I have the plugin set up correctly (used the AI to go over everything) and the calendar is showing in the category above posts, but when you create a new post the option to add an event isn’t there. Is there a known bug? Or a setting that the AI/instructions don’t cover?

Wrong +! Try the other one. [Screenshot 2026-02-22 at 11.30.47 PM] It is a bit weird that they are ‘inside’ posts.

Yeah that does not look right. It should look more like this, as far as I know: [event start="2026-01-01 01:01" recurrence="every_week" end="2026-01-01 02:01" allowedGroups="group_name" reminders="notification.15.minutes"] [/event] What AI tool are you using, is it our AI bot?

[image] long: [calendar] [/calendar] You pop that in the OP when using it ‘per-Reply’ within a Topic with a dedicated calendar - this means that you simply drop a ‘Insert date/time’ into the reply, and it will appear in that calendar. The Staff Calendar is a great example of this. If you are using it ‘per-Topic’ with a Category (or site-wide) calendar, you add an Event (from the composer + menu) in the OP of each Topic. The option to do so doesn’t appear in replies by design. The settings are quite confusing (especially which applies to which approach): [image] Discourse Calendar and Events Plugin Well, here is where the plugin is a bit messy. And that is mostly due to its history. It started out life as a plugin which enabled Topic calendars. In this case, every reply on the Topic was an event (if it included a date/time). The Holiday calendar is a great example / use-case of this. Subsequently, the ability to turn the OP of a Topic into an Event (displayed on a sitewide calendar) was bolted on; this has the somewhat odd name of discourse_post_event. This can be controlled per Categor…

[calendar] [/calendar] [image] nat: [event start="2026-01-01 01:01" recurrence="every_week" end="2026-01-01 02:01" allowedGroups="group_name" reminders="notification.15.minutes"] [/event] Yes that bot

Yeah, I’m lost. My brain is in a pretzel. Got the calendar to show up in the category but that is as far as I can get.

I suggest forgetting about this: [calendar] [/calendar] And simply start a new Topic in that Category, using the Create event in the ‘+’ dropdown on the right of the composer bar. You should then be away.

The “create event” doesn’t show up. Just the same “new message” as a regular category: [Screenshot 2026-02-22 at 11.30.47 PM]

AHHHHHH!!! Thank you so much. I was pulling my hair out.

Calendar showing but can't create even with a post (settings correct)

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nat (Natalie T) February 23, 2026, 4:00am 2

Can you share the contents of the post that you’re using?

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Calendar showing but can't create even with a post (settings correct)

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