Scope of [events_list] for past events

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Hi,

and thanks for the reply. I think I did not express myself correctly. Since the problem is not the widget but the syntax in the ‘scope’.

I want to display all past events of this year. So I tried this:

[events_list_grouped mode=”monthly” scope=”2017-01-01,today”]

But that doesn’t work. Any other ideas?

Regards,
Suse

The following link solved my problem: https://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/create-your-own-event-scope/

And if anybody has the same request as I had, here is my code to print past events from a defined date until today:

// create own scope to show "past events until today"
add_filter( 'em_events_build_sql_conditions', 'my_em_scope_conditions', 1, 2);
function my_em_scope_conditions($conditions, $args)
{	
	if( !empty($args['scope']) && preg_match('/pastdate-today/', $args['scope']) == 1 )
	{
		$my_args = explode(',', $args['scope']);
		
		$start_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($my_args[1]));		
		$end_date 	= date('Y-m-d', current_time('timestamp'));
		$conditions['scope'] = " (event_start_date BETWEEN CAST('$start_date' AS DATE) AND CAST('$end_date' AS DATE)) OR (event_end_date BETWEEN CAST('$end_date' AS DATE) AND CAST('$start_date' AS DATE))";
	}
	return $conditions;
}

add_filter( 'em_get_scopes','my_em_scopes', 1, 1);
function my_em_scopes($scopes)
{
	$my_scopes = array(
			'pastdate-today' => 'Today and Tomorrow'
	);
	return $scopes + $my_scopes;
}

The following shortcode prints out all events from 1st of March 2017 until today:

[events_list_grouped mode=”monthly” scope=”pastdate-today, 2017-03-01″ ]#_EVENTLINK #j.#@_{ – j.}<br />[/events_list_grouped]

Regards,
Suse