page-past-events.php

<?php 

  get_header();
  pageBanner(array(
    'title' => 'Past Events',
    'subtitle' => 'A recap of our past events.'
  ));

?>

<div class="container container--narrow page-section">

<?php 

    $today = date('Ymd');
    $pastEvents = new WP_Query(array(
        // Second param is the fallback/default - if there isn't one, probably on the first page
        'paged' => get_query_var('paged', 1),
        'post_type' => 'event',
        'meta_key' => 'event_date',
        'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
        'order' => 'ASC',
        'meta_query' => array(
            // One inner array for each filter
            array(
            'key' => 'event_date',
            'compare' => '<',
            'value' => $today,
            'type' => 'numeric'
            ),
    )
    ));

    while($pastEvents->have_posts()) {
        $pastEvents->the_post();
        get_template_part('template-parts/content-event');
    }
  
        echo paginate_links(array(
            'total' => $pastEvents->max_num_pages
        ));

?>

</div>

<?php

get_footer();

?>