Recurring events create multiple instances of the same event at different dates and times.

Below are some steps you can take if you run into trouble creating or managing recurring events.

The first thing you can try is to flush your permalinks. To do this, head to WordPress Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes. Be sure you’re using one of the “pretty permalinks” options and not “plain”.

WordPress permalink settings showing the Day and name option selected.

Date format settings

Head over to Events Settings → Display and check out your date format settings. If you have recently changed any of the date or time separators, or the Compact Date Format, try changing those back to the default for now.

Recurring event instances

If you’d like to see all of your recurring events on your calendar, you’ll want to make sure that you have the Condense events in Series setting unchecked. You can find this under Events Settings → General.

Events Calendar Pro license

Make sure that your Events Calendar Pro license is installed and activated properly. Without Events Calendar Pro, the recurring events feature is disabled. You can check that you have a valid license on your site under Events Settings → Licenses.

Final steps

If you’re still having issues with your recurring events, we’d recommend testing for conflicts to see if there is a plugin or theme causing an issue on your site.