Automatically sort custom post type 'event' by meta-key 'event-date' and only display posts in the future.

event-sorter.php

<?php function order_events_by_date($request){
	$dummy_query = new WP_Query();
	$dummy_query->parse_query( $request );
	if($dummy_query->is_singular()):
		return $request;
	elseif(isset($request['post_type']) && $request['post_type'] == 'event'):
		if(!is_admin()):
			$request['orderby'] = 'meta_value menu_order title';
			$request['meta_key'] = 'event-date';
			$request['order'] = 'ASC';
		endif;
		$request['meta_query'] = array(array(
			'key' => 'event-date',
			'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
			'compare' => '>='
		));
	endif;
	return $request;
}
add_filter('request', 'order_events_by_date' ); ?>