Limit Slider Revolution's WP_Query to only include Featured Events that have a featured image

functions.php

<?php
/**
 * Limit Slider Revolution's WP_Query to only include Featured Events that have a featured image
 *
 * @link https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/featured-events/
 *
 * From https://gist.github.com/cliffordp/30ac2152a8264ef27235b46b7d16332d
 * Similar code for Essential Grid: https://gist.github.com/cliffordp/a6aad3c60f469970b1ecb209d85ec755
 * Same Slider Revolution code except without requirement for being a Featured Event (works for more than just The Events Calendar): https://gist.github.com/cliffordp/9f0d7cc5e86b2a721cd646d953bb1261
 *
 * revslider_get_posts filter is from /wp-content/plugins/revslider/includes/framework/functions-wordpress.class.php as of version 4.5.0
 *
 * Filter hook only applies to Slider Revolution > Post-Based Slider > Fetch Posts By Categories & Tags
 * or Slider Revolution > Post-Based Slider > Specific Posts > Specific Posts List (CSV of Post IDs)
 *
 * @return array
 */
function revslider_post_based_featured_events_w_featured_image( $query, $slider_id ) {

	/*
	 * YOU MUST CHANGE THESE
	 * TO YOUR OWN SLIDER REVOLUTION
	 * SLIDER IDs
	 * !!!
	 */
	$slider_ids_to_affect = array( 2, 20, 34 ); // include IDs of sliders to affect

	// if this slider is not one to affect, do no filtering
	if ( ! in_array( $slider_id, $slider_ids_to_affect ) ) {
		return $query;
	}


	// get the existing meta_query so we aren't wiping that out
    if ( ! empty( $query['meta_query'] ) ) {
	    $meta_query = (array) $query[ 'meta_query' ];
    } else {
	    $meta_query = array();
    }

	// do the filtering...

	// has a Featured Image
	$meta_query[] = array(
		'key' => '_thumbnail_id',
		'compare' => 'EXISTS',
	);

	// is a Featured Event (requires The Events Calendar version 4.4+ from January 9, 2017)
	if ( class_exists( 'Tribe__Events__Main' )
         && class_exists( 'Tribe__Events__Featured_Events' )
         && Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE === $query['post_type']
    ) {
		$meta_query[] = array(
			'key'     => Tribe__Events__Featured_Events::FEATURED_EVENT_KEY,
			'compare' => 'EXISTS',
		);
    }

	$query['meta_query'] = $meta_query;

	return $query;
}

add_filter( 'revslider_get_posts', 'revslider_post_based_featured_events_w_featured_image', 10, 2 );

@john29800 I'm unclear exactly what you want and don't provide support here. Plus, I'm unsure how your question relates to The Events Calendar plugin.

You might want to look into using the WordPress default [gallery ... ] shortcode -- maybe like do_shortcode( '[gallery ids="729,732,731,720"]' );

Some plugins (e.g. Jetpack) can override the default gallery shortcode, and some plugins have their own custom shortcodes or PHP functions you could insert.

Maybe helpful:

• https://codex.wordpress.org/Gallery_Shortcode
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gallery_shortcode/