Series exceptions
Skip or Reschedule One Event Date
Handle holidays, cancellations, and timetable changes without deleting or rebuilding an entire recurring series.
What this resolves
A clearer way to manage this work in WordPress.
- Skip a single occurrence
- Move one date and time
- Preserve the original series
- Keep public schedules accurate
Plans change
Fix one date without damaging the series.
Holidays, cancellations, and room changes should not force you to rebuild a recurring event. Select the original occurrence and decide whether it should disappear or move.
Skipped and moved date controls
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Clear for visitors
The calendar shows the corrected schedule.
Only the affected date changes. Earlier and later occurrences remain connected to the original series, while visitors immediately see the accurate time in the calendar.
Updated occurrence in the calendar
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No duplicate content
Keep the history and context together.
Teachers, locations, descriptions, and links stay attached to the parent event. You solve the scheduling exception without introducing an unrelated replacement post.
See the complete workflow
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Follow the feature from its first setting in WordPress to the finished result visitors will see.
Date exceptions workflow in WordPress
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WordPress manual
How to configure skip or reschedule one event date.
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Edit the recurring event
Open the parent event under Events → Recurring Events.
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Find date exceptions
Scroll to the skipped and moved occurrence controls.
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Choose the original date
Select the occurrence that should not run at its normal time.
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Apply and inspect the change
Skip the occurrence or enter its replacement timing, save the event, and verify the public calendar.