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Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

How to make a widget ?

HI,

How can i make a simple widget such as ' Displaying the most popular blogs' ? or even putting tags so it has more tags you can search for lol and so on.. ?

I mean , not this:

function create_widget( $name, $id, $description ) {

    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => __( $name ),   
        'id' => $id, 
        'description' => __( $description ),
        'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<h4>',
        'after_title' => '</h4>'
    ));

}

create_widget( 'Front Page Left', 'front-left', 'Displays on the left of the homepage' );

But more like this ( i believe ):

<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
<ul>
<?php
    $args = array( 'numberposts' => '5', 'tax_query' => array(
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
                'field' => 'slug',
                'terms' => 'post-format-aside',
                'operator' => 'NOT IN'
            ), 
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
                'field' => 'slug',
                'terms' => 'post-format-image',
                'operator' => 'NOT IN'
            )
    ) );
    $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
    foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
        echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '">' .   ( __($recent["post_title"])).'</a> </li> ';
    }
?>
</ul>