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Custom filtering and sorting for events via functions.php

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Uses action hook of the hybrid theme framework to launch function that modifies the query on the archive page for category 6.\\r\\n\\r\\nSorts by the custom field \\\"event_date\\\" and compares it to the current date.\\r\\n\\r\\nBased on [goto11\\\'s](http://www.goto11.co.uk/) code from the discussion [here](http://esdev.net/sort-events-by-date-in-wordpress-using-custom-fields/comment-page-1/#comment-7111)

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/* Custom sorting for Events. */
add_action( 'hybrid_before_content', 'events_sorting' );
function events_sorting() {
	if ( is_category('6') ) {
    $today = date('Y-m-d');
    query_posts('cat=6&meta_key=event_date&meta_compare=>=&meta_value='.$today.'&orderby=meta_value&order=ASC'); 
  }
}