Can we have an additional recurrence "every other..." - then select "day" "work day" "week" "month"

[Ervin Bolat]

In Trello we now have recurrence. But some tasks are don't fit in the options described. Can we have like an additional recurrence option: "every other..." - then be able to select "day" "work day" "week" "month"?

[Shashank Dubey]

Hi @Ervin Bolat 

Great question — this comes up quite often with recurring cards in Trello.

Out-of-the-box, Trello’s native recurrence feature doesn’t currently support a custom “Every other…” selector (like every other workday, every other month, etc.) via a simple dropdown.

What is possible 

Trello recurrence supports:

• Every day

• Every week

• Every month

• Custom intervals (like every 2 weeks, every 3 months, etc.)

So technically, “every other week” or “every other month” can already be achieved by setting the interval to 2 weeks or 2 months.

The limitation

Where it becomes tricky:

• ❌ “Every other workday”

• ❌ Skipping weekends automatically in alternating patterns

• ❌ More complex calendar logic

Those aren’t supported natively.

Workarounds

Use Custom Interval

If you just need:

• Every other day → Set repeat to every 2 days

• Every other week → every 2 weeks

• Every other month → every 2 months

That works perfectly.

Use Butler Automation (Advanced Option)

With Butler (built into Trello), you can create more advanced scheduled rules like:

• “Every weekday at 9am create a card…”

• Add conditions to skip weekends

It still won’t perfectly handle “every other workday” logic automatically, but you can approximate it using scheduled commands.

Feature Suggestion

If this is important for your workflow, I’d recommend submitting it as a feature request here:
👉 https://jira.atlassian.com

Trello’s product team actively reviews suggestions there.

Community Perspective

Many users manage “every other” scenarios using:

• Interval = 2 (for week/month/day)

• Or automation rules for more complex cases

But yes — a clearer “Every other…” UI option would definitely improve usability.

If you describe your exact use case (especially for “work day”), I can suggest the cleanest setup for it. 

I hope this helps you out.

[Ervin Bolat]

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