Question

I have posts in the “events” category that have a meta-data called “start_date”.

Is there a way that I can query the next two events in the system (after today’s date)?

I know that I can easily get the last two events in the system, but my wordpress nor my sql is strong enough to figure out how to query the next two events.

Answer 1

Just to give you an idea, try the following, not tested.

<?php
$args=array(
  'meta_key'=>'start_date',
  'meta_value'=> now(),
  'meta_compare' => '>',
  'order' => 'DESC',
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
   echo 'List of Posts';
   $i=0;
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); 
       the_title();
       $i<2 ? $i++ : break;
   endwhile;
 }
 wp_reset_query(); 

?>