wp-admin->Events set default sort by date

[Ching-Chih]

Hello!

So when I view my Events in the wp-admin page, it’s always sorted in some random way. Is there some way that I can have it sort by the date of the event by default?

Thank you!

[Courtney]

Hello

I believe the events are sorted by the end dates, with the furthest in the future displaying first.

You can check out Advanced Post Manager https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-post-manager/ that offers additional sorting options on your Events in the dashboard.

Let me know if this resolves the issue for you.

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Ching-Chih]

Hey Courtney,

Thanks for the pointer. That gives me the option to add different sorting options, but my goal is that when I or a user views the admin view of the Events list, that it sorts by the start-date, ascending by default.

Right now it sorts by start-date, descending and I have to manually click on the date to sort it ascending.

Any pointers to code in WP or The Event Calendar to change this default behavior would be great!

[Courtney]

Hello

Add this snippet to either your child theme’s functions.php file or use the My Custom Functions plugin.

add_filter( 'posts_clauses', function( $pass, $query ) {
    $screen = get_current_screen();

    if (
        ! $screen
        || Tribe__Main::instance()->doing_ajax()
        || 'edit' !== $screen->base
        || 'tribe_events' !== $screen->post_type
    ) {
        return;
    }

    $query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
    return $pass;
}, 10, 2 );

Let me know if that works for you.

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Ching-Chih]

Excellent, that’s exactly what I needed!

[Ching-Chih]

Actually I stand corrected, the admin view does sort correctly, but now when I view my WP site, I get an “undefined function get_current_screen()”

However if I wrap my code in:

if (is_admin()) { … }

Then everything works. Thanks again!

• This reply was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by Ching-Chih.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by Ching-Chih.

[Ching-Chih]

Found out that it his the customize preview too, so:

Wrapped in:

if (is_admin() && !is_customize_preview()) { … }

[Courtney]

Thanks again! Glad it looks as you’d like now 🙂

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