Event URLs

[Dawn Minch-Cat]

Why do the event shortcuts take you to the last occurrence of an event? Is it possible to control this?

For example, I have an event called Refit. When I type in the URL http://northwoods.church/refit. It takes me to the Nov. 21 occurrence instead of the upcoming one, which is today (Oct. 24). Is there a way to control this without using redirects? I would like to be able to communicate to people that they can find the next instance of Refit by going to http://northwoods.church/refit, and I do not want to have to change the redirect every week.

Thanks!

[Josh]

Hey,

Thanks for reaching out to us!

I’ll have to do some digging here on the issue of directing to the last instance of the event there, my instinct would be that it would direct to the primary instance of the event (the first instance).

In the meantime, you could direct to http://northwoods.church/calendar/refit/all/ where the top event would be the next upcoming.

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks!

[Dawn Minch-Cat]

Thank you! That is helpful for now, but hopefully we can figure out why it doesn’t direct to the upcoming event.

[Josh]

Hey,

Thanks for following up here!

I see something that I missed from the original post. The URL you’re using isn’t actually related to the event (http://northwoods.church/refit). The reason it is redirecting to the last instance is due to a feature built into WordPress which takes the variables from the query that would naturally 404 and guesses a possible alternative before going to the error page (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/redirect_guess_404_permalink).

Looking through older threads it looks like there is a request that you can vote on for this feature on our UserVoice page. We’d love for you to have your votes added there for future development consideration.

Thanks!

[Dawn Minch-Cat]

Ok, that makes sense! When we promote our events, it is easiest to direct people to a URL like northwoods.church/refit. However, I do not want to have to create a 301 redirect for every single instance of an event. Is there any sort of work around for this?

Thanks!

[Josh]

Hey,

Thanks for following up here.

I don’t think there would be a reliable option for using those types of slugs other than adding 301 redirects here. I’m not sure how you usually add those redirects for your site, however if you’re looking for a way of managing something like that from within the dashboard you could try a plugin such as Simple 301 Redirects or the Page Links To plugin.

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks!

[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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