__('Blogen post widget to display blog posts','blogen')));
}
function widget($args, $instance) {
extract($args);
$title = apply_filters('widget_title', isset($instance['title']) ? $instance['title'] : '', $args['widget_id']);
$count = isset($instance['count']) ? $instance['count'] : 5;
$order_by = isset($instance['order_by']) ? $instance['order_by'] : 'DESC';
echo wp_kses_post($before_widget);
$output = '';
if ( $title ){
echo wp_kses_post($before_title) . esc_html($title) . wp_kses_post($after_title);
}
global $post;
if ( $order_by == 'latest' ) {
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'order' => 'DESC'
);
} else if ( $order_by == 'popular' ) {
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'order' => 'DESC'
);
} else {
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
'order' => 'DESC',
'posts_per_page' => $count
);
}
$postQuery = get_posts( $args );
if(count($postQuery)>0){
$output .='';
foreach ($postQuery as $item): setup_postdata($item);
$blogen_date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$output .='
';
endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();
$output .='
__('Popular', 'blogen'),
'latest' => __('Latest', 'blogen'),
'comments' => __('Most Commented', 'blogen'),
);
if(isset($instance['order_by'])) $order_by = $instance['order_by'];
?>