location, tags, etc.
Works in standalone and Bridge mode
The add-on reads from Tickera’s event post-type, so it works whether you’re running Tickera standalone or via Bridge for WooCommerce.
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