Recurring Events as a Single Event

[Boris Dollar]

Before I go ahead and purchase the Pro version, I have a question about reoccurring events.

With the free version, I have added a nice reviews plugin which allows users to review an event (Reviewer WordPress Plugin). This works really well.

However, I fear my idea will come to nothing with reoccurring events. Allow me to explain.

Imagine an event with 20 occurrences. People leave fantastic reviews after the first instance, but then 1 week on (the next occurrence) there will presumably be no reviews because the second instance will be treated by the system as a separate event?

If so, will it be possible to add an event with recurring dates, but still be treated as one single event? This will allow reviews to accumulate.

Thanks.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Boris and welcome to the Events Calendar forum!

Thank you for your interest in our products.
We’ll be glad to answer your questions.

Imagine an event with 20 occurrences. People leave fantastic reviews after the first instance, but then 1 week on (the next occurrence) there will presumably be no reviews because the second instance will be treated by the system as a separate event?

I totally understand what you mean.

Since I am not sure how the plugin you are using operates, I can’t say for sure.
But I suspect that you are right about this, by default all of these reviews will most likely be separate for each event.

If so, will it be possible to add an event with recurring dates, but still be treated as one single event? This will allow reviews to accumulate.

I absolutely believe this is possible since there are already a couple of things that recurring events share among each other.

In fact, currently, tickets assigned to recurring events are shared between all events.

In any case, this will require some customization. You might want to read our Themer’s guide to get a sense of how that works.

If programming is not really your thing, you can hire one of our recommended customizers to do the customization for you..

I wish I had a better answer for you, but for now it’s the best one I have.

Best regards,

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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