How to filter by calendar date in wordpress site?

Question

Calendar

Hello! There is a need for a wordpress site to filter videos by category, by region (country) and by release date using a drop-down calendar.
I see it like this: create a testimonial video with category, region, date attributes. install the Search & Filter plugin or similar, through which you can set search parameters - right? And how can I attach a calendar filter here?

Answer 1

There are several significant disadvantages in using plugins for filtering:
- the free versions have too limited functionality.
- Sometimes you want to make some kind of unusual filter and for this you need to install several filter plugins. Making them work mutually is quite laborious.
Therefore, if you have knowledge, it is better to write yourself. Writing such functionality can be divided into 2 parts:
1. This is to complete the filtering form with the necessary parameters (you can use third-party js and css libraries. For example, for a calendar).
2. Write a php script that will intercept the GET (or POST) request from the form and customize the output request through wp_query.