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Repeating tasks

A Repeating Task is one that comes back on a schedule. When you finish it, ListoWP keeps the completed copy for your records and starts a fresh one for the next time around. This was called "Recurring" in earlier versions and is now "Repeating".

Make a Task repeat

A repeat is always tied to a due date. Open a Task and set a due date – a Repeat option appears next to it, where you can choose Daily, Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, or Yearly. Monthly and Yearly repeats follow the day of the month of the due date, and if that day is the 29th, 30th, or 31st, shorter months use their last day instead of skipping a round. Removing the due date also removes the repeat.

Once repeating is on, the Task’s due date shows a repeat icon on its cards, and the Task appears in the Repeating Smart List alongside your other Repeating Tasks, so you can see everything on a schedule in one place. Because a repeating Task always has a due date, it also shows up in the Calendar view on that date, marked with the same repeat icon.

Closing a repeating Task

When you close a repeating Task, two things happen at once:

• The Task you closed is locked permanently. It stays as a record of that round and can no longer be changed.
• A fresh copy is created, due the next time the schedule comes around. Only this new copy can be edited.

The fresh copy keeps the Task’s title, description, and List, along with its assignees, attachments, and checklist – every checklist item starts unchecked again. It lands at the top of the List, ready for the next round.

Because the closed copy is locked, you do not edit "the same" Task over and over. Each round is its own Task, and any changes you make – a new due date, an updated description, different Assignees – go onto the current open copy.