Recurring Events

The Events Addon supports powerful recurring event functionality, allowing you to create events that repeat on a schedule.
Understanding Recurrence Patterns
Events can recur in four ways:
Daily Recurrence:
Event repeats every X days
Example: Every 3 days
Weekly Recurrence:
Event repeats on specific days of the week
Can repeat every X weeks
Example: Every Monday and Wednesday, or every 2 weeks on Friday
Monthly Recurrence:
Event repeats on a specific day of the month
Or on a specific occurrence of a weekday (e.g., first Monday, last Friday)
Can repeat every X months
Example: 15th of every month, or first Monday of every 3 months
Yearly Recurrence:
Event repeats on a specific date each year
Or on a specific occurrence of a weekday in a specific month
Example: December 25th every year, or first Saturday in May every year
Setting Up Recurring Events
Basic Recurrence Setup:
Open the event for editing
Find the Recurrence field
Select the recurrence type: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly
Configure the recurrence options based on the type selected
Recurrence End Date:
Set an End Date for the recurrence (when recurring events should stop)
If not set, recurring events will generate up to 180 days in the future
Daily Recurrence:
Set Daily Days: Number of days between occurrences (e.g., 1 for daily, 3 for every 3 days)
Weekly Recurrence:
Set Weekly Weeks: Number of weeks between occurrences (e.g., 1 for weekly, 2 for bi-weekly)
Select Weekly Day(s): Which day(s) of the week (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)
You can select multiple days
Monthly Recurrence:
Choose one of two options:
Monthly First: Repeats on a specific day of the month (e.g., 15th of every month)
Monthly Second: Repeats on a specific occurrence of a weekday (e.g., first Monday, last Friday)
Set Monthly Months: Number of months between occurrences
For Monthly First: Set the day of month
For Monthly Second: Set the weekday and occurrence (first, second, third, fourth, last)
Yearly Recurrence:
Choose one of two options:
Yearly First: Repeats on a specific date each year (e.g., December 25th)
Yearly Second: Repeats on a specific occurrence of a weekday in a specific month
For Yearly First: Set the month and day
For Yearly Second: Set the month, weekday, and occurrence
How Recurring Events Work
When you create a recurring event:
The original event is stored with recurrence settings
The system generates individual event instances based on the recurrence pattern
Each instance appears in search results and listings
Recurring instances are marked with a special ID prefix
The system generates recurring events up to 180 days in advance (or until the end date)
Important Notes:
Recurring events are generated dynamically when searched or listed
The original event remains the "master" event
Editing the master event affects all future recurring instances
Past recurring instances are not affected by edits