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RDN1985
RDN1985

Reputation: 53

Automatically move Wordpress post from one page to another after date has passed

I'm designing a website for a local performing arts venue, and I would like to add some code so that specific event posts on the "Events" page will automatically be moved from "Events" to a different "Past Performances" page after the date of the event has passed. I've looked around for any existing solution to this query and haven't yet found one.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 147

Answers (1)

mauricioabisay
mauricioabisay

Reputation: 167

Create a child theme or add page-events.php and page-past-performances.php, you may copy/paste your current theme page.php code.

Here you may choose 2 options:

  1. Create a special loop for each template. For page-events.php:

    <?php 
$today = getdate();
$args = array('date_query' => array(
  array(
    'after' => array(
        'year' => $today['year'],
        'month' => $today['mon'],
        'day' => $today['mday'],
    ),
    'inclusive' => true
  )
));
$query = WP_Query($args);
//Here goes the loop

    For page-past-performances.php:

    <?php 
$today = getdate();
$args = array('date_query' => array(
  array(
    'before' => array(
        'year' => $today['year'],
        'month' => $today['mon'],
        'day' => $today['mday'],
    ),
    inclusive => false
  )
));
$query = WP_Query($args);
//Here goes the loop

  2. The second option uses the action hook pre_get_posts, it could look something like this (inside your functions.php file):

    <?php
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'date_filter');
function date_filter($query) {
  if($query->pagename == 'events') {
    $query->set('date_query', [[
      'after' => //same as above
      'inclusive' => true 
    ]]);
  }
  if($query->pagename == 'past-performances') {
    $query->set('date_query', [[
      'before' => //same as above
      'inclusive' => false 
    ]]);
  }
}
?>

Upvotes: 1

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