Creating Your First Recurring Feed (Quickstart)

This walkthrough gets you from zero to a working recurring series in minutes—without diving into every option. (A full, field‑by‑field breakdown lives in Settings Reference.)

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Step 1: Open the Feed Screen #

Go to:
Forms → [Your Form] → Settings → Recurring Submissions

If you have no feeds yet, you’ll see a prompt. Click create one.

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Step 2: Configure the Minimal Feed #

This is a quickstart. We are intentionally configuring only the essentials.

1. Feed Name
   Enter something simple, e.g., Test recurring submission feed.
2. Submission Settings
   • Time Interval: set to 1 and choose Day(s).
     “The form should re‑submit every 1 Day(s) after the form is submitted and the feed is processed.”
   • How do you want to limit your submissions?: select Number of Submissions.
   • Number of Submissions: enter 1.
     This configures a single resubmission in addition to the original submission.
   • Leave Snapshot Entry Inputs Now unchecked.
     We’ll cover this in Settings Reference.
   • Leave Update Date Field(s) empty.
     We’ll cover date overrides in Settings Reference.

Click Save Settings.

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Step 3: Submit the Form Once #

Open your form on the front end and submit a test entry. This creates the parent entry and automatically starts the series.

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Step 4: Verify on the Overview Page #

Navigate to:
GravityOps → Recurring Submissions → Settings

In Active Resubmissions, you should see a row similar to this:

• Entry (linked ID)
• Form
• Feed Name
• Feed Label
• Next Submission (in your site time zone)
• Progress (e.g., 0 of 1)
• Status (Active)

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Step 5: Inspect the Parent Entry #

Click the Entry ID link to open the entry page.

In the Recurring Submissions meta box you’ll see:

• Feed Label
• Original Submission Date
• Successful Resubmissions (should be 0 initially)
• Current Expected Resubmissions
• Total Expected Resubmissions (should be 1 for this quickstart)
• Next Resubmission (the scheduled date)

You’ll also see an Entry Note confirming the series started successfully and showing when the next run is scheduled.

Actions available here:

• Cancel Resubmissions — stop this series.
• Process Next Submission — trigger the next occurrence immediately.

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Step 6: See It Run #

You have two options:

• Wait until the scheduled date: the plugin will process the resubmission sometime that day.
• Or run it now: click Process Next Submission. A new child entry will be created, linked back to the parent via Entry Notes. The Progress counter will update on both the entry widget and the overview table (e.g., from 0 of 1 to 1 of 1).

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What Success Looks Like #

• A new child entry exists for the resubmission.
• Entry Notes show parent ↔ child links and a success log line.
• Overview reflects updated Progress and Status.
• Any active Gravity Forms feeds/notifications tied to the form behave exactly as with a normal submission.