{"id":39,"date":"2021-11-01T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/?p=39"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:26:59","slug":"my-calendar-text-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/my-calendar-text-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings – Text"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text Settings is located under My Calendar > Settings > Text.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Calendar gives control over a number of text fields via this section of settings. These are not the only elements of text that can be controlled; almost any element of event and date output can be modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Templating<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In My Calendar 3.4.0, templating settings were moved to the ‘Display’ tab.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Calendar View<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These settings are for text strings that are used in the main calendar views: grid, list, card, or mini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Calendar provides adjustable forward and backward navigation link text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous events link – Previous<\/strong>
Next events link – Next<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is an example<\/em> of adding {date}<\/code> to Previous {date}<\/code> and Next {date}<\/code> to indicate what month and year is being navigated to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The front end will show the Previous and Next links along with the month and year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Calendar > Settings Text > Previous and Next with Date tags. Front end view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Week view caption.<\/strong> The default caption is “Week of” and the date in the “M jS” format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week view. It only supports the template tag for {date}. Here is an example adding {date}<\/code> and the words “Week view caption” to the Week view caption field. This is the template I set: Week view caption {date}<\/code>. On the front end we can see the caption followed by Monday’s date. With no format set, it inherits a default format from your WordPress installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Example
My Calendar > Settings Text > Week View Caption. Front end view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We can also adjust the date format by adding this shortcode: {date format=\"\"}<\/code>
Example<\/em> F j,Y so we get Week view caption {date format=\"F j, Y\"}<\/code> the result would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Example
My Calendar > Settings Text > Week View Caption date format. Front end view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the bottom of the Text settings page, there is a link to get more information about Date\/Time Formats<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calendar month heading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default, the month view has a heading in the format Events in {date}<\/strong>. You can customize this, but it does not support date formatting, as the data passed to this tag does not include a complete date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extended caption<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extended caption. Add text if you want additional information than month and year in your calendar heading. Here is an exampl<\/em>e of adding the words “This is the extended caption” to the calendar heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Calendar > Settings Text > Extended caption. Frontend view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Export Button & Subscribe Button<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the calendar navigation, there is a button to trigger an iCal export and a button to subscribe to the calendar using the iCal format. The text of these buttons can be customized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Single Event View<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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