Import Ics File To Iphone Calendar

Our Consequence Aggregator service allows you to import events from outside calendars. This tutorial covers the process for import events from an .ics file. Instructions for importing from feeds and urls are bachelor in a separate tutorial.

What is an .ics file?

.ics is a type of file that contains calendar information from a calendar application. You can tell something is an .ics file because those three letters are the file extension, e.g. instance.ics.

An .ics file is a format that is recognized as a global standard for formatting event data. If you open an .ics file in a text editor it will look like gibberish, only that is the data that is recognized past most of the leading calendar applications, including Microsoft Outlook and Apple's Calendar app.

⚠️ Event Aggregator can import events from iCalendars either from the calendar URL or equally an .ics file which is uploaded to your site. This tutorial is specific to the .ics file.

Finding your .ics file

Despite .ics being a globally recognized format for agenda information, non all calendars support it. Any events you desire to import need to be in a agenda which is capable of exporting an .ics file from the application options.

Here are a few examples of how to consign an .ics file from acme calendar applications:

Google Calendar: Agenda Settings → Agenda Address → iCal
Microsoft Outlook: Agenda → Select Calendar → Save Calendar → Save As (select iCalendar format)
Outlook Live / 365: Calendar → Settings (cogwheel) → View all Outlook settings → Shared calendars → Click on the ICS link under "Publish a Agenda" → Download
Apple Calendar: File → Consign → Consign… (select the save location)

The exact instructions for your calendar application may differ from the above and depend on the application. If you lot have any questions near how to export an .ics file for a specific application, it might be worth reaching out to the maker of the application for more than guidance if the process is not immediately understandable.

Importing Events from an .ics file

The following steps will allow yous to import events into The Events Calendar with an .ics file using our Upshot Aggregator importer system.

Get to the Import screen

Log into the WordPress dashboard of your site and so navigate to Events → Import.

Select ICS File as the Import Origin

The starting time step on the screen volition inquire you to identify the source of your new import. Select "ICS File" from the list of options.

Select the file to upload

Click upload and select the .ics file from your Media Library (or upload it from your estimator so select it). Click the Select push to return to the Import Screen.

Should you want to, you lot have the selection to name your import (optional). If you don't the proper noun will default to the calendar file's name.

You lot can likewise refine your import to specific calendar events by keyword, date and location- or skip the filters and allow the entire file to be imported.

Side by side, click the Preview button.

Preview the content and choose what to import

This preview shows you all the events available to you in the file. It provides you with a chance to search for specific events, select only the events y'all want to import, or but check the content before everything is imported.

Run the import

Before you hit the Import button, you tin besides set the WordPress status of the events when they are imported:

Published: The content will be published to your site right abroad.
Typhoon: The content will not be published but bachelor for editing after the import.
Awaiting Review:The content volition not be published or a draft, but labeled every bit existence prepare for a WordPress editor or administrator to review before it is published.
Private:The content is published to your site right away, merely only accessible to those who are logged into the site and with permissions to view the content.

The condition you choose volition employ to the event equally well as any new organizer or venue created by the import.

Yous can likewise assign an Event Category for the imported events. This category will be added in addition to any categories defined by the feed itself.

Once y'all have everything configured, click the Import push button and your events will be added to your site's calendar.

Determination

That'southward the footstep-by-step process for importing events into The Events Calendar using Event Aggregator. Nosotros hope you plant this helpful. Here is a terminal screencast of the process from start to finish: