WP_Widget_Recent_Posts::widget( array $args, array $instance )

44	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {45		if ( ! isset( $args['widget_id'] ) ) {46			$args['widget_id'] = $this->id;47		}48 49		$default_title = __( 'Recent Posts' );50		$title         = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : $default_title;51 52		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */53		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );54 55		$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;56		if ( ! $number ) {57			$number = 5;58		}59		$show_date = $instance['show_date'] ?? false;60 61		$r = new WP_Query(62			/**63			 * Filters the arguments for the Recent Posts widget.64			 *65			 * @since 3.4.066			 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$instance` parameter.67			 *68			 * @see WP_Query::get_posts()69			 *70			 * @param array $args     An array of arguments used to retrieve the recent posts.71			 * @param array $instance Array of settings for the current widget.72			 */73			apply_filters(74				'widget_posts_args',75				array(76					'posts_per_page'      => $number,77					'no_found_rows'       => true,78					'post_status'         => 'publish',79					'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,80				),81				$instance82			)83		);84 85		if ( ! $r->have_posts() ) {86			return;87		}88		?>89 90		<?php echo $args['before_widget']; ?>91 92		<?php93		if ( $title ) {94			echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];95		}96 97		$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';98 99		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-nav-menu-widget.php */100		$format = apply_filters( 'navigation_widgets_format', $format );101 102		if ( 'html5' === $format ) {103			// The title may be filtered: Strip out HTML and make sure the aria-label is never empty.104			$title      = trim( strip_tags( $title ) );105			$aria_label = $title ? $title : $default_title;106			echo '<nav aria-label="' . esc_attr( $aria_label ) . '">';107		}108		?>109 110		<ul>111			<?php foreach ( $r->posts as $recent_post ) : ?>112				<?php113				$post_title   = get_the_title( $recent_post->ID );114				$title        = ( ! empty( $post_title ) ) ? $post_title : __( '(no title)' );115				$aria_current = '';116 117				if ( get_queried_object_id() === $recent_post->ID ) {118					$aria_current = ' aria-current="page"';119				}120				?>121				<li>122					<a href="<?php the_permalink( $recent_post->ID ); ?>"<?php echo $aria_current; ?>><?php echo $title; ?></a>123					<?php if ( $show_date ) : ?>