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WordPress Testimonial Widget - adds custom widget to WordPress Widget Dashboard
/**
* Creating custom Testimonial Widget Area
*/
class Testimonial_Widget extends WP_Widget {
function Testimonial_Widget() {
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'testimonial_sidebar_widget', 'description' => 'Custom Testimonial Widget' );
$this->WP_Widget('testimonial_widget', 'Testimonial Widget', $widget_ops);
}
function widget($args, $instance) {
extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
echo $before_widget;
$testimonial_content = empty($instance['testimonial_content']) ? ' ' : apply_filters('widget_testimonial_content', $instance['testimonial_content']);
$testimonial_source = empty($instance['testimonial_source']) ? ' ' : apply_filters('widget_testimonial_source', $instance['testimonial_source']);
echo '<blockquote>';
echo ' <p>' . $testimonial_content . '</p>';
echo ' <p>' . $testimonial_source . '</p>';
echo '</blockquote>';
echo $after_widget;
}
function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
$instance = $old_instance;
$instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
$instance['testimonial_content'] = strip_tags($new_instance['testimonial_content']);
$instance['testimonial_source'] = strip_tags($new_instance['testimonial_source']);
return $instance;
}
function form($instance) {
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '', 'testimonial_content' => '', 'testimonial_source' => '' ) );
$testimonial_content = strip_tags($instance['testimonial_content']);
$testimonial_source = strip_tags($instance['testimonial_source']);
?>
<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('testimonial_content'); ?>">Testimonial Content: <textarea class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('testimonial_content'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('testimonial_content'); ?>" type="text" cols="30" rows="4" /><?php echo attribute_escape($testimonial_content); ?></textarea></label></p>
<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('testimonial_source'); ?>">Testimonial Source: <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('testimonial_source'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('testimonial_source'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($testimonial_source); ?>" /></label></p>
<?php
}
}
register_widget('Testimonial_Widget');
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