Ordering Events By Event Start Date / meta key

WP Event Manager allows its users to arrange events in order and change the order as per their requirements. In this guide, you will learn about how you can arrange events in order based on their start date/ meta key.

Here are the steps you need to follow to perform the task:

Ordering Events By Event Start Date / meta key

1. Open your child theme.
2. Add the following code in the function.php file.

   /** You need to put code in theme functions.php **/
   function theme_name_custom_orderby( $query_args ) {
       $query_args[ 'orderby' ] = 'meta_value'; //orderby will be according to data stored inside the particular meta key
       $query_args[ 'order' ] = 'DESC';
       return $query_args;
   }
   
   add_filter( 'event_manager_get_listings_args', 'theme_name_custom_orderby', 99 );
   
   function theme_name_custom_orderby_query_args( $query_args ) {
       $query_args[ 'meta_key' ] = '_event_start_date'; //here you can change your meta key
       return $query_args;
   }
   
   add_filter( 'get_event_listings_query_args', 'theme_name_custom_orderby_query_args', 99 );
   

3. You can change your meta key instead of _event_start_date if you want to change the order by any other meta key.