some tierpoint stuff

functions.php

<?php
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
    $parent_style = 'parent_style';
    wp_enqueue_style( $parent_style, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
        get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
        array( $parent_style ),
        wp_get_theme()->get('Version')
    );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );


function stop_the_show() {
	echo '<h1>STOP NICK</h1>';
	die('asdf');
}

// add_action( 'the_post', 'stop_the_show' );

function wpb_postsbycategory($blog_title) {
	// the query
	// die($blog_title);

	$cats = $blog_title == 'News' ? 230 : array( 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1);
	// die($cats);
	$the_query = new WP_Query( array( 'cat' => $cats, 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) );
	$string = '<div id="sidebar"><div id="rpwe_widget-4" class="et_pb_widget rpwe_widget recent-posts-extended">';
	$string .= '<h4 class="widgettitle">' . $blog_title . '</h4><div class="rpwe-block">';
	// The Loop
	if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	    $string .= '<ul class="rpwe-ul">';
	    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	        $the_query->the_post();
            $string .= '<li class="rpwe-li rpwe-clearfix">';
        	$string .= '<h3 class="rpwe-title"><a href="' . get_the_permalink() .'" title="' . get_the_title() . '" rel="bookmark">' . get_the_title() .'</a></h3></li>';

        }
    } else {
	    // no posts found
	}
	$string .= '</ul></div></div></div>';
	echo $string;
	return $string;

	/* Restore original Post Data */
	wp_reset_postdata();
}
// Add a shortcode
add_shortcode('categoryposts', 'wpb_postsbycategory');

// Enable shortcodes in text widgets
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');