Title: Plugin/Custom code: custom field(s) and post order
Last modified: February 27, 2017

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# Plugin/Custom code: custom field(s) and post order

 *  [kfroese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfroese/)
 * (@kfroese)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugincustom-code-custom-fields-and-post-order/)
 * I have been dabbling in WP for a year or so with the intent to roll it out for
   a non-profit professional organization for whom I currently administer the website.
   The current site is coded in HTML, PHP, and CSS and is cumbersome to update (
   all by text editor). One thing that has kept me from doing it so far is how I
   need the posts organized.
 * Almost all of our posts are related to a specific lecture event that we’re hosting.
   For each event, the home page provides date, time, location, cost, and short 
   description and links to the full page with all the details (abstract and speaker
   bio) and the Google Form through which I’m handling online registration.
 * It seems that WP is ideal for this and will help with grouping posts by year 
   and topic and so forth except for the sort order imposed by The Loop. I would
   like a custom field “Event Date” used for sorting (rather than the date it was
   last updated or posted) and I would like the sort order to be: 1. the next event,
   2. the upcoming events (from coming-soon to out-in-the-future), 3. the events
   that have already happened for the year (from most-recent to least-recent). I
   have not yet found anything like this in my searching but there are a lot of 
   sites and a lot of plugins to search!
 * In an ideal world, I’d be able to find a plugin that would do this, handle my
   online registration, and link to our PayPal payment option. But that might be
   a bit more than I handle on my first WP roll out!

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugincustom-code-custom-fields-and-post-order/#post-8854954)
 * Two plugins come to mind, “All in One Event CAlendar” and ‘WP Event Manager’.
   I’m using both on different sites. I think I like All In One better — it’s easier
   to set up events and currently they do not charge for using their ticketing tool.
 * If you want to take a look:
 * Site using WPEM : [https://sbacempower.org](https://sbacempower.org)
    Site using
   AIOEC: [https://selfhelphome.org](https://selfhelphome.org)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/)
   
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 *  Thread Starter [kfroese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfroese/)
 * (@kfroese)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugincustom-code-custom-fields-and-post-order/#post-8949669)
 * Steve, I appreciate the suggestions! After a quick review of the two, I’ve started
   with WP Event Manager. Seems like it might work especially once I get the formatting
   sorted out. One thing I haven’t figured out yet is how to sort the list of events–
   I’d still like to show, and highlight, the next upcoming event then show the 
   rest of the upcoming ones followed by the past events. Any suggestions?
 * Thanks again,
 * Ken.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugincustom-code-custom-fields-and-post-order/#post-8949736)
 * Check out their docs on using shortcocdes.

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 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
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