Suggested change to tribe_get_related_posts() function

[Scott Anderson]

I have a client who was frustrated that the Related Events list on their site was randomly showing events that are several months into the future, rather than showing events that are coming up in the next few days or weeks.

In troubleshooting the issue, I found the tribe_get_related_posts() function offers a filter to override the default arguments, and I was able to get what I needed with the following modification:

add_filter('tribe_related_posts_args', function($args) {
	$args['meta_key'] = '_EventStartDate';
	$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
	return $args;
});

I would like to suggest that these should be the default arguments for this function. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me as the developer, nor to my clients as site owners/users, to have random events in the distant future showing up in the results.

[Andras]

Hello Scott,

Thanks for getting in touch and for sharing your solution for this issue!

This is awesome and it’s much appreciated!

It makes a lot of sense and I will definitely forward this idea to our developers for consideration.

Cheers,
Andras

[Scott Anderson]

Thanks!

[Victor]

Hi Scott!

Just wanted to share with you that a new release of our plugins is out, including an improvement for the related events.

Now, related events are ordered by the start date so they are displayed when they’re close to the date of the event that is actually being viewed

Find out more about this release → https://theeventscalendar.com/maintenance-release-for-the-week-of-27-may-2018/

Please update the plugins and see if the fix works for your site. Don’t hesitate to open a new topic if anything comes up.

Best,
Victor

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