Shortcode for latest -not expired- posts

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I’ve made a short code (part of a plugin) to display the posts which aren’t expired.
For saving the expiration date, i made already a meta key called newsbox-date.

Handy for micro-news, short messages and holliday announcements. My client will not use the posts for blogging but more for short messages a few times a year. With the shortcode we can paste the newsbox on the homepage and contactpage. (as mentioned: handy for holidays)

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So far i have this: 

function my_recent_posts_shortcode( $atts ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array( 'limit' => 5 ), $atts ) );
$q = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=' . $limit );
$list = '<div class="newsbox-posts">';
while ( $q->have_posts() ) {
    $q->the_post();
    $expdate = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'newsbox-date', true);
    $nowdatetime = current_time("mysql");
    if ($expdate >= $nowdatetime) {
    $list .= '<h4>' . get_the_title() . '</h4>' . get_the_content() . '';
    }
}
wp_reset_query();
return $list . '</div>';
}
add_shortcode( 'recent-posts', 'my_recent_posts_shortcode' );

There are a few things i need to handle:

  • can i do the filtering of expiration date in the WP_Query already ? Now all posts are first requested, right ?
  • When all posts are expired, the div newsbox-posts must not be showed. So, an if-statement must be handled before the div; but i don’t know yet the best way to get the meta key in this stage.

Thanks for any tips.
If this thing is working, i’ll share the plugin in the rep.

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  1. Thanks, i got it now; indeed with meta_query.

    function my_recent_posts_shortcode( $atts ) {
global $post;
$currenttime = current_time("mysql");

$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_query' => array(
    array(
        'key' => 'newsbox-date',
        'value' => $currenttime,
        'compare' => '>'
    )
)
);

$newsbox = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $newsbox->have_posts() ) :
$list = '<div class="newsbox-posts">';
while ( $newsbox->have_posts() ) : $newsbox->the_post();
$list .= '<h4>' . get_the_title() . '</h4>' . get_the_content() . '';
endwhile;
$list .= '</div>';
endif;

wp_reset_query();
return $list;

 }
add_shortcode( 'recent-posts', 'my_recent_posts_shortcode' );

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