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title: The Events Calendar Capabilities
description: "The Events Calendar plugin is one of the most popular events plugins in WordPress. You can easily create and manage an events calendar on your WordPress site with The Events Calendar free plugin. Whether your events are in-person or virtual…"
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updated: "2026-10-14"
category: WordPress Permissions / WordPress Plugins
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# The Events Calendar Capabilities

The Events Calendar plugin is one of the most popular events plugins in WordPress.

You can easily create and manage an events calendar on your WordPress site with The Events Calendar free plugin. Whether your events are in-person or virtual events, this WordPress calendar plugin boasts powerful, professional features.

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## About The Events Calendar Plugin Capabilities

The Events Calendar plugin uses the following capabilities to control user access. You can manage all of these with the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin.

### Venues Capabilities in The Events Calendar

- edit_tribe_venue
- read_tribe_venue
- delete_tribe_venue
- delete_tribe_venues
- edit_tribe_venues
- edit_others_tribe_venues
- delete_others_tribe_venues
- publish_tribe_venues
- edit_published_tribe_venues
- delete_published_tribe_venues
- delete_private_tribe_venues
- edit_private_tribe_venues
- read_private_tribe_venues

### Organizers Capabilities in The Events Calendar

- edit_tribe_organizer
- read_tribe_organizer
- delete_tribe_organizer
- delete_tribe_organizers
- edit_tribe_organizers
- edit_others_tribe_organizers
- delete_others_tribe_organizers
- publish_tribe_organizers
- edit_published_tribe_organizers
- delete_published_tribe_organizers
- delete_private_tribe_organizers
- edit_private_tribe_organizers
- read_private_tribe_organizers

### Events Capabilities in The Events Calendar

- edit_tribe_event
- read_tribe_event
- delete_tribe_event
- delete_tribe_events
- edit_tribe_events
- edit_others_tribe_events
- delete_others_tribe_events
- publish_tribe_events
- edit_published_tribe_events
- delete_published_tribe_events
- delete_private_tribe_events
- edit_private_tribe_events
- read_private_tribe_events

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## How to Give The Events Calendar Capabilities to User Roles

If you use the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin, you can choose which user roles can edit items in the The Events Calendar plugin. Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Editing" tab. You will see rows for Venues, Organizes, and Events.

![Capabilities for editing private items in The Events Calendar plugin](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-events-calendar-capabilities-1024x463.png)

If you use the PublishPress Capabilities plugin, you can also choose which user roles can delete items in the The Events Calendar plugin. Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Deletion" tab. You will see rows for Venues, Organizes, and Events.

![Capabilities for deleting items in The Events Calendar plugin](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-events-calendar-capabilities-delete-1024x449.png)

Finally, if you use the PublishPress Capabilities plugin, you can choose which user roles can read priave items in the The Events Calendar plugin. Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Reading" tab. You will see rows for Venues, Organizers, and Events.

![Capabilities for reading private items in The Events Calendar plugin](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-events-calendar-capabilities-read-private-1024x447.png)

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## Helpful link for The Events Calendar Capabilities

- [The official The Events Calendar plugin page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/).