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Access current edited post data from within widget?

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Alexandre Plennevaux
10 years ago · Last reply by Alexandre Plennevaux 10 years ago

Hi!

I’m working on a custom SO widget that would allow to manipulate the post thumbnail.
When using the “preview” button, nothing shows up.

Here is the code inside the widget template:

if($instance['image']['featured_image'] ){
	the_post_thumbnail();
}

I’m going to try using get_template_variables( $instance, $args ) but is there any built-in method?

Thank you!
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  1. Greg Priday Staff 10 years, 4 days ago

    That’s a very good suggestion! If you have a moment, could you make this suggestion over on our Github issue tracker. As a developer yourself, it would be useful for you to post technical bug reports and feature suggestions there.

    https://github.com/siteorigin/so-widgets-bundle/issues

  2. Alexandre Plennevaux 10 years, 4 days ago

    Actually it was quite easy to make it work, using get_template_variables(). Here is how I did it:

    In the main widget declaration file:

    function get_template_variables( $instance, $args ) {
		if( empty( $instance ) ) return array();
		return array(
			'queried_object' => get_queried_object(),
			'featured_image'=>$instance['image']['featured_image'],
			'image_file'=>$instance['image']['image_file'],
			'title'=>$instance['title'],
		);
	}

    and in the template file:

    setup_postdata($queried_object);
?><figure><? the_post_thumbnail('large');?></figure>
// More code ..
// Don't forget to release the $post
wp_reset_postdata();

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