Past events don't show up in wp search results

[James Lavine]

Hi, when I used wp search on my site in it’s most default state, all posts and events (past and present) display.

But, when attempting to limit the search to only the tribe_events post type with a URL like this: http://pcss-o.org/?s=PTSD&post_type=tribe_events …only current and future events will display (no past events).

The search form is in the top right of this page: http://pcss-o.org/calendar-of-events/

Any idea what happening to the past events here?

Thanks!

[Barry]

Hi James,

When The Events Calendar detects that the main query specifically relates to events a number of things happen in order to help better shape the query and present the results.

For instance – unless dictated by other query properties – an assumption is made that only upcoming events should be returned. Generally, when dealing with events, this is a sensible default.

Additionally – though your particular theme may force the use of a different template – the empty search results will be presented within an event view.

I’m curious: what are your goals here? Do you need an event-specific search that covers all events, past and present? Are you wanting these results to show within a standard WordPress search results page?

[James Lavine]

Hi Barry,

Thanks for your response. I should have been more clear about my goal, haha. To answer your questions:

Do you need an event-specific search that covers all events, past and present? Yes!
Are you wanting these results to show within a standard WordPress search results page? Yes!

The results are already showing in a standard WordPress search results page, so we’re halfway there. And I do agree that when searching for events, only showing future event’s is a sensible default…but is there a way around it?

Thanks!

[Barry]

Hi James,

It should be possible to workaround this.

The tribe_events_pre_get_posts action hook provides an opportunity to modify the query object in relation to event queries.

You could use this to test and see if various conditions like is_search are true then set the query’s eventDisplay property to custom (otherwise it defaults to “list”, which assumes you only want upcoming events).

add_action( 'tribe_events_pre_get_posts', 'custom_event_search' );

function custom_event_search( $query ) {
    if ( $criteria_met ) $query->set( 'eventDisplay', 'custom' );
}

The above code shows the basic form of this sort of change (though you’ll need to fill out the missing detail, of course).

[Barry]

Hi!

It’s been a while so I’m going to go ahead and close this topic.

• Need help with anything else? Go right ahead and post a new topic, one of the team will be only too happy to help
• Still need help with this issue and need to re-open it? Again, please simply create a new topic and link to this one to provide the team with some context

Thanks!

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