Recurring Dates

[Ted]

I am looking to add dates with the same time period but they are on different date.
I don’t want to have to put the dates in for every single event.
I hope you can be of some assistance.
Thanks!

[Jonah]

Hi Ted,

If a recurrence pattern won’t work for you the only other option is to use something like this to duplicate your events: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicate-post/

I hope that helps,
Jonah

[Ted]

Will this be added to a future update?

[Jonah]

Hi Ted,

We are looking at options to make our recurrence patterns more flexible in the future, but I have no date to provide you when it may be implemented.

– Jonah

[Adam]

I tried out loads of other plug-ins when building the current site I’m working on. I have two bits of feedback you might be interested in re: recurring events.

1) Whilst you plug-in is good (admittedly I purchased it mostly for it’s documentation on theming rather than features), other free plug-ins such as ‘Event Organiser’ have the ability to let user add a custom selection of days for an event. Whilst ECP covers recurring events, the fact that you have to use a pattern is irritating.

2) No plug-ins I can find allow a user to add an event twice in one day! This means, for example if a Theatre show has a matinee and evening performance they have to go in as separate events which seems a bit pointless. Add this feature, promote it and I’m sure you’ll get a few new extra buyers!

I hope that helps,

Adam.

[Jonah]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the feedback. On #1 we do have some custom recurrence options such as the ability to specify which days of a week an event re-occurs on: http://cl.ly/image/2x1e3M3L2g0s – but we don’t have the ability to customize that on a weekly basis, i.e. change the pattern for next week without creating another event and pattern.

– Jonah

[Adam]

Yeah I’ve spotted that. What ‘Event Organiser’ (plus another free plug-in which I can’t remember) allows is to pick and choose days at will from a drop down calendar. So in theory I could pick Mon, Tues, Thurs in week 1, Wed, Fri in week 2, Mon, Sat in week 3 etc.
You guys should implement something similar to ECP as that’s the only feature I’ve seen in competitive plug-ins (and believe me tried them all) that made me consider not going with you.

[Jonah]

Thanks for the suggestions Adam, I will pass them along.

– Jonah

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