Only Show Upcoming Events in Category Template?

[Aaron Robb]

Here’s the problem i’m having.
I want to show ALL events in the calendar, past and present, but I want to only show upcoming events in my category template. But I can’t find a way to limit the existing category list, since it just uses the basic ‘have_posts’ and the ‘while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ‘

Is there a way to show this without turning off the past events on the calendar itself?

I’d like to keep using the template files, as they make the event list look how I want (a bit customized).

My only alternative thought is to turn off past events in the settings, but then include them in the calendar shortcode. Is this possible??

Thanks!

[Stephen Harris]

Hi Aaron,

You can turn it off in the settings – the calendar will display past/present/future events regardless.

But should you wish to alter the query:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'alter_my_event_query', 'alter_my_event_query' );
function alter_my_event_query( $query ){

      if( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_tax( 'event-category' ) ){
           //Make changes here to $query
           //$query->set( 'event_start_after', 'now' );
      }
}

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