[Support request] Use Query loop to display the events calendar events on home page

[Justin]

Hey, I am using a media query to pull events onto my home page (created by The Events Cal plugin)

http://justinf27.sg-host.com/ – (scroll halfway down the page)

Is it possible to add the event date as a content source somehow?

Then I can display event dates as well as sort them in event date order (currently, it is set to show the event posted date).

Also – I am using Toolset Plugin to create a members directory. I read in a forum that you can actually create members directory using query loops in Generate Press in a similar way to how toolset works? Do you have any documentation on this? (I assume not as I can’t find any – but thought I would ask). This would be an awesome addition to Generate Press 🙂

Thanks for your help.

[David]

Hi there,

at the moment the Query Loop only handles core post meta options, do you know how the plugin is storing the date you want to display ? If its in the Post Meta, then you can use the Content Source: Post Meta and enter your meta keys name.

Can you check with the plugin author and let us know.

[Justin]

Hey David – this worked well thank you.

Is there an easy way I can filter results by upcoming event date though?

When I filter by parent ID or Author – the order for these first few events is correct. But obviously this will only work if I create events in order that they come up (ie, if I added an event for today, that would show last on the list).

Perhaps I can’t achieve event ordering with the Query loop, and I should just get the events cal pro plugin – just trying to keep the sight as lightweight as possible and achieve this through GP 🙂

[David]

Orderby Custom Field will be something we add in GB Pro in a future update.

But, we use the WP_Query function and we have the generateblocks_query_loop_args filter for adding custom parameters to the query.
Try this snippet:

add_filter( 'generateblocks_query_loop_args', function( $query_args, $attributes ) {
    if ( 
        ! is_admin() &&
        // if block has an advanced > additional CSS Class of: orderby-event-date
        ! empty( $attributes['className'] ) && 
        strpos( $attributes['className'], 'orderby-event-date' ) !== false
    ) {
        // pass meta_query parameter
        $query_args[ 'meta_query' ] = array(
            'meta_key' => 'your_event_date_meta_name',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
            'meta_type' => 'DATE',
            'order' => 'DESC'
        );
    }

return $query_args;
} );

Note:

1. The orderby-event-date is a CSS Class that you need to add to the Query Loop block.
2. The your_event_date_meta_name needs to be replaced with the post meta field name which stores the date.

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