__( 'Archive Widget to Categorize the archives date wise as well as category wise.', 'archives-category-date' ) )
);
}
/**
* Function retrives date, months from url and displays archives link
*
* @param array $args Consisting date as well as category name.
* @param array $instance Filters posts by given parameters.
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'] );
echo $args['before_widget'];
if ( ! empty( $title ) ) {
echo ''.esc_attr( $title ).' '.$args['after_title']; }
$month_slug_type = get_archives_category_date_month_slug_type();
$cats = get_categories(); // Loop through the categries.
foreach ( $cats as $cat ) { // Setup the cateogory ID.
$cat_id = $cat->term_id;
$args = array( 'cat' => $cat_id, 'posts_per_page' => -1 );
$query = new WP_Query( $args ); // Start the wordpress loop!
if ( $query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
if ( 'numeric' === $month_slug_type ) {
$month_slug = get_the_time( __( 'm', 'archives-category-date' ) );
} else {
$month_slug = get_the_time( __( 'M', 'archives-category-date' ) );
}
$catarrays[] = $cat_id;
$arrays[] = $cat_id.'_'.get_the_time( __( 'Y', 'archives-category-date' ) ).'-'. $month_slug;
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
} // Done the foreach statement.
$cat_arrays = array_unique( $catarrays ); // Unique array consisting all the categories ID.
$unique_arrays = array_unique( $arrays ); // Unique strings of categories id, archive month & year.
$val = null;
echo '';
foreach ( $unique_arrays as $array ) {
$keys = explode( '_', $array, 2 );
$keys[] = array_unique( $keys );
if ( strpos( $array, $keys[0] ) !== false ) {
$monyr = substr( $array, strpos( $array, '_' ) + 1 ); // Separating month & year.
$mon = substr( $monyr, strpos( $monyr, '-' ) + 1 );
$yr = explode( '-',$monyr );
if ( $keys[0] !== $val ) { // Making sure category name doesnot repeat, once it is printed.
echo ''.get_cat_name( $keys[0] ).' '; // Category name displayed.
}
$date = $mon.$yr[0];
$num_mon = date( 'm', strtotime( $date ) ); // Changing month-name to its numeric value.
$slug = get_category( $keys[0] );
$cat_slug = $slug->slug; // Getting category slug by id.
$uri = get_bloginfo( 'url' ) . '/category/' . $cat_slug;
$qvars = strtolower( $mon ).'-'.$yr[0]; // $qvars consists of month and year.
if ( isset( $qvars ) ) { ?>