Need Help On Code to Offset 4/Exclude Posts & Add Pagination

[leemajor]

Below is the code for my Latest post Widget, I want to configure the widget to exclude 4 previous post and add paginationat the bottom instead of the load more function.


I know that  

<?php query_posts('posts_per_page=12&offset=4');


   if(have_posts():while (have_posts(): the_post()p ?> will work. I need to configure the below code to allow me to exclude posts and not loadmore.


Thanks In advanced!


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<?php

class wpShowerIndexLatestEntriesWidget extends WP_Widget {

	function __construct() {

		parent::__construct(

			'wpshower_index_latest_entries',

			'Homepage Latest Entries',

			array('description' => __('Widget for displaying latest entries', 'outspoken'))

		);

	}


	/**

	 * 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) {

		extract($args);


		$limit = $instance['limit'];


		$options = array(

			'posts_per_page' => $limit + 1

		);

		$exclude = wpShower::getIndexPosts('exclude');

		if (!empty($exclude)) $options['exclude'] = implode(',', $exclude);

		$posts = get_posts($options);


		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);


		echo $before_widget.$before_title.$title.$after_title;


		if (empty($posts)) {

			echo '<div class="outspoken-error">';

			if (is_admin_bar_showing()) {

				printf(__('No posts to show, please <a href="%s">add one</a>', 'outspoken'), admin_url('edit.php'));

			}

			else {

				_e('No posts to show', 'outspoken');

			}

			echo '</div>'.$after_widget;

			return;

		}


		global $post;

		$show_categories = get_theme_mod('outspoken_home_categories');

		for ($i = 0; $i < $limit; $i++):

			if (!isset($posts[$i])) break;

			$post = $posts[$i];

			setup_postdata($post);

			$image = outspoken_post_image($post->ID, 'post-thumbnail');

		?>


		<article>

			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo esc_url($image); ?>" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" /></a>

			<div>

			<?php if ($show_categories): ?>

				<div class="meta-top"><?php outspoken_entry_categories(); ?></div>

			<?php endif; ?>

				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

			<?php

			$meta = outspoken_index_meta(false, false);

			if ($meta != ''):

			?>

				<div class="meta"><?php echo $meta; ?></div>

			<?php endif; ?>

				<div class="summary"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>

			</div>

		</article>


		<?php

		endfor;

		wp_reset_postdata();

		if (isset($posts[$limit])):

		?>


		<div class="load-more"><span class="loader"></span><span class="text">Load More Posts</span></div>


		<script type="text/javascript">

		jQuery(function() {

			var latest_entries_limit = <?php echo $limit; ?>;

			var latest_entries_offset = latest_entries_limit;

			jQuery('#<?php echo $args['widget_id']; ?>').on('click', '.load-more', function() {

				if (latest_entries_offset == 0) return;


				jQuery(this).addClass('active');

				jQuery.ajax({

					type: 'post',

					dataType: 'json',

					url: '<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php?action=wpshower_latest_entries'); ?>',

					data: {

						limit: latest_entries_limit,

						offset: latest_entries_offset

					},

					success: function(response) {

						for (var i = 0; i < response.posts.length; i++) {

							jQuery('#<?php echo $args['widget_id']; ?> .load-more').before(

								'<article>' +

									'<a href="' + response.posts[i].permalink + '"><img src="' + response.posts[i].image + '" alt="' + response.posts[i].title + '" title="' + response.posts[i].title + '" /></a>' +

									'<div>' +

										'<div class="meta-top">' + response.posts[i].categories + '</div>' +

										'<h2><a href="' + response.posts[i].permalink + '">' + response.posts[i].title + '</a></h2>' +

										'<div class="meta">' + response.posts[i].date + response.posts[i].comments + '</div>' +

										'<div class="summary">' + response.posts[i].excerpt + '</div>' +

									'</div>' +

								'</article>'

							);

						}

						if (response.more) {

							latest_entries_offset += latest_entries_limit;

							jQuery('#<?php echo $args['widget_id']; ?> .load-more').removeClass('active');

						}

						else {

							latest_entries_offset = 0;

							jQuery('#<?php echo $args['widget_id']; ?> .load-more').hide();

						}

						if (scroll != false) scroll.loadMore();

					}

				});

			});

		});

		</script>


		<?php

		endif;


		echo $after_widget;

	}


	/**

	 * Back-end widget form.

	 *

	 * @see WP_Widget::form()

	 *

	 * @param array $instance Previously saved values from database.

	 */

	public function form($instance) {

		if (isset($instance['title'])) $title = $instance['title'];

		else $title = __('Latest Entries', 'outspoken');

		if (isset($instance['limit'])) $limit = $instance['limit'];

		else $limit = 4;

		?>


		<p>

			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'outspoken'); ?></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_name('limit'); ?>"><?php _e('How many items:', 'outspoken'); ?></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 $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']) : '';

		$instance['limit'] = !empty($new_instance['limit']) ? intval($new_instance['limit']) : 4;


		return $instance;

	}

}

 

Edited January 5, 2014 by leemajor