Exclude past events from site search

Just to add, the Relevanssi forum suggested this:

Create a relevanssi_do_not_index filter function that removes the past events from the index.

add_filter( ‘relevanssi_do_not_index’, ‘rlv_remove_past_events’, 10, 2 );
function rlv_remove_past_events( $block, $post_id ) {
$post_type = relevanssi_get_post_type( $post_id );
if ( ‘event’ === $post_type ) {
// get event date somehow, and if it’s already past:
$block = true;
}
return $block;
}

Can anyone advise with how to get the date and if it’s already in the past? Would using scope=’past’ work? No clue with php at all…

Thanks
Jen

Just to add, the Relevanssi forum suggested this:

Create a relevanssi_do_not_index filter function that removes the past events from the index.

add_filter( ‘relevanssi_do_not_index’, ‘rlv_remove_past_events’, 10, 2 );
function rlv_remove_past_events( $block, $post_id ) {
$post_type = relevanssi_get_post_type( $post_id );
if ( ‘event’ === $post_type ) {
// get event date somehow, and if it’s already past:
$block = true;
}
return $block;
}

Can anyone advise with how to get the date and if it’s already in the past? Would using scope=’past’ work? No clue with php at all…

Thanks
Jen

sorry but not familiar with your code however maybe this can give you additional info or idea

function my_em_wp_query(){
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'event',
		'posts_per_page' => 100,
		'meta_query' => array( 'key' => '_start_ts', 'value' => current_time('timestamp'), 'compare' => '>=', 'type'=>'numeric' ),
		'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		'meta_key' => '_start_ts',
		'meta_value' => current_time('timestamp'),
		'meta_value_num' => current_time('timestamp'),
		'meta_compare' => '>='
	);

	// The Query
	$query = new WP_Query( $args );

	// The Loop
	while($query->have_posts()):
	$query->next_post();
	$id = $query->post->ID;
	echo '<li>';
	echo get_the_title($id);
	echo ' - '. get_post_meta($id, '_event_start_date', true);
	echo '</li>';
	endwhile;

	// Reset Post Data
	wp_reset_postdata();
}
add_shortcode('em_wp_query','my_em_wp_query');