{"id":4283,"date":"2026-10-21T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eventful-elementor.local\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=4283"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:09:54","password":"","slug":"dates-keyword-hidden-events","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/dates-keyword-hidden-events\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Dates, Keyword and Hidden Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"efe-doc-summary wp-block-paragraph\">Narrow a widget to a date range or a keyword, and hide free events or events without an image.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A specific date, year or period<\/h2>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list efe-doc-steps\"><li>In <strong>Content &gt; Filter Events<\/strong>, turn on <strong>Specific Date, Year or Period<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Choose <strong>Restrict To<\/strong>: <strong>Specific Date<\/strong> (then <strong>Select Date<\/strong>), <strong>Specific Year<\/strong> (then <strong>Set Year<\/strong>), or <strong>Specific Period (From &amp; To)<\/strong> (then <strong>From<\/strong> and <strong>To<\/strong>).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fixed date range does not move on its own. For a rolling &#8220;this week&#8221; or &#8220;next month&#8221; list that visitors can change, use an AJAX filter with an Event Timeframe row instead. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/ajax-live-filters\/\">Add AJAX Live Filters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events that match a keyword<\/h2>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list efe-doc-steps\"><li>Turn on <strong>Keyword Search<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Type the word in <strong>Type Keyword<\/strong>, for example <em>workshop<\/em>.<\/li><li>Leave <strong>Show Search in Live Filters<\/strong> off. The widget then shows only matching events, with no search box.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The keyword is matched against the event title and description. To give visitors a search box instead, turn on Show Search in Live Filters.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hide free events or events without an image<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hide Free Events<\/strong>: leaves out free events: events with no cost entered and events whose cost is <code>0<\/code>. Use it for a list of paid events only.<\/li><li><strong>Hide Events Without Featured Images<\/strong>: keeps image layouts even, for example in carousels and grids.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading efe-doc-related-title\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list efe-doc-related\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/filter-events\/\">Filter Events<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/ajax-live-filters\/\">Add AJAX Live Filters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/order-limit-series\/\">Order, Limit and Recurring Series<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"efe-doc-demo wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/ajax-event-search\/\">See a fixed-keyword list in the search demo \u2192<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to limit an Eventful widget to a date, a year or a date range, to events that match a keyword, and to hide free events or events without an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[30],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4283","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-choosing-events"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":226,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ThemeAtelier","author_nicename":"foysal","author_url":"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/author\/foysal\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"4. 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