Hi, I just wrote a simple portfolio widget and thought I would share. This code uses Justin Tadlock’s get_the_image plugin and custom widget code to display the featured image based on tag or post type.
Just drop this into your functions.php or create a plugin to see it in action
if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
add_image_size( 'sidebar-thumb', 75,75,true );
}
class PortfolioWidget extends WP_Widget
{
function PortfolioWidget()
{
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'PortfolioWidget', 'description' => 'Displays a list of thumbnails for portfolio pieces in the sidebar' );
$this->WP_Widget('PortfolioWidget', 'Portfolio Thumbnails', $widget_ops);
}
function form($instance)
{
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '','tags' => '', 'post_type' => '' ) );
$title = $instance['title'];
$tags = $instance['tags'];
$post_type = $instance['post_type'];
?>
<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>">Title: <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($title); ?>" /></label></p>
<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('tags'); ?>">Tags: <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('tags'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('tags'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($tags); ?>" /></label></p>
<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('post_type'); ?>">Post Types: <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('post_type'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_type'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($post_type); ?>" /></label></p>
<?php
}
function update($new_instance, $old_instance)
{
$instance = $old_instance;
$instance['title'] = $new_instance['title'];
$instance['tags'] = $new_instance['tags'];
$instance['post_type'] = $new_instance['post_type'];
return $instance;
}
function widget($args, $instance)
{
extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
echo $before_widget;
$title = empty($instance['title']) ? '' : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);
$tags = empty($instance['tags']) ? '' : wp_parse_id_list($instance['tags']);
$post_type = empty($instance['post_type']) ? '' : preg_split( '/[\s,]+/',strtolower($instance['post_type']));
if (!empty($title))
echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => $post_type, 'tag_id' => $tags ) );
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
echo get_the_image( array( 'meta_key' => 'Thumbnail','size' => 'sidebar-thumb') );
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();
echo $after_widget;
}
}
Let me know your thoughts or if you have any questions. If there is a large intrest I may post a complete write up and example with images.
<Brooke> <Codes> 