Sort by Event Date – WP Show Posts

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September 21, 2020 at 9:17 pm #19731

Gary
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I have event listings and I am using the Geodirectory plugin. I want to order the events by the date the event is being held, with the nearest upcoming event being shown first.

Geodirectory use event_dates_asc for this kind of query.

So, I have used the following shortcode:

[wp_show_posts id="14475" settings="orderby=event_dates_asc"]

However, it is not working.

I have debugged to make sure the query is being pulled in, which it is:

array(5) { ["order"]=> string(4) "desc" ["orderby"]=> string(15) "event_dates_asc" ["post_type"]=> string(8) "gd_event" ["posts_per_page"]=> int(10) ["post_status"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(7) "publish" } }

I am just wondering whether there is something I am missing.

Thanks, Gary

September 22, 2020 at 2:16 pm #19756
elvin
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Hi Gary,

You can add this code based from the previous topic you’ve replied on.
```
/* Sort Events by Ascending as a Default */
function order_events_by_next_start_date( $wp_query ) {
  if (is_admin()) {
    $post_type = $wp_query->query['post_type'];

    if ( $post_type == 'gd_event') {
      $wp_query->set('orderby', 'event_dates_asc');
      $wp_query->set('order', 'ASC');
    }
  }
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'order_events_by_next_start_date');
```
Or, add &order=ASC to the settings used in your shortcode:
[wp_show_posts id="14475" settings="orderby=event_dates_asc&order=ASC"]

Mind the text case/capitalization.

Let us know if it works for you.
September 23, 2020 at 10:18 pm #19823

Gary
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Sadly, this isn’t working for me. But no problem. I will work with what I’ve got within Geodirectory for now. I’ll revisit this at a later date as I prefer the configuration/styling options of WPSP. Thanks Elvin. Best, Gary

September 27, 2020 at 12:06 pm #20136

elvin
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Let us know if you have any other issues that needs addressing. No problem.
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