Profile: marcialB

Problem:

The customer has several events, each with multiple dates stored in a repeating field group. They want to display all events in a list ordered by the date of the first event. The inner view correctly retrieves the next upcoming date of each event, but they want the outer view to use the same logic to order the events by the first upcoming date.

Solution:

We explained that due to the way repeatable field groups are implemented (as child posts), the fields for the event dates belong to the child posts, making it impossible to directly order the outer events by these fields. The suggested solution is to add a field directly to the event posts that records the next upcoming event date. This field can then be used to order the event posts. To automate this process, the customer can use the save_post hook to copy the upcoming date to the main post whenever changes are made, ensuring that the data stays up to date.