ChurchSuite Events

Pull ChurchSuite calendar JSON into WordPress and surface events via a custom post type that works with Query Loop blocks.

Setup

• Activate the plugin.
• Go to Settings → ChurchSuite Events and enter your account_id (e.g. yourchurch).
• Adjust cache duration if needed and click Save.
• Click Sync now to pull events immediately; background sync runs on a schedule.
• Events become publicly visible a configurable number of days before they start. The default is 14 days.

Using in the Site Editor

• Add the Query Loop variation “Upcoming ChurchSuite Events” to show only events from today onward, ordered by event date. Use the Query Loop's items-per-page control for the “next x events” count.
• Or add a standard Query Loop block and choose the churchsuite_event post type if you need a general-purpose event listing.
• Add the ChurchSuite Events Calendar block to show published events in a weekly calendar. It defaults to the current week and includes previous/next week controls.
• Add the ChurchSuite Event Category Filter block above a ChurchSuite event Query Loop to filter events with the churchsuite_event_category URL parameter.
• The category filter also works with the calendar block when both blocks are on the same page.
• Featured images: if the ChurchSuite feed provides an image URL, the plugin will download it and set it as the event’s featured image (skips if you already set one).
• Categories: events map to a ChurchSuite Categories taxonomy. You can edit these terms under Events → ChurchSuite Categories and set a category image (term meta).
• If an event has no featured image, the Query Loop and single views will automatically fall back to the first assigned category image.
• To display category info on event pages/templates, use shortcodes in blocks:
  • [churchsuite_event_category field="description"]
  • [churchsuite_event_category field="name"]
  • [churchsuite_event_category field="color"]
  • [churchsuite_event_category field="image" size="medium"] (URL only)
  • [churchsuite_event_category field="image_tag" size="large"] (renders an <img>; falls back to featured image if present)
• Fields available as custom fields for blocks:
  • _churchsuite_event_start
  • _churchsuite_event_start_ts
  • _churchsuite_event_end
  • _churchsuite_event_location
  • _churchsuite_event_category
  • _churchsuite_event_registration_url

Templates

Fallback templates for single and archive event views are bundled; your theme templates take precedence if present.