<?php
// function to display the RSS feed
function reddit_rss_dashboard_widget_function() {
$rss = fetch_feed( "http://www.reddit.com/.rss" );
if ( is_wp_error($rss) ) {
if ( is_admin() || current_user_can('manage_options') ) {
echo '<p>';
printf(__('<strong>RSS Error</strong>: %s'), $rss->get_error_message());
echo '</p>';
}
return;
}
if ( !$rss->get_item_quantity() ) {
echo '<p>Apparently, there is nothing happening on Reddit!</p>';
$rss->__destruct();
unset($rss);
return;
}
echo "<ul>\n";
if ( !isset($items) )
$items = 10;
foreach ( $rss->get_items(0, $items) as $item ) {
$publisher = '';
$site_link = '';
$link = '';
$content = '';
$date = '';
$link = esc_url( strip_tags( $item->get_link() ) );
$content = $item->get_content();
$content = wp_html_excerpt($content, 250) . ' ...';
echo "\t<li><a href='$link'>$link</a> - $content</li>\n";
}
echo "</ul>\n";
$rss->__destruct();
unset($rss);
};
// function to add the rss feed to the dashboard
function reddit_rss_add_dashboard_widget() {
wp_add_dashboard_widget('reddit_rss_dashboard_widget', 'Reddit RSS', 'reddit_rss_dashboard_widget_function');
}
// action that calls the function that adds the widget to the dashboard.
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'reddit_rss_add_dashboard_widget');
?>