Show items before or after the current date.

[ryanwelcher]

This came from the support forum

[bobbingwide]

I also have a need for this functionality.
Currently, in order to list Events which are in the future, I use a shortcode called [bw_related] which works in conjunction with a plugin called oik-dates.

On the home page of wp-pompey.org.uk I display the next event - which is a date in the future.
The shortcode I use is

[bw_related post_type="meetup" numberposts=1 
meta_key="_date" order=ASC meta_compare="GE" 
meta_value=. orderby=meta_value format="T/F/E/_" thumbnail=full class=next-event]

• The custom field _date is a date field, using a string format of YYYY-MM-DD.
• It's associated with the meetup post type.
• The meta_value of . indicates that it needs to be replaced by the current date.
• This is implemented by a filter function attached to oik_default_meta_value_date
• by the oik-date plugins.
• The filter function is invoked by the [bw_related] shortcode's logic.

The meta_value attribute could actually be one of the following values.

• '.' - which tells the code to "use the current value for this field"
• now
• today
• null - for when the attribute's not set.
• any value that can be passed to date_interval_create_from_date_string( $adjustment )

For another website, I'm currently in the process of switching from an events calendar plugin to my own ( oik-events ) and would like to be able to replace the shortcode solution with a block based solution.

The websites also display a list of past events, with meta_compare=LE

This functionality would therefore be most appreciated as it will save me from attempting to write a similar block to yours.

[ryanwelcher]

This was addressed in #87

[bobbingwide]

Out of the box I couldn't directly use the solution implemented by #87 for my particular scenario.
Instead, I implemented a filter function for aql_query_vars, which uses very similar logic to that which I used for my [bw_related] shortcode. It applies the filter oik_default_meta_value_date" on any meta_query with key _date`.