Title: [Plugin: Events Manager] Recurring event link Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Events Manager] Recurring event link * Resolved [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/) * In my event list I filter out recurrences of recurring events in order to show one post per recurring event. The permalink for the event becomes **yoursite/ events-recurring/exampleevent/** and redirects to the **first occurence** in the series. I want to override this and make it link to the **next occurence**( by date) instead. Any ideas? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/) * (@angelo_nwl) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262496) * here’s another thread which may help you with this – [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link-redirects-wrong-when-individual-event-of-same-name-exists?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link-redirects-wrong-when-individual-event-of-same-name-exists?replies=8) * Thread Starter [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262501) * Thanks, I read it but not wiser * [Philip John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipjohn/) * (@philipjohn) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262521) * That thread states that it’s a bug in WP so you should follow the bug report linked to for updates. * Thanks * Thread Starter [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262526) * Sorry if I’m missing something here but I can’t see that I’m facing the same problem as the thread-starter in the referenced thread… * Once again: * I have both events and recurring events. In my “upcoming events-list” I want to output future events, both standard and recurring ones. As I don’t want duplicates in the list I filter out recurrences and show only the “mother-event” for recurring events. the #_EVENTLINK for the mother-event points to **yoursite/events-recurring/ exampleevent/** which is correct. When I click that link wordpress/eventsmanager redirects to **yoursite/events/exampleevent-2013-04-01/**, where the date is the date of the first recurrence. This also is the correct behaviour (according to the referenced post ([http://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link-redirects-wrong-when-individual-event-of-same-name-exists?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link-redirects-wrong-when-individual-event-of-same-name-exists?replies=8)). What I want instead is to redirect, not the first recurrence, but to the first future recurrence. * correct me if I’m wrong * [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/) * (@caimin_nwl) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262537) * Sorry, I’m not 100% I follow what you’re trying to do. * Are you saying that in a sequence of recurring events – let’s call them Event 1, Event 2 and Event 3 – all EM/WP generated links for Event 1 should be redirected to Event 2? * And when Event 1 has passed, links to Event 2 should be redirected to Event 3? * Thread Starter [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262552) * This is my IRL scenario: I have an event recurring every saturday and sunday from June 1st to November 2nd. * This is my EM setup: I set up an recurring event, taking place saturdays and sundays from June 1st to November 2nd. * The permalink for my newly added recurring event is **mysite.com/events-recurring/ my-recurring-event/** * This action created a range of events with permalinks spanning from **mysite. com/events/my-recurring-event-2013-06-01/** to **mysite.com/events/my-recurring- event-2013-11-02/** * By default this gives me one post for every occurrence of this event in the event- list. Now I filter out the recurrences of this event by the following code in events-list.php: * ``` // get recurrence events $args['recurring']=1; $evts_recurring=EM_Events::get($args); // get non-recurrence events $args['recurring']=0; $evts=EM_Events::get($args); // filter out the events that are instances of recurring events $non_recurrence_evts = array_filter($evts,'is_no_recurrence'); // merge recurrence and non-recurring events $evts_all= array_merge($non_recurrence_evts,$evts_recurring); // sort them by start==start date+time usort($evts_all,'evt_start_sort'); . . . . echo EM_Events::output( $evts_all, $args ); ``` * and in functions.php: * ``` function is_no_recurrence($evt) { return $evt->recurrence_id == null; } ``` * the format for my event-list holds the following: * ```

#_EVENTNAME

``` * Now this gives me an event-list with just one post (the template for the recurring events) the #_EVENTURL links to **mysite.com/events-recurring/my-recurring-event/**. When I click this link I am redirected to **mysite.com/events/my-recurring-event- 2013-06-01/**. However I want to change this to redirect to the next not yet taken place occurrence. If I click the post today (2013-10-28) I want it to redirect to **mysite.com/events/my-recurring-event-2013-11-01/** because that is the next occurrence not yet taken place. * Please excuse my poor English * Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/) * (@angelo_nwl) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262579) * I see what you mean now, you have a recurring event like * Recurr 1 – Oct. 15 Recurr 2 – Oct. 20 Recurr 3 – Oct. 31 Recurr 4 – Nov. 01 * what is happening is: * – you are being redirected to Recurr 1 – Oct. 15 instead of the upcoming Oct. 31 event * Is this correct? * Thread Starter [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262580) * YES! Correct * Thread Starter [Pontus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnlo/) * (@jarnlo) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262582) * Solved by doing the following: * In events-list.php * ``` // get recurrence events $args['recurring']=1; $evts_recurring=EM_Events::get($args); // get first future recurrence events $nextRecurrences = nextRecurrences($evts_recurring); // get non-recurrence events $args['recurring']=0; $evts=EM_Events::get($args); // filter out the events that are instances of recurring events $non_recurrence_evts = array_filter($evts,'is_no_recurrence'); // merge nextRecurrences and non-recurring events $evts_all= array_merge($non_recurrence_evts,$nextRecurrences); ``` * and in functions.php * ``` function is_no_recurrence($evt) { return $evt->recurrence_id == null; } function nextRecurrences($evts) { $nextRecurrences = array(); foreach ($evts as $evt) { array_push($nextRecurrences,reset(nextRecurrenceOf($evt))); } return $nextRecurrences; } function nextRecurrenceOf($evt){ return EM_Events::get(array('recurrence_id'=>$evt->event_id, 'limit'=>1, 'scope'=>'future', 'orderby'=>'event_start_date', 'order'=>'ASC')); } ``` * [AJD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajd/) * (@ajd) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262746) * Hi this looks like a promising solution to display recurring events as a single event. * Is there a way to implement this without hacking the plugin? Perhaps a template override or hook/filter? * Thanks. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: Events Manager] Recurring event link’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/events-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1039078) * [Events Manager - Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [recurring events](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/recurring-events/) * 10 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [AJD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajd/) * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-event-link/#post-4262746) * Status: resolved