news-feed-new.php

<?
wp_reset_query();
$i = 1;
$max_num = 8;

$current_date = '';
$args = array(
    'posts_per_page' => 2,
    'post_type' => 'news',
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'orderby' => 'date',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => '_cmb_home_news_checkbox',
            'value' => 'on',
        ),
    )
);
echo '<div class="test-news-feed">';
echo '<div class="news-feed">';
$loop = new WP_Query($args);
if ($loop->have_posts()) {
    while ($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post();
        $news_excerpt = mstar_custom_excerpt($words = 10, $link_text = 'read more', $allowed_tags = '', $smileys = 'no', $link = '', $echo = false);
        $allowed_tags = '<a>,<i>,<em>,<b>,<span>';
        $news_excerpt = preg_replace('/\[.*\]/', '', strip_tags($news_excerpt, $allowed_tags));
        $post_date = get_the_date( 'F j, Y' );
        $thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
        $thumb_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src($thumb_id,'blog-thumb', true);

        echo '<a href="'.get_permalink().'">';
        echo '<div class="news-item ti-' . $i . '">';
        echo '<div class="news-image">';
        if( has_post_thumbnail() ){
            the_post_thumbnail('blog-thumb');
        }
        echo '</div>';
        echo '<div class="news-excerpt"><p>';
        //echo $news_excerpt;
        the_title();
        echo '</p></div>';
        echo '</div>';
        echo '</a>';

        $i++;
    endwhile;
    wp_reset_query();
}
echo '</div>';
echo '</div>';
?>

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