Loop the next 5 events?

That’s a great question, time indeed that I update the documentation!

I just added another example in the wiki (see the 3rd example on that page):

https://github.com/ms-studio/minimalistic-event-manager/wiki/How-to-query-for-events

Here is the code for that query:

<?php

// We define the current date, using the included function.
$mem_today = mem_date_of_today();

// We set a limit for past events:
$mem_date_expiration = ( 2 * DAY_IN_SECONDS );
// Here we will display them up to 2 days after they occurred.
// Change that number according to your requirements.

$mem_unix_limit = ( $mem_today["unix"] - $mem_date_expiration );
$mem_age_limit = date_i18n( "Y-m-d", $mem_unix_limit);

// Now, the custom query:
$args = array(
  'posts_per_page' => 5,
  'meta_key' => '_mem_start_date',
  'meta_value'  => $mem_age_limit,
  'meta_compare'    => '>=',
  'orderby'  => 'meta_value',
  'order'  => 'ASC',
  'ignore_sticky_posts' => true
);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
?>
 <h1>Current Events</h1>
<?php 

  while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

  <h2 <?php post_class() ?> >
  <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
  </h2>

  <?php 

  // Display the date, using the ready-made function.

  $mem_event_date =  mem_date_processing(
    get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), '_mem_start_date', true) ,
    get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), '_mem_end_date', true)
  );

   ?>
  <span class="post-date">
  Date: <?php echo $mem_event_date["date-num"]; ?>
   </span>

  <div class="post-excerpt">
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
  </div>

  <?php endwhile; ?>
  <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
  <p><?php _e( 'No upcoming events.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

Let me know if something is not clear.

Thanks for the feedback.

Always good to know that my code is understandable by others 🙂