{"id":46617,"date":"2013-04-23T07:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tri.be\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-list-3-unique-upcoming-events-excluding-past-events\/"},"modified":"2013-04-23T07:22:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:22:29","slug":"how-to-list-3-unique-upcoming-events-excluding-past-events","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-list-3-unique-upcoming-events-excluding-past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"How to list 3 &quot;unique&quot; upcoming events, excluding past events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hi there.<br \/>\nIm trying to do this:<br \/>\n* Display 3 upcoming events<br \/>\n* Order them by unique names of events<br \/>\nThe idea is basically to prevent the site from displaying the same thumbnails \/ same event-titles. 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