WP_Widget_Recent_Comments::widget()publicWP 2.8.0

Outputs the content for the current Recent Comments widget instance.

Method of the class: WP_Widget_Recent_Comments{}

Return

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

$WP_Widget_Recent_Comments = new WP_Widget_Recent_Comments();
$WP_Widget_Recent_Comments->widget( $args, $instance );
$args(array) (required)
Display arguments including 'before_title', 'after_title', 'before_widget', and 'after_widget'.
$instance(array) (required)
Settings for the current Recent Comments widget instance.

Changelog

Since 2.8.0 Introduced.
Since 5.4.0 Creates a unique HTML ID for the
    element if more than one instance is displayed on the page.

WP_Widget_Recent_Comments::widget() code WP 6.6.2

public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
	static $first_instance = true;

	if ( ! isset( $args['widget_id'] ) ) {
		$args['widget_id'] = $this->id;
	}

	$output = '';

	$default_title = __( 'Recent Comments' );
	$title         = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : $default_title;

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */
	$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );

	$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
	if ( ! $number ) {
		$number = 5;
	}

	$comments = get_comments(
		/**
		 * Filters the arguments for the Recent Comments widget.
		 *
		 * @since 3.4.0
		 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$instance` parameter.
		 *
		 * @see WP_Comment_Query::query() for information on accepted arguments.
		 *
		 * @param array $comment_args An array of arguments used to retrieve the recent comments.
		 * @param array $instance     Array of settings for the current widget.
		 */
		apply_filters(
			'widget_comments_args',
			array(
				'number'      => $number,
				'status'      => 'approve',
				'post_status' => 'publish',
			),
			$instance
		)
	);

	$output .= $args['before_widget'];
	if ( $title ) {
		$output .= $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];
	}

	$recent_comments_id = ( $first_instance ) ? 'recentcomments' : "recentcomments-{$this->number}";
	$first_instance     = false;

	$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-nav-menu-widget.php */
	$format = apply_filters( 'navigation_widgets_format', $format );

	if ( 'html5' === $format ) {
		// The title may be filtered: Strip out HTML and make sure the aria-label is never empty.
		$title      = trim( strip_tags( $title ) );
		$aria_label = $title ? $title : $default_title;
		$output    .= '<nav aria-label="' . esc_attr( $aria_label ) . '">';
	}

	$output .= '<ul id="' . esc_attr( $recent_comments_id ) . '">';
	if ( is_array( $comments ) && $comments ) {
		// Prime cache for associated posts. (Prime post term cache if we need it for permalinks.)
		$post_ids = array_unique( wp_list_pluck( $comments, 'comment_post_ID' ) );
		_prime_post_caches( $post_ids, strpos( get_option( 'permalink_structure' ), '%category%' ), false );

		foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment ) {
			$output .= '<li class="recentcomments">';
			$output .= sprintf(
				/* translators: Comments widget. 1: Comment author, 2: Post link. */
				_x( '%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets' ),
				'<span class="comment-author-link">' . get_comment_author_link( $comment ) . '</span>',
				'<a href="' . esc_url( get_comment_link( $comment ) ) . '">' . get_the_title( $comment->comment_post_ID ) . '</a>'
			);
			$output .= '</li>';
		}
	}
	$output .= '</ul>';

	if ( 'html5' === $format ) {
		$output .= '</nav>';
	}

	$output .= $args['after_widget'];

	echo $output;
}