Events admin/back-end view backwards (farthest first)

[Ryan]

In the WordPress back-end/administration panel, the default view is to show the farthest future event first – which, since I have recurring events, is in August of 2013. How do I get the default view of the Events tab to be most upcoming events first, just like the “EVENT LIST” page on the front end?

[Jonah]

Hi Ryan,

That’s a great question and I’m not sure the answer myself. I’m going to check with a developer to see how easy this is. Sit tight and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

Thanks,
Jonah

[Mike]

I think you can click the Start Date column header to sort by date.

[Ryan]

That’s true, Mike – you can switch it from ascending to descending. But I’d like not to have my client do that every time they look at the events list.

[Jonah]

Hi guys,

You can use this snippet in your functions.php to modify the default order: https://gist.github.com/3542941

I hope that helps but let me know if you need anything else.

– Jonah

[Ryan]

Thank you, Jonah! That is a great fix.

One related question… How does the plug-in handle events that have past, in the admin panel? Is there a way for me to hide them so my list doesn’t get ever-longer with outdated events? I tried searching for other threads about it, but couldn’t find anything. Thanks again for your help!

[Jonah]

Hi Ryan,

The plugin keeps all events in the database until they are deleted. You may be able to find a plugin to auto delete posts or a script. Here’s a post that might help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5317599/wordpress-automatically-delete-posts-that-are-x-days-old

Good luck!

– Jonah

[filadelfia]

Bumping this, as this doesn’t seem to work anymore. Could you provide an updated example of the snippet that works with the current version of Events Calendar?

Regards
Kristoffer

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