Please Update!';
if (version_compare($wp_version, "2.8", "<")) {
exit ($exit_message);
}
/* Add our function to the widgets_init hook. */
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'load_my_bns_fc_widget' );
/* Function that registers our widget. */
function load_my_bns_fc_widget() {
register_widget( 'BNS_Featured_Category_Widget' );
}
// Begin the mess of Excerpt Length fiascoes
function get_first_words_for_bns_fc($text, $length = 55) {
if (!$length)
return $text;
$text = strip_tags($text);
$words = explode(' ', $text, $length + 1);
if (count($words) > $length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, '...');
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
return $text;
}
// End Excerpt Length
class BNS_Featured_Category_Widget extends WP_Widget {
function BNS_Featured_Category_Widget() {
/* Widget settings. */
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'bns-featured-category', 'description' => __('Displays most recent posts from a specific featured category or categories.'));
/* Widget control settings. */
$control_ops = array('width' => 450, 'height' => 350, 'id_base' => 'bns-featured-category');
/* Create the widget. */
$this->WP_Widget('bns-featured-category', 'BNS Featured Category', $widget_ops, $control_ops);
}
function widget( $args, $instance ) {
extract( $args );
/* User-selected settings. */
$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
$cat_choice = $instance['cat_choice'];
$show_count = $instance['show_count'];
$show_meta = $instance['show_meta'];
$show_comments = $instance['show_comments'];
$show_cats = $instance['show_cats'];
$show_cat_desc = $instance['show_cat_desc'];
$show_tags = $instance['show_tags'];
$only_titles = $instance['only_titles'];
$show_full = $instance['show_full'];
$excerpt_length = $instance['excerpt_length'];
$count = $instance['count']; /* Plugin requires counter variable to be part of its arguments?! */
/* Before widget (defined by themes). */
echo $before_widget;
/* Title of widget (before and after defined by themes). */
$cat_choice_class = '';
$cat_choice_class = preg_replace("/[,]/","-",$cat_choice);
if ( $title )
echo $before_title . '' . $title . '' . $after_title;
/* Display posts from widget settings. */
query_posts("cat=$cat_choice&posts_per_page=$show_count");
if ( $show_cat_desc ) {
echo '' . category_description() . '
';
}
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
/* static $count = 0; */ /* see above */
if ($count == $show_count) {
break;
} else { ?>
>
0) {
echo get_first_words_for_bns_fc(get_the_content(), $instance['excerpt_length']);
} else {
the_excerpt();
} ?>
id="get_field_id( 'show_cat_desc' ); ?>" name="get_field_name( 'show_cat_desc' ); ?>" />
The default is to show the excerpt, if it exists, or the first 55 words of the post as the excerpt.
id="get_field_id( 'only_titles' ); ?>" name="get_field_name( 'only_titles' ); ?>" />
id="get_field_id( 'show_full' ); ?>" name="get_field_name( 'show_full' ); ?>" />