title: wordpress Wp_query and meta query issue with date field
body: <p>I have Projects inserted as posts in my WordPress database. currently on my home, the last 3 published project is displayed. now my purpose is that I want first display the project which is expiring today than the last published project. </p>
  
  <p>for example, there are 2 projects are expiring today than on the home page it will display 2 projects which are expiring today and 1 project which published last. it means a total of 3 projects will display. </p>
  
  <p>please check below WP_query which returns last published project only</p>
  
  <pre><code>$args = array('post_type' =&gt; 'ignition_product', 'posts_per_page' =&gt; $project_count, 'paged' =&gt; $paged);
  
  $newargs = apply_filters('project_query', $args);
  $wp_query = new WP_Query($newargs);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the below query I try using meta key &amp; value but no luck. "ign_fund_end" is stored a date as a string so I think that's why not comparing date. 
  my final goal is I described as above total 3 projects should display. first should be today expiring then after last published.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$args = array(
          'post_type' =&gt; 'ignition_product',
          'posts_per_page' =&gt; $project_count,
          'paged' =&gt; $paged,        
          'meta_query' =&gt; array(// WordPress has all the results, now, return only the events after today's date
              array(
                  'key' =&gt; 'ign_fund_end', // Check the start date field
                  'value' =&gt; date('m/d/Y'), // Set today's date (note the similar format)
                  'compare' =&gt; '&gt;=', // Return the ones greater than today's date
                  'type' =&gt; 'DATE' // Let WordPress know we're working with date
              )
      ));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>please check the below image for reference.
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bIVqK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bIVqK.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>any solution appreciated.</p>