'popular-posts widget_popular_posts', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Displays your popular posts with thumbnail and date. Recommended use: in sidebar or footer', 'head-blog' ), ); parent::__construct( 'head-blog-popular-posts', esc_html__( 'Head Blog: Popular posts', 'head-blog' ), $opts ); } function widget( $args, $instance ) { $title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', empty( $instance[ 'title' ] ) ? '' : $instance[ 'title' ], $instance, $this->id_base ); $post_number = !empty( $instance[ 'post_number' ] ) ? $instance[ 'post_number' ] : 4; echo $args[ 'before_widget' ]; ?>

absint( $post_number ), 'no_found_rows' => true, 'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'comment_count', 'order' => 'desc', ); $popular_posts = new WP_Query( $popular_args ); if ( $popular_posts->have_posts() ) : while ( $popular_posts->have_posts() ) : $popular_posts->the_post(); ?>

esc_html__( 'Popular posts', 'head-blog' ), 'post_number' => 5, ) ); ?>