————-EDITED PHP CODE————-

<?php
/**
* Post Slider
*
* Display a Slideshow of Post Entries
* Element is in Beta and by default disabled. Todo: test with layerslider elements. currently throws error bc layerslider is only included if layerslider element is detected which is not the case with the post/page element
*/
if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {  exit;  }    // Exit if accessed directly

if ( ! class_exists( ‘avia_sc_postslider’ ) )
{
class avia_sc_postslider extends aviaShortcodeTemplate
{

/**
* Create the config array for the shortcode button
*/
function shortcode_insert_button()
{
$this->config[‘version’]		= ‘1.0’;
$this->config[‘self_closing’]	= ‘yes’;
$this->config[‘base_element’]	= ‘yes’;

$this->config[‘name’]			= __( ‘Post Slider’, ‘avia_framework’ );
$this->config[‘tab’]			= __( ‘Content Elements’, ‘avia_framework’ );
$this->config[‘icon’]			= AviaBuilder::$path[‘imagesURL’] . ‘sc-postslider.png’;
$this->config[‘order’]			= 30;
$this->config[‘target’]			= ‘avia-target-insert’;
$this->config[‘shortcode’]		= ‘av_postslider’;
$this->config[‘tooltip’]		= __( ‘Display a Slideshow of Post Entries’, ‘avia_framework’ );
$this->config[‘drag-level’]		= 3;
$this->config[‘disabling_allowed’] = true;
$this->config[‘id_name’]		= ‘id’;
$this->config[‘id_show’]		= ‘yes’;
$this->config[‘alb_desc_id’]	= ‘alb_description’;
}

function extra_assets()
{
//load css
wp_enqueue_style( ‘avia-module-slideshow’, AviaBuilder::$path[‘pluginUrlRoot’] . ‘avia-shortcodes/slideshow/slideshow.css’, array( ‘avia-layout’ ), false );
wp_enqueue_style( ‘avia-module-postslider’, AviaBuilder::$path[‘pluginUrlRoot’] . ‘avia-shortcodes/postslider/postslider.css’, array( ‘avia-module-slideshow’ ), false );

//load js
wp_enqueue_script( ‘avia-module-slideshow’, AviaBuilder::$path[‘pluginUrlRoot’] . ‘avia-shortcodes/slideshow/slideshow.js’, array( ‘avia-shortcodes’ ), false, true );
}

/**
* Popup Elements
*
* If this function is defined in a child class the element automatically gets an edit button, that, when pressed
* opens a modal window that allows to edit the element properties
*
* @return void
*/
function popup_elements()
{
$this->elements = array(

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab_container’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab’,
‘name’  => __( ‘Content’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle_container’,
‘templates_include’	=> array(
$this->popup_key( ‘content_slides’ ),
$this->popup_key( ‘content_filter’ ),
$this->popup_key( ‘content_excerpt’ ),
),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab_close’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab’,
‘name’  => __( ‘Styling’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle_container’,
‘templates_include’	=> array(
$this->popup_key( ‘styling_columns’ ),
$this->popup_key( ‘styling_image’ )
),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab_close’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab’,
‘name’  => __( ‘Advanced’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘toggle_container’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> $this->popup_key( ‘advanced_animation_slider’ ),
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘lazy_loading_toggle’,
‘lockable’		=> true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘screen_options_toggle’,
‘lockable’		=> true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘developer_options_toggle’,
‘args’			=> array( ‘sc’ => $this )
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘toggle_container_close’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab_close’,
‘nodescription’ => true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘element_template_selection_tab’,
‘args’			=> array( ‘sc’ => $this )
),

array(
‘type’ 	=> ‘tab_container_close’,
‘nodescription’ => true
)

);

}

/**
* Create and register templates for easier maintainance
*
* @since 4.6.4
*/
protected function register_dynamic_templates()
{

/**
* Content Tab
* ===========
*/

$c = array(
array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Which Entries?’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Select which entries should be displayed by selecting a taxonomy’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘link’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘linkpicker’,
‘fetchTMPL’	=> true,
‘multiple’	=> 6,
‘std’		=> ‘category’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> array( __( ‘Display Entries from:’, ‘avia_framework’ ) => ‘taxonomy’ )
)

