FIX FOR STATIC FRONT PAGE BEING OVERRIDDEN WHEN INCLUDING EVENTS IN MAIN BLOG LOOP

ecp-loop-fix

add_action( 'init', 'tribe_fix_homepage', 11, 1 );
function tribe_fix_homepage() {
	remove_action( 'parse_request', array( 'TribeEventsQuery', 'parse_request' ), 50 );
	add_action( 'parse_query', 'tribe_fix_homepage_query', 51 );
}

function tribe_fix_homepage_query( $query ) {
	if ( ! $query->is_main_query() ) {
		$query->is_home = false;
	}
	if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_home() ) {
		// check option for including events in the main wordpress loop, if true, add events post type
		if ( tribe_get_option( 'showEventsInMainLoop', false ) ) {
			$query->query_vars['post_type'] = isset( $query->query_vars['post_type'] ) ? (array) $query->query_vars['post_type'] : array( 'post' );
			$query->query_vars['post_type'][] = TribeEvents::POSTTYPE;
		}
	}
}