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at March 5, 2013 04:01 by chasecrawford
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<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Single Post
Plugin URI: http://ch4ze.com
Description: Define a widget for displaying a single post
Author: Chase Crawford
Author URI: http://ch4ze.com
Version: 0.1
*/
class singlePostWidget extends WP_Widget
{
function singlePostWidget()
{
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'singlePostWidget', 'description' => 'Displays a single post' );
$this->WP_Widget('singlePostWidget', 'Single Post', $widget_ops);
}
function form($instance)
{
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'pid' => '' ) );
$pid = $instance['pid'];
if($pid == '') {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post'
);
$the_query = new WP_Query($args);
print '<select name="' . $this->get_field_name('pid') . '"><option value ="">Choose a post to display</option>';
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
$the_query->the_post();
print '<option value="' . get_the_ID() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</option>';
endwhile;
print '</select>';
} else {
$post = query_posts('p=' . $pid);
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
print "<strong>" . get_the_title() . "</strong>";
endwhile;
}
}
function update($new_instance, $old_instance)
{
$instance = $old_instance;
$instance['pid'] = $new_instance['pid'];
return $instance;
}
function widget($args, $instance)
{
extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
$post = query_posts('p=' . $instance['pid']);
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
/*=======================================================
add template code to display your post here
=======================================================*/
endwhile;
}
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("singlePostWidget");') );?>
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A simple widget for displaying a single post in a dynamic sidebar. Originally developed to accommodate a WP user who wanted full control of which posts were displayed and what order they were on a certain page.
Initial Title
WordPress Widget: Display Single Post
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plugin, wordpress
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PHP