Title: If recurring event
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# If recurring event

 *  [Moorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moorst/)
 * (@moorst)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/)
 * Is it possible to detect the event type (recurring/not recurring) within a custom
   template? I can’t find a variable that tells you whether the event is recurring
   or not, it would be ideal if I could do the following:
 *     ```
       if($event->output('#_EVENTRECURRING')){
   
       // Show all recurring dates
   
       }else{
   
       // Show date of event
   
       }
       ```
   
 * Thanks,
    Chris
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
 * (@angelo_nwl)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5687907)
 * yes, you can try something like
 *     ```
       if ( $event->is_recurrence() ){
   
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Moorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moorst/)
 * (@moorst)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5687962)
 * Brilliant, that’s great.
 * Do you know if there’s any way of whatever you choose from the recurrences section
   from the back-end? E.g:
 * “Event recurs every 4 days”
    “Event recurs on the first Monday of each month”
 * Thanks,
    Chris
 *  Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
 * (@angelo_nwl)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5687986)
 * sorry for the confusion but can you explain it again or give us more details 
   please?
 *  Thread Starter [Moorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moorst/)
 * (@moorst)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5687989)
 * So, if I have a recurring event every Monday, is there any way to output (on 
   the event detail page) “This event occurs every Monday”. Or, if you say that 
   an event occurs every 3 days, output “This event occurs every 3 Days”.
 *  [Sonja London](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summit/)
 * (@summit)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5688124)
 * I too would like to know if this was ever answered?
 *  [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/)
 * (@caimin_nwl)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5688125)
 * There’s no easy tag for that, you’d need to create a custom query.
 *  [Sonja London](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summit/)
 * (@summit)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5688126)
 * I assume by tag you mean placeholder?
 * It seems sad that the information is desired by many AND it is clearly stored
   by events manager, but no one thought to create a placeholder?
 * Although my personal opinion is that **this is a glaring hole in Events Manager**,
   I am open to creating a bit of code.
 * I have already leveraged this example – [List Recurring Events as one Event](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-list-recurring-events-as-one-event)
 * Any pointers or examples to help get me, and many others, started?
 * AND – how do we lobby for an addition in a future release?
 *  [Sonja London](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summit/)
 * (@summit)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/if-recurring-event/#post-5688127)
 * It looks like the recurrence is even retrieved from the database into the EM_Event
   Object, but not put in a placeholder!
 * [recurrence_freq] => daily

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