Widget showing most popular of all post types in given time period, not all time

Hi, and thanks for a great plugin!

The default widget shows the top rated entries of all time, and also limits the output to one post type at the time.

I needed to show the most popular entries in the last couple of weeks, and also mix in all post types in the same list.

So, I put together a little something and inserted in my themes functions.php file. So, I figured I’d try to do my part and share the code if others need the same feature.

This code adds a new widget. In the widget control panel you can set a widget title, specify which time period you want to base your list on, and also limit the number of entries shown.

As the code clearly shows I’m only a php beginner, so if anyone with a php knowledge beyond copy and paste wants to improve on the code, feel free to do so. Also, the comments and names are in norwegian. I hope the code is still readable.

I also hope I’m not violating any license agreements or anything by posting this here. If so, please delete my entry and forgive my ignorance.

/**
 * Adds widget.
 */
class Poppis_Widget extends WP_Widget {

        /**
         * Register widget with WordPress.
         */
        function __construct() {
                parent::__construct(
                        'poppis_widget', // Base ID
                        __('Popular - CRFP', 'poppiswidget'), // Name
                        array( 'description' => __( 'Show most popular entries across all post types', 'poppiswidget' ), ) // Args
                );
        }

        /**
         * Front-end display of widget.
         *
         * @see WP_Widget::widget()
         *
         * @param array $args     Widget arguments.
         * @param array $instance Saved values from database.
         */
        public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
                $title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'] );
                $range = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['range'] );
                $limit = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['limit'] );

                echo $args['before_widget'];
                if ( ! empty( $title ) )
                        echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];

        $com_args = array(
                        'date_query' => array(
                                                        'after' => "$range ago",
                                                        'before' => 'tomorrow',
                                                        'inclusive' => true,
                                        ),
                        'orderby' => 'comment_post_ID',
                        );

        $poppis_neste = get_comments($com_args);

                $forrige_id = 0; // ID paa innlegget til forrige kommentar
                $count = 0; // Antall vurderinger pr innlegg
                $postsum = 0; // Sum av vurderinger

                $snittvurderinger = array();

                foreach ($poppis_neste as $kommentar) {

                        $rating = get_comment_meta($kommentar->comment_ID,'crfp',1);
                        $ratingegen;
                                foreach ($rating as $rat) {
                                        // echo $rat;
                                        $ratingegen = $rat;
                                }

                        // Hvis samme ID som sist: Legge sammen og oeke teller
                        if ($kommentar->comment_post_ID == $forrige_id) {
                                // SAMME SOM FORRIGE
                                // echo "<br>SAMME (" . $kommentar->comment_post_ID . "/" . $forrige_id . ")";
                                $postsum = $postsum + $ratingegen;
                                $count++;
                                $forrige_id = $kommentar->comment_post_ID;
                                // echo "Count " . $count . " -- postsum " . $postsum . "<br>";
                        }
                        else {
                                // NY!

                                // Regne snitt og legge i array
                                if ($postsum) {
                                        // Bare legge i array hvis vi faktisk har noe -- dvs ogsaa hoppe over foerste nye, som er tom
                                        $snitt = $postsum / $count;

                                        // Lagre til array
                                        $snittvurderinger[$forrige_id] = $snitt;

                                        // Tomme variablene til neste innlegg
                                        $count = 0;
                                        $postsum = 0;

                                        $postsum = $postsum + $ratingegen;
                                        $count++;
                                        // echo "Count " . $count . " -- postsum " . $postsum . "<br>";

                                }
                                else {
                                        // Hvis foerste gang skal vi gjoere samme som ellers
                                        $postsum = $postsum + $ratingegen;
                                        $count++;
                                        // echo "Count " . $count . " -- postsum " . $postsum . "<br>";
                                }

                                // Sette id saa neste sjekk blir riktig
                                $forrige_id = $kommentar->comment_post_ID;

                        }

                } // foreach

                $snittvurderinger[$forrige_id] = $snitt;

                arsort($snittvurderinger);
                $count = 0;

                echo "<ul>";

                foreach ($snittvurderinger as $key => $val) {

                if ($count < $limit) {
                // Ikke vise flere enn bestemt limit

		////////////////////////
		// EDIT THE FOLLOWING TO CHANGE HOW THE LIST LOOKS
		// Remember that you have no object, only $key as the ID of each post, so you need to use the correct functions,
		// e.g. "get_the_title($key);" instead of "the_title();".

