Display Recurring Event Instances in correct order on list view

[provbusnews]

We have several recurring events. In the admin options we have the checkbox enabled for show first instance of recurrent event. The issue is if I look at the list view, it shows November 2016 and then lists recurring event, January 2017 and lists recurring event. I understand why this is happening, because the Event is actually from November 2016 – November 2018. But It shouldn’t be showing up in the upcoming events list at the top of the page listed under November when it is April 3.

And example is if you look at https://pbn.com/events/category/community/ If I go to the calendar list, I would expect to see only events that have the dates of April 3rd (Today) and greater. I shouldn’t be seeing the headlines of November 2016, January 2017, etc.

How can we make it so it only shows the recurring event instance in the list view.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Eric and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

In the admin options we have the checkbox enabled for show first instance of recurrent event. The issue is if I look at the list view, it shows November 2016 and then lists recurring event, January 2017 and lists recurring event. I understand why this is happening, because the Event is actually from November 2016 – November 2018.

You are absolutely right.
This behaviour is a by-product of the show first instance of recurrent event setting.

This could however probably be modified with a bit of customization.

Just to set expectations, the scope of our support is mostly to get our customers started on the right track and to help them in case of issues.

We unfortunately do not provide complete support for customization.

With that in mind, I would recommend reading the following article as a starting point: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/override-setting-to-display-first-instance-only-of-recurring-events/

You can read about customizations here: https://theeventscalendar.com/customizations/

If coding is not really your cup of tea, you could always hire one of our recommended customizers to do the customization for you.

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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