Hi eike,
You need to set up args that filter the date. I actually have this set and running on my site.
I set the timezone to my timezone and then set 2 variables, one is set to todays date and the other is set to a year from now.
<?php
//Set server timezone to central
date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
//Today's date
$date_1 = date('Ymd', strtotime("now"));
//Future date - the arg will look between today's date and this future date to see if the post fall within the 2 dates.
$date_2 = date('Ymd', strtotime("+12 months"));
?>
Then I set a variable to determine if the post is in the future:
//arg to determine if the post is an upcoming event.
$upcoming_args = array(
'post_type' => 'event',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'meta_key' => 'start_date',
'meta_compare' => 'BETWEEN',
'meta_type' => 'numeric',
'meta_value' => array($date_1, $date_2),
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'ASC'
);
?>
Set up a new upcoming event query:
<?php
// the upcoming events query
$upcoming_query = new WP_Query( $upcoming_args );
?>
Then the loop:
<?php if ( $upcoming_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<!-- the loop -->
<?php while ( $upcoming_query->have_posts() ) : $upcoming_query->the_post(); ?>
<!--Your Content-->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- end of the loop -->
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else: ?>
<p><?php _e( 'There are currently no upcoming events, please check back soon.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
Hope that helps.
