Title: Date problems
Last modified: July 17, 2023

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# Date problems

 *  [emilegutenkauf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilegutenkauf/)
 * (@emilegutenkauf)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems-5/)
 * Unfortunately, the plugin does not work for older posts unless you add a calendar
   entry to all your old posts. An impossible task for large websites. Unfortunately,
   even with good will, the programmers cannot offer a solution to the problem.

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 *  Plugin Author [Jonathan Jernigan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apexws/)
 * (@apexws)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems-5/#post-16901785)
 * Hey [@emilegutenkauf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilegutenkauf/),
 * We’re super bummed you weren’t able to find a solution after our extensive work
   with you in support.
 * While Pie Calendar doesn’t natively offer a way to map its date fields to existing
   date fields, it’s 100% possible using something like WP All Import/Export to 
   export your existing posts, then reimport the same posts to batch update the 
   Pie Calendar fields using the data from your pre-existing fields.
 * We did advise on this briefly, but I’m sure you can understand how this kind 
   of advanced setup isn’t something we can help with as part of our normal support.
 * Another solution would be to create a one-time script that fetches all posts 
   that have your pre-existing date fields filled and copy their values over to 
   the Pie Calendar fields. We have documentation on the existing Pie Calendar fields
   that would need to be populated in order for existing posts to show up on the
   calendar: [https://docs.piecalendar.com/article/8-meta-fields](https://docs.piecalendar.com/article/8-meta-fields)
 * Finally, we have had multiple requests for some kind of option that would enable
   you to tell Pie Calendar to look at different meta fields for its date values
   instead of only the Pie Calendar fields. This is currently under investigation
   for inclusion in a future release and would also satisfy your need.
 * As you can see, there are a few ways you can currently accomplish what you need
   with the way Pie Calendar works today. If you’re not in a position to implement
   those options, I don’t believe that should be considered a failure on our part,
   but we’re excited to improve Pie Calendar in the future to better accommodate
   these kinds of scenarios.
 * Thanks for your valuable feedback and best of luck with whatever solution you
   decide to use!

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems-5/#post-16901785)