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  ahliuone · Member · Sep 24, 2025 at 11:17 pm

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  Hi,

  I am using the post grid function to display my upcoming events in a grid. While I have set to order the posts by date in ascending order, one event would appear at the back of the sequence of the grid, despite having an earlier date.

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  For some reason the event on 27 October would come last in the sequence, despite it is an earlier event.

  Would anybody know what might be causing this? I have checked that the event date has been set correctly.

  Thank you very much.

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  mitchellnoah193 · Member · Sep 30, 2025 at 6:19 am

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  I actually ran into the same issue when I was setting up a post grid for events. What I found is that most post grid plugins (like The Post Grid, Essential Grid, etc.) don’t automatically read the event date field — they usually order by the publish date or modified date of the post.

  That’s why your 27 October event is showing last, even though the event date looks correct. A couple of things you can try:

  1. Check ordering field – In your grid settings, make sure it’s set to order by “custom field” (if your event plugin stores the event date in a meta field) rather than just “post date.”
  2. Confirm event plugin meta key – Some event plugins (like The Events Calendar) store dates in fields like _EventStartDate. You may need to select that meta key in your query.
  3. Update publish date as a test – If you temporarily edit the publish date of the post to match the event date, you’ll see if the grid is only reading publish dates.
  4. Clear cache – Sometimes the front-end cache holds the wrong order even after fixing the settings.

  Once I switched the grid to use the event’s start date meta field, everything lined up correctly.