( !empty( $instance['scmod_events_limit'] ) ? (int)$instance['scmod_events_limit'] : -1 ), 'post_type' => array ( 'event' ), 'post_status' => array ( 'publish' ), 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'event_meta_date', 'meta_query' => array ( array ( 'key' => 'event_meta_date', 'value' => current_time('Y-m-d'), 'compare' => '>=', 'type' => 'DATETIME', ), ), ); // The Query $events = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>