recent-posts/mn_recentposts.php at master · mariusgnicula/recent-posts · GitHub

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<?php
/*
* Plugin Name: MN Recent Posts
* Plugin URI: https://github.com/mariusgnicula/recent-posts
* Description: A custom recent posts widget with feature image, title, category, excerpt and a read more link.
* Version: 0.2
* Author: Marius Nicula
* Author URI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusgnicula
*/

// recent posts function start
function mn_recent_posts($atts) {

    // added the ability to pass in the number of posts, defaults to 4
    // added the ability to pass in post_type, defaults to post

    $a = shortcode_atts( [
        'number' => 4,
        'post_type' => 'post'

    ], $atts );

    // parse it to an integer just in case

    $custom_number = (int)$a['number'];
    $custom_type = $a['post_type'];

    // query args
    // maybe make it more dynamic in the future

    $mn_args = [
        'post_type' => $custom_type,
        'posts_per_page' => $custom_number
    ];

    // WP_Query declaration

    $mn_recent_query = new WP_Query( $mn_args );

    // query loop condition
    // if posts exist, echo recent posts start tag

    if ( $mn_recent_query->have_posts() ) {

        // recent posts container start tag

        echo '<div class="mn-post__container">';

        // loop start

        while ( $mn_recent_query->have_posts() ) {

            $mn_recent_query->the_post();

            // post start tag
            echo '<div class="mn-post">';

                // article image
                // using background-image to maintain a cover aspect
                // not the best for SEO, but I'll try and fix it in a later version

                $id = get_the_id();
                $feature = get_post( get_post_thumbnail_id( $id ) );
                $feature_id = $feature->ID;
                $feature_link = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $feature_id, 'full' );
                $feature_link = $feature_link[0];

                echo '<div class="mn-post__feature" style="background-image: url(' . $feature_link . ')">';

                    echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '"></a>';

                echo '</div>';

                echo '<div class="mn-post__details">';

                    echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '"><h2>' . get_the_title() . '</h2></a>';

                    echo '<div class="mn-post__category">';

                        the_category( ', ' );

                    echo '</div>';

	                the_excerpt();

	                echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" class="mn-post__more">Citeste articol</a>';

                echo '</div>';

            echo '</div>';
        }

        wp_reset_postdata();

        echo '</div>';

    }
}

add_shortcode('mn_recent_posts', 'mn_recent_posts');

?>