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<?php
public function __construct() {
    $widget_options = array( 
      'classname' => 'example_widget',
      'description' => 'This is an Example Widget',
    );
    parent::__construct( 'example_widget', 'Example Widget', $widget_options );
  }
?>

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<?php 
class jpen_Example_Widget extends WP_Widget {
  /**
  * To create the example widget all four methods will be 
  * nested inside this single instance of the WP_Widget class.
  **/
}
?>

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<?php
/*  
 *  First Loop 
 *  Returns posts with a custom post order value
 */

// First, determine if on the first page of posts
// If on first page, run query to display posts with custom sort first

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

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$args = array(
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'cat' => '94',
  'meta_key' => '_custom_post_order',
  'orderby' => 'meta_value',
  'order' => 'ASC'
);

$query = new WP_query ( $args );

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<?php
/* Sort posts on the blog posts page according to the custom sort order */
function jpen_custom_post_order_sort( $query ){
  if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_home() ){
    $query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value' );
    $query->set( 'meta_key', '_custom_post_order' );
    $query->set( 'order' , 'ASC' );
  }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts' , 'jpen_custom_post_order_sort' );

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<?php
/* Display custom post order in the post list */

function jpen_custom_post_order_value( $column, $post_id ){
  if ($column == 'pos' ){
    echo '<p>' . get_post_meta( $post_id, '_custom_post_order', true) . '</p>';
  }
}
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column' , 'jpen_custom_post_order_value' , 10 , 2 );
?>

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<?php
/* Add custom post order column to post list */

function jpen_add_custom_post_order_column( $columns ){
  return array_merge ( $columns,
    array( 'pos' => 'Position', ));
}
add_filter('manage_posts_columns' , 'jpen_add_custom_post_order_column');
?>

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<?php
/* Save the input to post_meta_data */

function jpen_save_custom_post_order( $post_id ){
  if ( !isset( $_POST['jpen_custom_post_order_nonce'] ) || !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['jpen_custom_post_order_nonce'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) ){
    return;
  } 
  if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ){
    return;
  }

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<?php
/* Add a field to the metabox */

function jpen_custom_post_order( $post ) {
  wp_nonce_field( basename( __FILE__ ), 'jpen_custom_post_order_nonce' );
  $current_pos = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_custom_post_order', true); ?>
  <p>Enter the position at which you would like the post to appear. For exampe, post "1" will appear first, post "2" second, and so forth.</p>
  <p><input type="number" name="pos" value="<?php echo $current_pos; ?>" /></p>
  <?php
}

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<?php
/* Create custom meta data box to the post edit screen */

function jpen_custom_post_sort( $post ){
  add_meta_box( 
    'custom_post_sort_box', 
    'Position in List of Posts', 
    'jpen_custom_post_order', 
    'post' ,
    'side'