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Calendar Categories let you organise your church events by type — services, community events, youth events, hall bookings, and so on — with each category displayed in its own colour on the calendar. This screen lists all your categories and gives you the shortcode for each one.
Go to Church Admin → Calendar → View categories.
The categories list
All your categories are shown in a table. Each row displays:
- Category — the category name shown in its configured background and text colours, so you can see exactly how it appears on the calendar
- Shortcode — a ready-to-use shortcode that displays a list of upcoming events in that category on your website. Copy it directly from this column and paste it into any page.
- Edit — opens the category to update its name or colours
- Delete — removes the category after confirmation
Adding a category
Click Add a category at the top of the screen. Fill in:
- Category name — for example Services, Youth, Community, or Hall Hire
- Background colour — the colour of the event block on the calendar grid. Use a hex colour code or pick from the colour picker.
- Text colour — the colour of the event title text inside the coloured block. Make sure there is enough contrast between background and text for readability — white text on a dark background or dark text on a light background.
Save and the category is immediately available to assign to calendar events and appears in the categories list with its shortcode ready to use.
The category shortcode
Each category has a shortcode shown in the list — for example:
[church_admin type=calendar-list category=1 weeks=4]This displays a list of upcoming events in that category for the next four weeks. The weeks value can be changed to show more or fewer weeks ahead. Paste this shortcode onto any page to embed a category-specific events list — for example the Youth category shortcode on the Youth page, or the Community category shortcode on the What’s On page.
For a full interactive monthly calendar filtered to a category rather than a list, use the calendar shortcode with the cat_id parameter instead. See Calendar shortcode.
Deleting a category
Click Delete next to a category and confirm. The category is removed — any events previously assigned to it will no longer have a category. Assign those events to a different category manually if needed before deleting.
Finding a category ID
The numeric ID for each category appears in the URL when you click Edit on it — for example &id=3 in the browser address bar. This ID is what you use in the cat_id parameter of the calendar shortcode and the category parameter of the calendar list shortcode.