Auto Set Event to Draft After Expiration

Hello,

Currently there’s no option for it. I made a quick look and this article might help you https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-expire-posts-or-partial-post-content-in-wordpress/

@timrv, setting a published event to draft, will delete all of its bookings!

@crimay71,
Setting a published post (or event) to draft will cause 404-errors with search engines, as the URL is no longer publicly available, but still indexed on their servers. Much like deleting a post. ??

I have written a tutorial on how to keep all your data safe while not having search engines and visitors viewing old info. You can check it out here:
https://www.stonehengecreations.nl/prevent-google-from-indexing-past-events/

This is also a great fallback for the rest of your website. If you have created a link to the “drafted” event anywhere on your blog, the redirect will work accordingly. ??

Thank you, @timrv and @duisterdenhaag.

We strictly use the events function, no bookings. We have over 3100 published events dating back to 2014 and most are recurring events for meetings. No need to have those cluttering up the database. I do like your idea of redirecting events from the past year. I will see how I can use that. Thanks!