📄 latest_blog.php

<?php

namespace GARDENCAREPLUGIN\Element;

use Elementor\Controls_Manager;
use Elementor\Controls_Stack;
use Elementor\Group_Control_Typography;
use Elementor\Scheme_Typography;
use Elementor\Scheme_Color;
use Elementor\Group_Control_Border;
use Elementor\Repeater;
use Elementor\Widget_Base;
use Elementor\Utils;
use Elementor\Group_Control_Text_Shadow;
use Elementor\Plugin;

/**
 * Elementor button widget.
 * Elementor widget that displays a button with the ability to control every
 * aspect of the button design.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
class Latest_Blog extends Widget_Base {

	/**
	 * Get widget name.
	 * Retrieve button widget name.
	 *
	 * @since  1.0.0
	 * @access public
	 * @return string Widget name.
	 */
	public function get_name() {
		return 'gardencare_latest_blog';
	}

	/**
	 * Get widget title.
	 * Retrieve button widget title.
	 *
	 * @since  1.0.0
	 * @access public
	 * @return string Widget title.
	 */
	public function get_title() {
		return esc_html__( 'Latest Blog', 'gardencare' );
	}

	/**
	 * Get widget icon.
	 * Retrieve button widget icon.
	 *
	 * @since  1.0.0
	 * @access public
	 * @return string Widget icon.
	 */
	public function get_icon() {
		return 'eicon-library-open';
	}

	/**
	 * Get widget categories.
	 * Retrieve the list of categories the button widget belongs to.
	 * Used to determine where to display the widget in the editor.
	 *
	 * @since  2.0.0
	 * @access public
	 * @return array Widget categories.
	 */
	public function get_categories() {
		return [ 'gardencare' ];
	}
	
	/**
	 * Register button widget controls.
	 * Adds different input fields to allow the user to change and customize the widget settings.
	 *
	 * @since  1.0.0
	 * @access protected
	 */
	protected function register_controls() {
		$this->start_controls_section(
			'latest_blog',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Latest Blog', 'gardencare' ),
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'subtitle',
			[
				'label'       => __( 'Sub Title', 'gardencare' ),
				'label_block' => true,
				'type'        => Controls_Manager::TEXT,
				'dynamic'     => [
					'active' => true,
				],
				'placeholder' => __( 'Enter your Title', 'gardencare' ),
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'title',
			[
				'label'       => __( 'Title', 'gardencare' ),
				'type'        => Controls_Manager::TEXTAREA,
				'dynamic'     => [
					'active' => true,
				],
				'placeholder' => __( 'Enter your Title', 'gardencare' ),
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'text_limit',
			[
				'label'   => esc_html__( 'Text Limit', 'gardencare' ),
				'type'    => Controls_Manager::NUMBER,
				'default' => 3,
				'min'     => 1,
				'max'     => 100,
				'step'    => 1,
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'query_number',
			[
				'label'   => esc_html__( 'Number of post', 'gardencare' ),
				'type'    => Controls_Manager::NUMBER,
				'default' => 3,
				'min'     => 1,
				'max'     => 100,
				'step'    => 1,
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'query_orderby',
			[
				'label'   => esc_html__( 'Order By', 'gardencare' ),
				'label_block' => true,
				'type'    => Controls_Manager::SELECT,
				'default' => 'date',
				'options' => array(
					'date'       => esc_html__( 'Date', 'gardencare' ),
					'title'      => esc_html__( 'Title', 'gardencare' ),
					'menu_order' => esc_html__( 'Menu Order', 'gardencare' ),
					'rand'       => esc_html__( 'Random', 'gardencare' ),
				),
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
			'query_order',
			[
				'label'   => esc_html__( 'Order', 'gardencare' ),
				'label_block' => true,
				'type'    => Controls_Manager::SELECT,
				'default' => 'DESC',
				'options' => array(
					'DESC' => esc_html__( 'DESC', 'gardencare' ),
					'ASC'  => esc_html__( 'ASC', 'gardencare' ),
				),
			]
		);
		$this->add_control(
            'query_category', 
			[
			  'type' => Controls_Manager::SELECT,
			  'label' => esc_html__('Category', 'gardencare'),
			  'label_block' => true,
			  'options' => get_blog_categories()
			]
		);
		
		$this->end_controls_section();
	}

	/**
	 * Render button widget output on the frontend.
	 * Written in PHP and used to generate the final HTML.
	 *
	 * @since  1.0.0
	 * @access protected
	 */
	protected function render() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
        $allowed_tags = wp_kses_allowed_html('post');
		
        $paged = get_query_var('paged');
		$paged = gardencare_set($_REQUEST, 'paged') ? esc_attr($_REQUEST['paged']) : $paged;

		$this->add_render_attribute( 'wrapper', 'class', 'templatepath-gardencare' );
		$args = array(
			'post_type'      => 'post',
			'posts_per_page' => gardencare_set( $settings, 'query_number' ),
			'orderby'        => gardencare_set( $settings, 'query_orderby' ),
			'order'          => gardencare_set( $settings, 'query_order' ),
			'paged'         => $paged
		);
		if( gardencare_set( $settings, 'query_category' ) ) $args['category_name'] = gardencare_set( $settings, 'query_category' );
		$query = new \WP_Query( $args );

		if ( $query->have_posts() ) 
		{ ?>
		
       
        
      
       
	<section id="blog-gardener">
		<div class="auto-container">
			<?php if($settings['subtitle'] || $settings['title']) { ?>
            <div class="section-title2">
            	<?php if($settings['subtitle']) { ?><p><?php echo wp_kses($settings['subtitle'], true);?></p><?php } ?>
				<?php if($settings['title']) { ?><h1><span><?php echo wp_kses($settings['title'], true);?></span></h1><?php } ?>
			</div>
            <?php } ?>
			<div class="row">
				<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
                    <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 single-blog-post">
                        <?php if(has_post_thumbnail()){ ?>
                        <div class="img-holder">
                            <?php the_post_thumbnail('gardencare_370x202'); ?>
                            <div class="overlay">
                                <div class="inner-holder">
                                    <ul class="button">
                                        <li><a href="<?php echo esc_url( the_permalink( get_the_id() ) );?>"><i class="fa fa-link"></i></a></li>
                                    </ul>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            <div class="date">
                                <b><?php echo get_the_date('d'); ?></b> <br> <?php echo get_the_date('M'); ?>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                        <?php } ?>
                        <ul>
                            <li><span><b> <?php esc_html_e('By:', 'gardencare'); ?> </b> <?php the_author(); ?></span></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo esc_url( the_permalink( get_the_id() ) );?>"><?php esc_html_e('Read More', 'gardencare'); ?></a></li>
                        </ul>
                        <a href="<?php echo esc_url( the_permalink( get_the_id() ) );?>"><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
                        <p><?php echo wp_kses(gardencare_trim(get_the_content(), $settings['text_limit']), true); ?></p>					
                    </div>
				<?php endwhile; ?>
			</div>
		</div>
	</section>
       
       
       
        <?php }
		wp_reset_postdata();
	}

}