Bulk Update / Importing Events

[ideasandbox]

I just imported 100s of events… much to my sadness… there was no way I could see to automatically set these to recurring events. (Even though there is a import column for this).

Is there a way to do a bulk change?

Or did I do something wrong that I can’t have annually repeated events import that way?

Gosh, I sure don’t want to have to go into each one now and change the recurrence rule to REPEAT and NEVER for 235 events!

I did make a back-up of my site before importing, if I need to rewind my site and do something different.

I’m also happy to do something in the tables of my database – if I have to…

Anything to avoid manual entry of these please 🙂

[Geoff]

Hey @ideasandbox,

Nice to see you again (as always!), but super sorry for the trouble here with importing recurring events.

So, here’s the thing about the Recurring label on the CSV Importer: it importers the fact that an event ought to be labeled as a recurring event but does not import the recurrence itself. In other words, that is importing a field label rather than any settings for the recurrence.

Here’s an article that covers all the fields that import with the CSV Importer. Note that none of them cover recurrence settings.

Are you importing from another instance of The Events Calendar? If so, I think using the WordPress export tool (Tools > Export) to create an XML file of your events would be a better route since that collects all post and meta information.

If not, then I think the best route to go is to delete the events you’ve imported, do a fresh import with the CSV Importer, and manually add the recurrence rules for the events that are indeed recurring.

Sorry for the headache and confusion here, but does this at least help? Please let me know.

Thanks,
Geoff

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