$contributions = get_posts(array(
                                'posts_per_page'      => 5,
                                'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
                                'post_type'           => 'contributions',
                        ));

                        $widget_markup = <<<EOT
        <div class="contribution-widget widget-closed widget widget-container" id="contributorwidget">
                <h3><a href="/contributions/">Contributors!</a></h3>
                <div class="textwidget">
                        <ul class="posts">
EOT;
                        if(!empty($contributions)) {
                                foreach($contributions as $contribution) {

                                        $contrib_title = get_the_title($contribution->ID);
                                        $contrib_url   = get_permalink($contribution);

                                        $widget_markup .= '<li class="clearfix">';

                                        if(has_post_thumbnail($contribution->ID)){
                                                $thumb_url =  wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($contribution->ID), 'thumbnail' );
                                                $thumb_img = '<img width="' . $thumb_url[1] . '" height="' . $thumb_url[2] . '" data-original="' . esc_url($thumb_url[0]) . '" src="' . PLACE_IMAGE . '" />';
                                                $widget_markup .= '<a title="' . $contrib_title . '" href="' . $contrib_url . '">' . $thumb_img . '</a>';
                                        }

                                        // Link to article:
                                        $widget_markup .= '<a class="title" rel="bookmark" title="'. $contrib_title .'" href="' . $contrib_url . '">'. $contrib_title .'</a> ';

                                        // Author byline
                                        $widget_markup .= '<span class="byline">by <a class="byline" rel="author" href="' . get_author_posts_url($contribution->post_author) .  '">';
                                        $widget_markup .= get_the_author_meta('display_name', $contribution->post_author);
                                        $widget_markup .= '</a></span>  ';

                                        // Comments count link:
                                        if($contribution->comment_count >= 100) {
                                                $widget_markup .= '<a class="hot-story" href="'. $contrib_url .'#comments">' . $contribution->comment_count . ' Comments</a>';
                                        }
                                        else {
                                                $widget_markup .= '<a href="'. $contrib_url .'">Read More</a>';

                                        }
                                        $widget_markup .= '</li>';
                                }
                        }