Title: Plugin has inconsistent "future" behaviors?
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Plugin has inconsistent "future" behaviors?
* Resolved [thirdboxcar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thirdboxcar/)
* (@thirdboxcar)
* [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/)
* Love this plugin!
* My issue:
* I have some multi-day events and some regular ones.
* Today: 10/14
* Event A: 10/13 through 10/20
Event B: 10/21
* If I use the conditional {is_future}, whatever’s in there only applies to event
B, which is what I want. However, if I set my Events page to list “future” events
under Settings > Pages > Event Lists/Archives > scope, it _includes_ the current
event A. I would think both would do the same thing, i.e., only apply to and
display event B?
* I get why my multi-day event might be included in future listings, but I think
these two uses of “future” should behave the same.
* Basically, I’m trying to set up a Current and Upcoming section on my Events page,
using a shortcode for today’s events and CONTENT for upcoming/future events,
but can’t get “future” to exclude “current” in the settings.
* [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)
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* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221076)
* have you tried options page at Events > Settings > Pages > Event List/Archives
> Are current events past events and/or did you mean by multi-day events are
recurring events or just normal spanning events?
* Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
* (@netweblogic)
* [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221085)
* i realize now this isn’t documented yet, but there’s an is_current conditional
that may help you with Event A
* Thread Starter [thirdboxcar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thirdboxcar/)
* (@thirdboxcar)
* [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221118)
* Marcus: I actually found that is_current, I was looking through the code! I agree,
it would have been nice to discover earlier in the documentation 🙂
* The problem is I can’t get CONTENT to display _only_ future events when I set
it to “future” in the Event List settings. The “future” scope includes current
events. So, using a shortcode to call Current events above the main listing (
set to Future) means I see events happening now twice.
* Here’s my code:
* ```
Now Showing
[events_list scope="today"]
Upcoming Events
CONTENTS
```
* This displays:
* **Now Showing**
Event A **Upcoming Events** Event A Event B
* CONTENTS list is set to scope=”future” in the dropdown on Events > Settings >
Pages > Event List. However, I’m also using conditional statements in the display
template:
* ```
{is_future}
{/is_future}
```
* This displays:
* **Now Showing**
Event A **Upcoming Events** Event A Event B
* To put it clearly: the {is_future} conditional IGNORES currently active events,
but scope=”future” includes them. This seems glaringly inconsistent to me.
* I would like this plugin to display:
* **Now Showing**
Event A **Upcoming Events** Event B
* There’s no setting for “current” or “today” in the Event List settings, even
though they exist elsewhere, so I can’t reverse the above shortcode/CONTENT settings.
Not that I could, because the shortcode scope=”future” _also_ includes current
events.
* angelo_nwl: Yes, if you read my original post you’ll see I set my settings, they
just don’t seem to work how I’d like/expect them to. I’m not concerned with past
events, nor recurring events. I simply would like to split my events page into
two groups: ones happening now, and ones that haven’t started yet. The “Future”
setting _includes_ current events in the settings, but does not in the conditional
statements.
* I mostly brough this up to point out the inconsistencies in the use of the word“
future” throughout the plugin, so it could be fixed and not confuse others like
me. Also, it would be great if the Event List scope dropdown were expanded to
include all the scopes available in the shortcode.
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221156)
* another way is to create your own scope – [http://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/create-your-own-event-scope/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/create-your-own-event-scope/)
Or using Marcus suggestion you can use {is_current} other details {/is_current}
at Events > Settings > Formatting > Events > Default event list format
* Thread Starter [thirdboxcar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thirdboxcar/)
* (@thirdboxcar)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221256)
* [@angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/) – Thanks, I ended
up making my own custom scope and setting the Events page to only display “Upcoming,”
while using the Today scope above it for Current events. Works beautifully.
* The custom scope SQL for my Upcoming, if anyone’s curious, is:
`event_start_date
> CAST('$start_date' AS DATE)`
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* Last reply from: [thirdboxcar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thirdboxcar/)
* Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-inconsistent-future-behaviors/#post-4221256)
* Status: resolved