I want to create a custom widget so the user can select 2 images from the media library via a dropdown box and display them in a sidebar.
So I need the widget to display 2 drop downs, which each show the TITLE of the images in the media library.
I then need to save the url of these two images to use in the front-end (labelled <?php $IMAGEVAR ?>
in the widget
function.
Here is my widget template ->
<?php
class Image_Picker extends WP_Widget
{
function Image_Picker() {
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'Image_Picker', 'description' => 'Pick 2 images from media library');
$this->WP_Widget('Image_Picker', 'Image Picker', $widget_ops);
}
function form() {
//WIDGET BACK-END SETTINGS
echo '<select name="link1">';
echo '<option value="image1" selected>Image 1 Title</option>';
echo '<option value="image2">Image 2 Title</option>';
echo '<option value="image3">Image 3 Title</option>';
echo '</select><br>';
echo '<select name="link2">';
echo '<option value="image1" selected>Image 1 Title</option>';
echo '<option value="image2">Image 2 Title</option>';
echo '<option value="image3">Image 3 Title</option>';
echo '</select>';
}
function update() {
//WIDGET SAVE FUNCTION
}
function widget() {
//WIDGET FRONT-END VIEW
?>
<!-- Display images -->
<div class="sidebar-image"><img src="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34002/<?php $IMAGEVAR ?>" alt="" width="203" height="271" border="0"></div>
<div class="sidebar-image"><img src="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34002/<?php $IMAGEVAR ?>" alt="" width="177" height="207" border="0"></div>
<?php
}
}
// Add class for Random Posts Widget
add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("Image_Picker");') );
?>
I have been doing this as a meta box for posts, but I need to make a widget version and can’t work out how to implement it. I have added in a front-end template to illustrate how it works as a widget, this template will show as a widget if you include it in your functions.php
, but obviously it won’t do anything…
Any help is greatly appreciated, cheers.
1 Answer
Try this code.
class Image_Picker extends WP_Widget
{
function Image_Picker() {
$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'Image_Picker', 'description' => 'Pick 2 images from media library');
$this->WP_Widget('Image_Picker', 'Image Picker', $widget_ops);
}
function form($instance) {
//WIDGET BACK-END SETTINGS
$instance = wp_parse_args((array) $instance, array('link1' => '', 'link2' => ''));
$link1 = $instance['link1'];
$link2 = $instance['link2'];
$images = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_mime_type' => 'image' , 'posts_per_page' => -1 ) );
if( $images->have_posts() ){
$options = array();
for( $i = 0; $i < 2; $i++ ) {
$options[$i] = '';
while( $images->have_posts() ) {
$images->the_post();
$img_src = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_the_ID());
$the_link = ( $i == 0 ) ? $link1 : $link2;
$options[$i] .= '<option value="' . $img_src[0] . '" ' . selected( $the_link, $img_src[0], false ) . '>' . get_the_title() . '</option>';
}
} ?>
<select name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'link1' ); ?>"><?php echo $options[0]; ?></select>
<select name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'link2' ); ?>"><?php echo $options[1]; ?></select><?php
} else {
echo 'There are no images in the media library. Click <a href="' . admin_url('/media-new.php') . '" title="Add Images">here</a> to add some images';
}
}
function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
$instance = $old_instance;
$instance['link1'] = $new_instance['link1'];
$instance['link2'] = $new_instance['link2'];
return $instance;
}
function widget($args, $instance) {
$link1 = ( empty($instance['link1']) ) ? 0 : $instance['link1'];
$link2 = ( empty($instance['link2']) ) ? 0 : $instance['link2']; ?>
<!-- Display images --><?php
if( !( $link1 || $link2 ) ) {
echo "Please configure this widget.";
} else {
if($link1) { ?><div class="sidebar-image"><img src="<?php echo $link1; ?>" alt="" width="203" height="271" border="0"></div><?php }
if($link1) { ?><div class="sidebar-image"><img src="<?php echo $link2; ?>" alt="" width="177" height="207" border="0"></div><?php }
}
}
}
// Add class for Random Posts Widget
add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("Image_Picker");') );