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<?php
class WP_Widget_NANE_Recent_Posts extends WP_Widget {

	public function __construct() {
		$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'widget_recent_entries', 'description' => __( "Your site&#8217;s most recent Posts.", "textdomain") );
		parent::__construct('recent-posts', __('Recent Posts', 'textdomain'), $widget_ops, 'textdomain');
		$this->alt_option_name = 'widget_recent_entries';

		add_action( 'save_post', array($this, 'flush_widget_cache') );
		add_action( 'deleted_post', array($this, 'flush_widget_cache') );
		add_action( 'switch_theme', array($this, 'flush_widget_cache') );
	}

	/**
	 * @param array $args
	 * @param array $instance
	 */
	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
		$cache = array();
		if ( ! $this->is_preview() ) {
			$cache = wp_cache_get( 'widget_recent_posts', 'widget' );
		}

		if ( ! is_array( $cache ) ) {
			$cache = array();
		}

		if ( ! isset( $args['widget_id'] ) ) {
			$args['widget_id'] = $this->id;
		}

		if ( isset( $cache[ $args['widget_id'] ] ) ) {
			echo $cache[ $args['widget_id'] ];
			return;
		}

		ob_start();

		$title = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : __( 'Recent Posts' );

		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/default-widgets.php */
		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );

		$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
		if ( ! $number )
			$number = 5;
		$show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? $instance['show_date'] : false;

		/**
		 * Filter the arguments for the Recent Posts widget.
		 *
		 * @since 3.4.0
		 *
		 * @see WP_Query::get_posts()
		 *
		 * @param array $args An array of arguments used to retrieve the recent posts.
		 */
		$r = new WP_Query( apply_filters( 'widget_posts_args', array(
			'posts_per_page'      => $number,
			'no_found_rows'       => true,
			'post_status'         => 'publish',
			'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
			'post_type'           => 'post-type-name',
		) ) );

		if ($r->have_posts()) :
?>
		<?php echo $args['before_widget']; ?>
		<?php if ( $title ) {
			echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];
		} ?>
		<?php while ( $r->have_posts() ) : $r->the_post(); ?>
			<div class="single-wid-post">
			 <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
				<?php if(has_post_thumbnail()) {
				 the_post_thumbnail( 'recentposts-thumb', array( 'class' => 'alignleft' ));
				}
				?>
				<h2><?php get_the_title() ? the_title() : the_ID(); ?></h2>
			  <?php if ( $show_date ) : ?>
				 <p><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> <?php echo get_the_date(); ?></p>
			  <?php endif; ?>
			 </a>
			</div>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
		<?php echo $args['after_widget']; ?>
<?php
		// Reset the global $the_post as this query will have stomped on it
		wp_reset_postdata();

		endif;

		if ( ! $this->is_preview() ) {
			$cache[ $args['widget_id'] ] = ob_get_flush();
			wp_cache_set( 'widget_recent_posts', $cache, 'widget' );
		} else {
			ob_end_flush();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @param array $new_instance
	 * @param array $old_instance
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
		$instance = $old_instance;
		$instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
		$instance['number'] = (int) $new_instance['number'];
		$instance['show_date'] = isset( $new_instance['show_date'] ) ? (bool) $new_instance['show_date'] : false;
		$this->flush_widget_cache();

		$alloptions = wp_cache_get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
		if ( isset($alloptions['widget_recent_entries']) )
			delete_option('widget_recent_entries');

		return $instance;
	}

	/**
	 * @access public
	 */
	public function flush_widget_cache() {
		wp_cache_delete('widget_recent_posts', 'widget');
	}

	/**
	 * @param array $instance
	 */
	public function form( $instance ) {
		$title     = isset( $instance['title'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['title'] ) : '';
		$number    = isset( $instance['number'] ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
		$show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? (bool) $instance['show_date'] : false;
?>
		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:', 'textdomain' ); ?></label>
		<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; ?>" /></p>

		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Number of posts to show:', 'textdomain' ); ?></label>
		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'number' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>

		<p><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php checked( $show_date ); ?> id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'show_date' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'show_date' ); ?>" />
		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'show_date' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Display post date?', 'textdomain' ); ?></label></p>
<?php
	}
}