Title: Event shortcode and selected_datetime
Last modified: July 1, 2025

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# Event shortcode and selected_datetime

 *  [Jaime Pérez Dans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezdans/)
 * (@perezdans)
 * [11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-shortcode-and-selected_datetime/)
 * The shortcode `[Event show_filters="true" selected_datetime="01-01-2025,31-12-
   2025"]` does not filter by date, while `[Event show_filters="false" selected_datetime
   ="01-01-2025,31-12-2025"]` filters correctly without issues.
 * Upon reviewing the shortcode’s code, I noticed there’s an `if` statement that
   only processes the `selected_datetime` attribute if `show_filters="true"`. I 
   believe this is incorrect.
 * The code is located in `wp-event-manager/shortcodes/wp-event-manager-shortcodes.
   php`, lines 690-753. If I disable the `else` on line 717, the `selected_datetime`
   attribute works perfectly.

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 *  Plugin Author [Rita Kikani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikanirita/)
 * (@kikanirita)
 * [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-shortcode-and-selected_datetime/#post-18619170)
 * Hi [@perezdans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezdans/) , we report your
   issue and we will fix it if there anythings needs to improve in this.
 * Thank you.

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