Using scope as a WP Query parameter

Resolved shift8
(@shift8)

3 years, 1 month ago

With the multitude of visual page builders and custom post grids, it is not uncommon to build a custom post type grid using WP Query parameters in order to filter and display the data as a styled/themed grid.

With other post types, we can build a WP Query url parameter based filter of the data.

With this plugin, I noticed that while this works in the WP Admin events list set of filters :

scope=future

This does not work when you actually want to use it as a WP Query parameter, for example the following does not work :

&post_type=event&scope=future

Any idea why scope doesnt work in this context? Is there another way of achieving this within the WP Query URL parameter method of filtering WP data?

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joneiseman
(@joneiseman)

3 years, 1 month ago

Can you be more specific? Where is the WP Query URL parameter used? Are you talking about the WP REST API? Are you talking about the Query Loop block?
joneiseman
(@joneiseman)

3 years, 1 month ago
You can use GenerateBlocks to display the events in a grid format. Here’s an example of setting a custom WP_Query for the Generateblocks Query Loop Block: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-up-a-custom-parameter/

The $query_args would be something like this:
```
array(
     'post_type' => 'event',
     'meta_key' => '_event_start_date',
     'meta_type' => 'DATE',
     'orderby' => 'meta_value',
     'order' => 'ASC',
     'meta_query' => Array(
           'meta_key' => '_event_start_date',
           'type' => 'DATE',
           'meta_value' => date("m/d/Y"),
           'meta_compare' => '>='
     )
)
```
Documentation: https://docs.generateblocks.com/article/order-query-loop-by-custom-field/

In the post template block you can add a headline block that picks up the dynamic data from the post meta: https://docs.generateblocks.com/article/dynamic-data-options-overview/

Make sure you put the following in your wp-config.php in order to see the “event” post type.
```
define('EM_GUTENBERG', true);
```
Some of the meta_keys for events are: _event_start_date, _event_start_end, _event_start_time, _event_end_time
joneiseman
(@joneiseman)

3 years, 1 month ago

If you want to use the WP Rest API to filter events based on the meta values (e.g., _event_start_date value), see the following post: https://kayart.dev/wp-rest-api-how-to-filter-posts-by-a-meta-field/

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