'blacklite_latest_news_widget', 'description' => esc_html__('A widget that displays your latest posts from all categories or a certain', 'blacklite'));
parent::__construct('blacklite_latest_news_widget', esc_html__('ZThemes: Latest Posts', 'blacklite'), $widget_ops);
}
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, 'cat' => $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;
?>