custompostsinwidget

    public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
        extract( $args );


        $m_defaults = array ( 'title' => '', 'category' => '1' );
        $instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $m_defaults);
        $m_category = $instance['category'];

        $title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', get_the_category_by_ID($m_category) );

        echo $before_widget;
        if ( ! empty( $title ) ) {
            echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
        }

        $m_args = array( 'numberposts' => 3, 'category' => $m_category);
        $m_posts = get_posts($m_args);

        foreach ($m_posts as $m_post) {
          setup_postdata($m_post);
?>
        <h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
        <?php //echo the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
        }
        echo $after_widget;
    }