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Problem: I would like to create a Query Filter to show the most recent posts beginning 8 weeks ago and continuing to the present. I have used the post date filter feature to specify Weeks: PAST_ONE (8). That seemed to work well until the beginning of the new year, when the filter stopped showing posts from the previous year. So the filter only seems to work correctly when the date 8 weeks ago was in the same calendar year as today.
Solution: Remove the post date Query Filter in the view editor. Add a custom code snippet to filter by post_date using any PHPstrtotime-compatible date string:
function tssupp_recent_8_weeks($view_args, $view_settings, $view_id)
{
$view_ids = array( 123, 456 ); // Comma-separated list of View IDs
if ( in_array($view_id, $view_ids) ) {
$view_args['date_query'] = array(
array(
'column' => 'post_date_gmt',
'after' => '8 weeks ago'
)
);
}
return $view_args;
}
Change 123, 456 to be a comma-separated list of View IDs where you want to apply this date filter. If you want to filter by a different start date, change 8 weeks ago to any strotime-compatible date string representing the start date.
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-filters/#wpv_filter_query
https://www.php.net/strtotime
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Last updated by marcialB 4 years, 2 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Hi there
I set up a filter that only shows posts that are not older than 8 weeks. You can see my filter attached.
The filter works fine, but not during the period from one to the next year. So currently my view with the filter doesn't show any results. If I change the time to let's say 4 weeks, it works (since that period is fully in 2020). I also tried it with months and days - but there is the same.
How can I achieve that the filter also works in my case?
Thanks for your help.
