[WrdPress custom widget] custom recent posts widget #wordpress #php #custom #widget

cutom-recent-posts-widget-wp.php

<?php  
// Added by Nikola on 2/10/2020 to fix the footer recent articles issues that's been probably happening due the ome server missconfiguration 
// or some added plugins that caused the conflict, and caused the original one not to work properly
class CustomRecentPostsWidget extends WP_Widget {
    function CustomRecentPostsWidget() {
        parent::WP_Widget(false, $name = 'Custom Recent Posts');	
    }

    function form($instance) {				
        $title = esc_attr($instance['title']);
        $dis_posts = esc_attr($instance['dis_posts']);
        ?>
            <p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label></p>
     		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('dis_posts'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of Posts Displayed:'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('dis_posts'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('dis_posts'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $dis_posts; ?>" /></label></p>
        <?php 
    }

    function widget($args, $instance) {
    extract( $args );
    $title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);
    $dis_posts = $instance['dis_posts'];
    ?>
      <?php echo $before_widget; ?>
         <?php if ( $title )
            echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>

                 <ul>
								    <?php
								        global $post;
								        $args = array( 'numberposts' => $dis_posts);
								        $myposts = get_posts( $args );
								        foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
								        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
								        <?php endforeach; ?>
								</ul>

         <?php echo $after_widget; ?>
<?php
    }
}
?>


<?php add_action('widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("CustomRecentPostsWidget");')); ?>