General functions from the Jupiter theme (snippet)

general-functions.php

<?php
/**
 * Add a widget to the dashboard.
 *
 * This function is hooked into the 'wp_dashboard_setup' action below.
 */
function mk_posts_like_stats_widget() {

    wp_add_dashboard_widget('mk_posts_like_stats', 'Popular Post Stats', 'mk_posts_like_stats_func');

    wp_enqueue_style('mk-posts-likes-widget', THEME_ADMIN_ASSETS_URI . '/stylesheet/css/wp-dashboard-styles.css');
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'mk_posts_like_stats_widget');

/**
 * Create the function to output the contents of our Dashboard Widget.
 */
function mk_posts_like_stats_func() {

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'post',
        'posts_per_page' => 5,
        'order' => 'DESC',
        'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
        'meta_key' => '_mk_post_love',
    );

    $query = new WP_Query($args);

    echo '<p>' . __('Popular Blog & Portfolio posts based on the number of post likes.', 'mk_framework') . '</p>';

    echo '<span class="mk-like-post-posttype-title">' . __('Popular Blog Posts', 'mk_framework') . '</span>';
    echo '<ol class="mk_posts_like_stats_ol">';

    // The Loop
    while ($query->have_posts()):
        $query->the_post();
        $love_count = get_post_meta(get_the_id() , '_mk_post_love', true);

        echo '<li>';

        echo '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" class="mk-like-post-title">' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
        echo '<span class="mk-like-post-count"><i class="dashicons dashicons-heart"></i>' . $love_count . '</span>';
        echo '<span class="mk-like-post-category">' . get_the_category_list(', ') . '</span>';

        echo '</li>';
    endwhile;
    echo '</ol>';
    wp_reset_postdata();

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'portfolio',
        'posts_per_page' => 5,
        'order' => 'DESC',
        'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
        'meta_key' => '_mk_post_love',
    );

    $query = new WP_Query($args);

    echo '<span class="mk-like-post-posttype-title">' . __('Popular Portfolio Posts', 'mk_framework') . '</span>';
    echo '<ol class="mk_posts_like_stats_ol">';

    // The Loop
    while ($query->have_posts()):
        $query->the_post();
        $love_count = get_post_meta(get_the_id() , '_mk_post_love', true);

        echo '<li>';

        echo '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" class="mk-like-post-title">' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
        echo '<span class="mk-like-post-count"><i class="dashicons dashicons-heart"></i>' . $love_count . '</span>';
        echo '<span class="mk-like-post-category">' . implode(', ', mk_get_custom_tax(get_the_id() , 'portfolio', false)) . '</span>';

        echo '</li>';
    endwhile;
    echo '</ol>';
    wp_reset_postdata();
}