Advanced Importer

With this addon, you can connect to Facebook, Google, Meetup, and Eventbrite and etc... unlimitedly. This makes the import process so easy. You should authenticate your account with just a few clicks and plan the import process. Also, with this plugin you can have more third-party plugins for importing. You should initiate the process from a WordPress on which MEC is installed.

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Advanced Importer Addon

Key Features

Multiple Accounts

Connecting multiple accounts for each platform.

Setting a status for import

You should set what kind of events you want to import.

Setting start/end date for import

You can set a time span in which importing is possible.

Importing from MEC

You can transfer your events from the site on which MEC is installed to another one.

Third-party Plugins

Four plugins have been added to be imported in the third-party plugin section.

Displaying the list of all the events

You can see all the importable events with their start/end time.

Planned Import

Importing the events on a tightly scheduled basis.

Category setting for import

You should set into what category you want to import.

Setting special events for import

You should determine where you want to import from.

Importing from URL/File

You can import the ics and csv files from an external URL or file onto your website.

History of Imports

You can observe all of the imports you have ever done in a single list of imports.

Displaying the import process logs

You can see the import process in the form of a log with status.

Changelog

1.9.0 - 4 October 2026
  • Added: Eventbrite event descriptions now include the full Overview content together with the summary.
  • Fixed: Fetch Events pagination when the AJAX response is already parsed as JSON.
  • Fixed: Outlook Windows timezone IDs (e.g. Eastern Standard Time) are now resolved so ICS imports keep the correct local event time.
1.8.0 - 12 September 2026
  • Added: Event Visibility filter for Eventbrite imports and syncs to import Public, Private, or both event types.
  • Added: Eventbrite Publish tags (search keywords) are now imported and assigned to events as MEC tags.
  • Improved: Eventbrite API requests now use extended timeouts for improved reliability.
  • Fixed: Expired Google access tokens are now refreshed automatically before calendar import and auto-sync.
  • Fixed: ICS EXDATE values in UTC, TZID, floating, and all-day formats are now applied correctly as exceptional days.
  • Fixed: The Category saved in Import Configuration is now applied to ICS imports and Sync jobs.
  • Fixed: MEC API token display and API response handling.
  • Fixed: The Add Account as Category option was not respected during import.
  • Fixed: Eventbrite date range filter now matches events whose start date falls within the selected window.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.
1.7.0 - 3 August 2026
  • Added: Support for ICS recurrence exceptions where compatible with MEC, including EXDATE handling.
  • Optimized: Scheduled Imports storage and cleanup process to reduce database overhead.
  • Improved: Evaluated support for preserving local event changes during scheduled syncs.
  • Improved: Scheduled sync reliability and recurring Facebook event handling.
  • Fixed: MEC custom fields were not imported from CSV files.
  • Fixed: Security issues reported in the security audit.
  • Fixed: Event Link was not imported from ICS and CSV files.
  • Fixed: Eventbrite Event ID import was not working correctly.
  • Fixed: All Day events imported incorrect start date and time from CSV files.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.
1.6.0 - 16 December 2025
  • Added: Custom Title field for ICS feeds to improve organization and labeling.
  • Added: Set Imported Events as Draft option for all import methods.
  • Fixed: Category assignment issue during ICS URL synchronization.
  • Fixed: Incorrect timing for all-day events by honoring X-WR-TIMEZONE in ICS imports.
  • Fixed: Advanced Importer menu visibility issue on Multisite installations.
  • Fixed: Organizer assignment failure when importing events via CSV files.
  • Fixed: Advanced Importer now imports original high-resolution images from Eventbrite.
  • Fixed: Optimized Facebook Graph API calls to prevent too much data errors by limiting event fetching.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.
1.5.0 - 13 July 2025
  • Fixed: An issue in automatic ICS URL sync
1.4.5 - 19 May 2025
  • Fixed: Incorrect display of organizer and speaker names after ICS import.
  • Improved: UI and UX enhancements.
1.4.1 - 7 March 2025
  • Fixed: Activation issue with MEC Lite
1.4.0 - 5 March 2025
  • Fixed: Some PHP error and warnings
1.3.6 - 24 December 2024
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.3.5 - 24 June 2024
  • Optimized: Loading styles and scripts
  • Fixed: Import CSV
  • Fixed: Sync event link in .ics file
  • Fixed: Facebook API permissions
  • Fixed: Facebook importer
1.3.0 - 14 October 2023
  • Added: More info section in csv
  • Fixed: Synchronize and schedule for Google API
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.2.1 - 31 December 2022
  • Added: Price field to Eventbrite
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.2.0 - 31 October 2022
  • Fixed: Taxonomies when import events
  • Fixed: All day events
  • Fixed: Timezone when import events via CSV file
  • Fixed: Location when import events via CSV file
  • Fixed: Date in events with advanced repeat
1.0.6 - 23 May 2022
  • Removed: Import events option from profile
  • Fixed: Import events from pages with page ID
  • Fixed: Meetup API
  • Fixed: Meetup and CSV
  • Fixed: Import events from Eventbrite
1.0.5 - 21 November 2021
  • Improved: Import from Google Calendar
  • Improved: Import from CSV
  • Improved: Import from iCS
  • Fixed: Auto-update message
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.0.4 - 4 July 2021
  • Updated: Unlimited authentications for Google account
  • Updated: Schedule importer
  • Fixed: Importer on multisite WordPress
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.0.3 - 12 May 2021
  • Improved: Google Calendar importer
  • Improved: MEC API Importer
  • Improved: Eventbrite Importer
  • Fixed: Schedule importer for Google Calendar Importer
  • Fixed: Some minor issues
1.0.2 - 18 March 2021
  • Fixed: Featured image in Facebook importer
1.0.1 - 10 March 2021
  • Improved: Auto-Update licensing
  • Fixed: Advanced Importer menu in MEC Lite
  • Fixed: MEC API Label
1.0.0 - 11 January 2021
  • Initial Release