__( 'Display the related posts from current post\'s categories. Will appear on single posts only.','mythemeshop' ) )
);
}
public function form( $instance ) {
$defaults = array(
'comment_num' => 1,
'date' => 1,
'show_thumb6' => 1,
'show_excerpt' => 1,
'excerpt_length' => 10
);
$instance = wp_parse_args((array) $instance, $defaults);
$title = isset( $instance[ 'title' ] ) ? $instance[ 'title' ] : __( 'Related Posts','mythemeshop' );
$qty = isset( $instance[ 'qty' ] ) ? esc_attr( $instance[ 'qty' ] ) : 5;
$comment_num = isset( $instance[ 'comment_num' ] ) ? esc_attr( $instance[ 'comment_num' ] ) : 1;
$date = isset( $instance[ 'date' ] ) ? esc_attr( $instance[ 'date' ] ) : 1;
$show_thumb6 = isset( $instance[ 'show_thumb6' ] ) ? esc_attr( $instance[ 'show_thumb6' ] ) : 1;
$show_excerpt = isset( $instance[ 'show_excerpt' ] ) ? esc_attr( $instance[ 'show_excerpt' ] ) : 1;
$excerpt_length = isset( $instance[ 'excerpt_length' ] ) ? intval( $instance[ 'excerpt_length' ] ) : 10;
?>
ID;
$cats = get_the_category($thePostID);
$cat_ids = array();
foreach($cats as $individual_cat)
$cat_ids[] = $individual_cat->cat_ID;
$posts = new WP_Query(
array(
'category__in' => $cat_ids,
'post__not_in' => array($thePostID),
'posts_per_page' => $qty,
'orderby' => 'rand'
));
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