esc_html__('Popular News', 'allure-news'), 'cat' => 0, 'post-number' => 5, ); return $defaults; } public function __construct() { $opts = array( 'classname' => 'allure-news-featured-post', 'description' => esc_html__('Displays Featured Post in Home Page. Place it in Home Widget Area Top.', 'allure-news'), ); parent::__construct('allure-news-featured-post', esc_html__('Allure News Featured Post', 'allure-news'), $opts); } public function widget($args, $instance) { $instance = wp_parse_args((array)$instance, $this->defaults()); $title = apply_filters('widget_title', empty($instance['title']) ? '' : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base); echo $args['before_widget']; $cat_id = !empty($instance['cat']) ? $instance['cat'] : ''; if (!empty($title)) { $cat_class = 'cat-' . $cat_id; ?>
' .esc_html($title) .''; ?> ' .esc_html($title) .''; } echo $args['after_title']; ?>
'post', 'cat' => absint($cat_id), 'posts_per_page' => absint($post_number), 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true ); $query = new WP_Query($query_args); $count = $query->post_count; if ($query->have_posts()) : $i = 1; ?>
have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>

defaults()); $title = esc_attr($instance['title']); ?>

'name', 'hide_empty' => 0, 'id' => $this->get_field_id('cat'), 'name' => $this->get_field_name('cat'), 'class' => 'widefat', 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'selected' => absint($instance['cat']), 'show_option_all' => esc_html__('Show Recent Posts', 'allure-news') ); wp_dropdown_categories($cat_args); ?>