'vinethemes_latest_news_widget', 'description' => __('A widget that displays your latest posts from all categories or a certain', 'amstel') );
/* Widget control settings. */
$control_ops = array( 'width' => 250, 'height' => 350, 'id_base' => 'vinethemes_latest_news_widget' );
/* Create the widget. */
parent::__construct( 'vinethemes_latest_news_widget', __('VineThemes: Latest Posts', 'amstel'), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
}
/**
* How to display the widget on the screen.
*/
function widget( $args, $instance ) {
extract( $args );
/* Our variables from the widget settings. */
$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
$categories = $instance['categories'];
$number = $instance['number'];
$query = array('showposts' => $number, 'nopaging' => 0, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1, 'category' => $categories);
$loop = new WP_Query($query);
if ($loop->have_posts()) :
/* Before widget (defined by themes). */
echo $before_widget;
/* Display the widget title if one was input (before and after defined by themes). */
if ( $title )
echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
?>