__( 'A collection of posts from specific category displayed in grid two column layout.', 'blog-postx' ) )
);
}
/**
* Front-end display of widget.
*
* @see WP_Widget::widget()
*
* @param array $args Widget arguments.
* @param array $instance Saved values from database.
*/
public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
extract( $args );
$widget_title = isset( $instance['widget_title'] ) ? $instance['widget_title'] : '';
$posts_category = isset( $instance['posts_category'] ) ? $instance['posts_category'] : '';
$posts_count = isset( $instance['posts_count'] ) ? $instance['posts_count'] : 4;
$posts_cat = isset( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ? $instance['posts_cat'] : true;
echo wp_kses_post( $before_widget );
if ( ! empty( $widget_title ) ) echo $before_title . $widget_title . $after_title;
$post_args = [
'cat' => absint( $posts_category ),
'posts_per_page' => absint( $posts_count ),
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true
];
$post = new WP_Query( apply_filters( 'blog_postx_query_args_filter', $post_args ) );
$elementClass = 'posts-wrap posts-grid-two-column-wrap feature-post-block';
?>
have_posts() ) :
while( $post->have_posts() ) : $post->the_post();
$thumbnail_url = get_the_post_thumbnail_url( get_the_ID() );
$categories = get_categories([ 'object_ids' => get_the_ID(), 'number' => 1 ]);
?>
';
$count = 0;
foreach( $categories as $cat ) {
echo '';
if( $count > 0 ) break;
$count++;
}
echo ' ';
endif;
?>
term_id] = $category->name. ' (' .$category->count. ') ';
endforeach;
return array(
array(
'name' => 'widget_title',
'type' => 'text',
'title' => esc_html__( 'Widget Title', 'blog-postx' ),
'description'=> esc_html__( 'Add the widget title here', 'blog-postx' ),
'default' => esc_html__( 'Latest News', 'blog-postx' )
),
array(
'name' => 'posts_category',
'type' => 'select',
'title' => esc_html__( 'Categories', 'blog-postx' ),
'description'=> esc_html__( 'Choose the category to display list of posts', 'blog-postx' ),
'options' => $categories_options
),
array(
'name' => 'posts_count',
'type' => 'number',
'title' => esc_html__( 'Number of posts to show', 'blog-postx' ),
'default' => 6,
'max' => 10
),
array(
'name' => 'posts_cat',
'type' => 'checkbox',
'title' => esc_html__( 'Show post categories', 'blog-postx' ),
'default' => true
)
);
}
/**
* Back-end widget form.
*
* @see WP_Widget::form()
*
* @param array $instance Previously saved values from database.
*/
public function form( $instance ) {
$widget_fields = $this->widget_fields();
foreach( $widget_fields as $widget_field ) :
if ( isset( $instance[ $widget_field['name'] ] ) ) {
$field_value = $instance[ $widget_field['name'] ];
} else if( isset( $widget_field['default'] ) ) {
$field_value = $widget_field['default'];
} else {
$field_value = '';
}
blog_postx_widget_fields( $this, $widget_field, $field_value );
endforeach;
}
/**
* Sanitize widget form values as they are saved.
*
* @see WP_Widget::update()
*
* @param array $new_instance Values just sent to be saved.
* @param array $old_instance Previously saved values from database.
*
* @return array Updated safe values to be saved.
*/
public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
$instance = $old_instance;
$widget_fields = $this->widget_fields();
if( ! is_array( $widget_fields ) ) {
return $instance;
}
foreach( $widget_fields as $widget_field ) :
$instance[$widget_field['name']] = blog_postx_sanitize_widget_fields( $widget_field, $new_instance );
endforeach;
return $instance;
}
} // class Blog_Postx_Posts_Grid_Two_Column_Widget