The UPCOMING functionality has this same problem. Here’s a custom loop that shows only upcoming events (even if they recur beginning in the past):
<?php // Upcoming Events Loop
$time = current_time( 'timestamp' );
$now = mktime( 0, 0, 0, date( 'n', $time ), date( 'd', $time ), date( 'Y', $time ) );
$event_future = array(
'post_type' => 'sc_event',
'posts_per_page' => 99,
'meta_key' => 'sc_event_date_time',
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'asc',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' => 'OR',
array(
'key' => 'sc_recur_until',
'value' => $now,
'compare' => '>='
),
array(
'key' => 'sc_event_end_date_time',
'value' => $now,
'compare' => '>='
)
)
);
$events = get_posts( apply_filters('sc_event_list_query', $event_future) );
foreach ( $events as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
