diff --git a/inc/mep_event_meta.php b/inc/mep_event_meta.php
index 6ede396..ed8f511 100644
--- a/inc/mep_event_meta.php
+++ b/inc/mep_event_meta.php
@@ -1287,9 +1287,6 @@ function mep_event_meta_save($post_id)
 		$more_end_time   = isset($_POST['event_more_end_time']) ? mage_array_strip($_POST['event_more_end_time']) : '';
 		$mdate           = [];
 
-		if (isset($_POST['post_author_gutenberg'])) {
-			$wpdb->get_results("UPDATE " . $table_name . " SET post_author=" . mage_array_strip($_POST['post_author_gutenberg']) . " WHERE ID=" . $pid);
-		}
 
 		$mcount = count($more_start_date);
 
diff --git a/inc/mep_functions.php b/inc/mep_functions.php
index f6a961c..1e4b5ed 100755
--- a/inc/mep_functions.php
+++ b/inc/mep_functions.php
@@ -4182,17 +4182,17 @@ if (!function_exists('mep_custom_share_btn')) {
 function mep_custom_share_btn($event_id) {
     ?>
     <li>
-        <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=<?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>&title=<?php echo mep_html_chr(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?>&summary=<?php echo esc_html(get_the_excerpt($event_id)); ?>&source=web" target="_blank">
+        <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=<?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>&title=<?php echo mep_esc_html(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?>&summary=<?php echo esc_html(get_the_excerpt($event_id)); ?>&source=web" target="_blank">
             <i class="fab fa-linkedin"></i>
         </a>
     </li>    
     <li>
-        <a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=<?php echo mep_html_chr(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?><?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>" target="_blank">
+        <a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=<?php echo mep_esc_html(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?><?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>" target="_blank">
             <i class="fab fa-whatsapp"></i>
         </a>
     </li>
     <li>
-        <a href="mailto:?subject=I wanted you to see this site&amp;body=<?php echo mep_html_chr(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?><?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>" title="Share by Email">
+        <a href="mailto:?subject=I wanted you to see this site&amp;body=<?php echo mep_esc_html(get_the_title($event_id)) . ' '; ?><?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id); ?>" title="Share by Email">
             <i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>
         </a>
     </li>
@@ -4506,7 +4506,7 @@ if (!function_exists('mep_event_list_date_schedule')) {
                         if (strtotime(current_time('Y-m-d H:i')) < strtotime($_more_date['event_more_start_date'] . ' ' . $_more_date['event_more_start_time'])) {
                             ?>
                             <li>
-                                <a href="<?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id).esc_attr('?date=' . strtotime($start_datetime)); ?>">
+                            <a href="<?php echo get_the_permalink($event_id).esc_attr('?date=' . strtotime($_more_date['event_more_start_date'] . ' ' . $_more_date['event_more_start_time'])); ?>">
                      <span class='mep-more-date'>
                         <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>
                         <?php echo get_mep_datetime($_more_date['event_more_start_date'] . ' ' . $_more_date['event_more_start_time'], 'date-text'); ?>