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+<?php
+/**
+ * Custom functions that affect the /wp-admin/ area
+ *
+ * @package understrap
+ */
+
+
+/* UnderStrap news dashboard widget */
+
+add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'understrap_dashboard_news_meta_box' );
+
+function understrap_dashboard_news_meta_box(){
+  add_meta_box('understrap-news', 'UnderStrap News', 'understrap_news_widget_render', 'dashboard', 'side', 'high' );
+}
+
+function understrap_news_widget_render(){
+  include_once(ABSPATH.WPINC."/feed.php");
+  $understrap_news_last_checked = get_option('understrap_news_last_checked');
+  $understrap_news_url = 'https://understrap.com/feed/';
+  $this_site_parsed = parse_url(get_site_url());
+  if(!$understrap_news_last_checked){$understrap_news_url.='?fi_ti='.$this_site_parsed['host'];update_option('understrap_news_last_checked', time());}
+	$rss = fetch_feed($understrap_news_url);
+  $maxitems = $rss->get_item_quantity(5); 
+  $rss_items = $rss->get_items(0, $maxitems);
+	?>
+<style>
+  .understrap_news_feed li {
+    border-top: 1px solid #eee;
+    padding-top: 14px;
+  }
+  .understrap_news_feed li:last-child {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+  }
+  .understrap_news_feed li .wordpress-feed__post-link {
+    font-size: 16px;
+  }
+  .understrap_news_feed li p {
+    margin-top: 0.65rem;
+  }
+  .understrap_news_feed .feed_item_0 a {
+    color: #2c9600;
+    font-weight: 600;
+  }
+</style>
+<div class="wordpress-feed understrap_news_feed">
+  <h3 class="wordpress-feed__header"><em>Latest blog posts on UnderStrap.com</em></h3>
+  <ul class="wordpress-feed__posts" role="list">
+    <?php
+      if($maxitems == 0){
+        echo "<li>No items</li>";
+      } else {
+        foreach($rss_items as $feed_count => $item){
+          $the_description = strip_tags($item->get_description());
+        ?>
+        <li class="wordpress-feed__post feed_item_<?php echo $feed_count; ?>">
+          <a class="wordpress-feed__post-link" href="<?php echo esc_url($item->get_permalink()); ?>?swpdb=27" target="_blank"><span class="dashicons dashicons-admin-post"></span> <?php echo esc_html($item->get_title()); ?></a>
+          <?php if($feed_count == 0){ echo '<small>NEW</small>';} ?>
+          <p class="wordpress-feed__post-description">
+            <?php echo trim(substr($the_description, 0, 140)).'... <a href="'.esc_url($item->get_permalink()).'"><small>Read More</small></a>'; ?>
+          </p>
+        </li>
+        <?php
+        }
+      } ?>
+  </ul>
+  <div class="wordpress-feed__footer">
+    <a class="wordpress-feed__footer-link" href="http://understrap.com/blog/?swpdb=27" target="_blank">Read more like this On UnderStrap.com</a></div>
+  </div>
+	<?php
+}