?>
                        <li>
                                <div class="bilde">
<?php
                $bilde = get_the_post_thumbnail($key);
                $type = get_post_type($key);
                if ($bilde) {
                        $visbilde = get_the_post_thumbnail($key,'thumbnail');
                        echo $visbilde;
                }
                else {
                        $defaultbilde = '<img src="URL-TO-DEFAULT-IMAGE.png">';
                        echo $defaultbilde;
                }
?>

                                </div>
                                <div class="innhold">
                                        <div class="tittel">
                                                <a href="<?php echo get_the_permalink($key) ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_title($key); ?></a>
                                        </div>
                                        <div class="rating">

                                        <a href="<?php the_permalink($key); ?>#comments">
                                        <div class="rating-container">
                                                <span class="label">Rating</span>
                                                <span class="rating-always-on">
                                                <span class="crfp-rating crfp-rating-<?php $rate = round($val * 2) / 2; echo str_replace(".","-",$rate); ?>"><?php echo $val; ?></span>
                                                </span>
                                        </div>
                                        </a>

                                        </div>
                                </div>
                        </li>

<?php

		// STOP EDITING :)
		////////////////////////

                $count++; // Legge til counter
                } // If lavere enn limit
                } // Loope gjennom hvert innlegg

                echo "</ul>";

                echo $args['after_widget'];
        }

        /**
         * Back-end widget form.
         *
         * @see WP_Widget::form()
         *
         * @param array $instance Previously saved values from database.
         */
        public function form( $instance ) {
                // Title
                if ( isset( $instance[ 'title' ] ) ) {
                        $title = $instance[ 'title' ];
                }
                else {
                        $title = __( 'New title', 'poppiswidget' );
                }

                // Range
                if ( isset( $instance[ 'range' ] ) ) {
                        $range = $instance[ 'range' ];
                }
                else {
                        $range = __( '4 week', 'poppiswidget' );
                }

                // Limit
                if ( isset( $instance[ 'limit' ] ) ) {
                        $limit = $instance[ 'limit' ];
                }
                else {
                        $limit = __( '3', 'poppiswidget' );
                }

                ?>
                <p>
                <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label>
                <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $title ); ?>">
                </p>
                <p>
                <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'range' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Range:' ); ?></label>
                <p>E.g "4 week", "1 month", etc</p>
                <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'range' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'range' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $range ); ?>">
                </p>

                <p>
                <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'limit' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Limit to # of posts:' ); ?></label>
                <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'limit' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'limit' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $limit ); ?>">
                </p>

                <?php
        }

        /**
         * Sanitize widget form values as they are saved.
         *
         * @see WP_Widget::update()
         *
         * @param array $new_instance Values just sent to be saved.
         * @param array $old_instance Previously saved values from database.
         *
         * @return array Updated safe values to be saved.
         */
        public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
                $instance = array();
                $instance['title'] = ( ! empty( $new_instance['title'] ) ) ? strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] ) : '';
                $instance['range'] = ( ! empty( $new_instance['range'] ) ) ? strip_tags( $new_instance['range'] ) : '';
                $instance['limit'] = ( ! empty( $new_instance['limit'] ) ) ? strip_tags( $new_instance['limit'] ) : '';

                return $instance;
        }

} // class Foo_Widget

// register Foo_Widget widget
function register_poppis_naa_widget() {
    register_widget( 'Poppis_Widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'register_poppis_naa_widget' );

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