Show Event Dates in Search Results
Adds the event's date (and venue when there is one) in front of its excerpt in search results, so visitors can tell upcoming events from old ones before clicking.
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Code
add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', function ( $excerpt, $post ) {
if ( ! is_search() || ! $post || 'tribe_events' !== $post->post_type || ! function_exists( 'tribe_get_start_date' ) ) {
return $excerpt;
}
$venue = function_exists( 'tribe_get_venue' ) ? tribe_get_venue( $post->ID ) : '';
$meta = tribe_get_start_date( $post, false ) . ( $venue ? ' · ' . $venue : '' );
return '[' . wp_strip_all_tags( $meta ) . '] ' . $excerpt;
}, 20, 2 );Notes
Only affects events; other results keep their usual excerpt.
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