Title: Event Ordering & Filtering Issues
Last modified: August 6, 2026

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# Event Ordering & Filtering Issues

 *  Resolved [mrben10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrben10/)
 * (@mrben10)
 * [3 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-ordering-filtering-issues-2/)
 * PROBLEM #1: Events Sorted by Publication Date Instead of Event Date

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 *  Thread Starter [mrben10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrben10/)
 * (@mrben10)
 * [3 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-ordering-filtering-issues-2/#post-18985343)
 * Root Cause:
   The Gutenberg block editor was converting “Order by: Event date” 
   to orderby=’date’. In WordPress, orderby=’date’ sorts by post_date and ignores
   the meta_key parameter. The correct value should be orderby=’meta_value’ with
   meta_key=’event_begin’ (the event start date meta field).
 * Solution (3 parts):
 * class-shortcodes.php – Added ‘orderbykey’ => ‘event_begin’ to shortcode defaults(
   list, timeline, map) to specify which meta field to sort by.
   build/*/block.json–
   Added orderbykey attribute with default ‘event_begin’ to block definitions so
   blocks pass the correct meta field.eventpost.php (line ~1974) – Added PHP converter
   that intercepts orderby=’date’ and converts it to orderby=’meta_value’ with orderbykey
   =’event_begin’.
 * Result: Events now sort by actual event start date, not publication date.

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 * Last activity: [3 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-ordering-filtering-issues-2/#post-18985343)
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