Only show posts if the date picker date is still in the future or today

• droddle

• July 18, 2013 at 7:16 am

So, I am basically using ACF to manage my custom post type, “Events”. I have it set up so that the posts are ordered by the date picker, having the events closest to today’s date at the top. I want it so that if the event date passes, the event no longer shows up in the loop.

Here is my code for the loop:

<?
                if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
                  $paged = get_query_var('paged');
                  } else if ( get_query_var('page') ) {
                          $paged = get_query_var('page');
                  } else {
                          $paged = 1;
                  }
                  query_posts( array( 'post_type' => 'events', 'meta_key' => 'event_date', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num', 'posts_per_page' => 4, 'order' => 'ASC', 'paged' => $paged ) );
                  while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                ?>

Any Tips would be awesome, THANK YOU

• droddle

• July 18, 2013 at 8:15 am

Got this working like this:

<?
				
				$currentdate = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d")-1,date("Y")));
				
                if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
                  $paged = get_query_var('paged');
                  } else if ( get_query_var('page') ) {
                          $paged = get_query_var('page');
                  } else {
                          $paged = 1;
                  }
                  query_posts( array(
                  	'meta_query'=> array(
	                    array(
	                      'key' => 'event_date',
	                      'compare' => '>',
	                      'value' => $currentdate,
	                      'type' => 'DATE',
	                    )),
	                 'post_type' => 'events',
	                 'meta_key' => 'event_date',
	                 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
	                 'posts_per_page' => 4,
	                 'order' => 'ASC',
	                 'paged' => $paged ) );
                  while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                ?>