);

if( current_theme_supports( ‘add_avia_builder_post_type_option’ ) )
{
$element = array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘avia_builder_post_type_option’,
‘lockable’		=> true,
);

array_unshift( $c, $element );
}

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Select Slide Content’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘content_slides’ ), $template );

$c = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’ 	=> ‘wc_options_non_products’,
‘lockable’		=> true
),

array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’ 	=> ‘date_query’,
‘lockable’		=> true
),

array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Entry Number’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘How many items should be displayed?’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘items’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘9’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> AviaHtmlHelper::number_array( 1, 100, 1, array( ‘All’ => ‘-1’ ) )
),

array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Offset Number’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘The offset determines where the query begins pulling posts. Useful if you want to remove a certain number of posts because you already query them with another post slider element.’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘offset’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘0’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> AviaHtmlHelper::number_array( 1, 100, 1, array( __( ‘Deactivate offset’, ‘avia_framework’) => ‘0’, __( ‘Do not allow duplicate posts on the entire page (set offset automatically)’, ‘avia_framework’ ) => ‘no_duplicates’ ) )
)
);

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Filters’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘content_filter’ ), $template );

$c = array(
array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Title and Excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Choose if you want to only display the post title or title and excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘contents’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘excerpt’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> array(
__( ‘Title and Excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ )						=> ‘excerpt’,
__( ‘Title and Excerpt + Read More Link’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘excerpt_read_more’,
__( ‘Only Title’, ‘avia_framework’ )							=> ‘title’,
__( ‘Only Title + Read More Link’, ‘avia_framework’ )			=> ‘title_read_more’,
__( ‘Only excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ )							=> ‘only_excerpt’,
__( ‘Only excerpt + Read More Link’, ‘avia_framework’ )			=> ‘only_excerpt_read_more’,
__( ‘No Title and no excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ )				=> ‘no’
)
),

);

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Excerpt’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘content_excerpt’ ), $template );

/**
* Styling Tab
* ===========
*/

$c = array(
array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘How many columns should be displayed?’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘columns’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘3’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> array(
__( ‘1 Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘1’,
__( ‘2 Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘2’,
__( ‘3 Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘3’,
__( ‘4 Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘4’,
__( ‘5 Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘5’,
)
)

);

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Columns’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘styling_columns’ ), $template );

$c = array(
array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Preview Image Size’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Set the image size of the preview images’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘preview_mode’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘auto’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> array(
__( ‘Set the preview image size automatically based on column width’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘auto’,
__( ‘Choose the preview image size manually (select thumbnail size)’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘custom’
)
),

array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Select custom preview image size’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Choose image size for Preview Image’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘image_size’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘portfolio’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘required’ 	=> array( ‘preview_mode’, ‘equals’, ‘custom’ ),
‘subtype’	=>  AviaHelper::get_registered_image_sizes( array( ‘logo’ ) )
)
);

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Preview Image’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘styling_image’ ), $template );

/**
* Advanced Tab
* ===========
*/

$c = array(
/*
array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Post Slider Transition’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Choose the transition for your Post Slider.’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘animation’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘fade’,
‘subtype’	=> array(
__( ‘Slide’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘slide’,
__( ‘Fade’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘fade’
),
),
*/

array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Autorotation active?’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Check if the slideshow should rotate by default’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘autoplay’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘no’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘subtype’	=> array(
__( ‘Yes’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘yes’,
__( ‘No’, ‘avia_framework’ )	=> ‘no’
)
),

array(
‘name’ 	=> __( ‘Slideshow autorotation duration’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘desc’ 	=> __( ‘Slideshow will rotate every X seconds’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘id’ 	=> ‘interval’,
‘type’ 	=> ‘select’,
‘std’ 	=> ‘5’,
‘lockable’	=> true,
‘required’	=> array( ‘autoplay’, ‘equals’, ‘yes’ ),
‘subtype’	=> array( ‘3’=>’3′, ‘4’=>’4′, ‘5’=>’5′, ‘6’=>’6′, ‘7’=>’7′, ‘8’=>’8′, ‘9’=>’9′, ’10’=>’10’, ’15’=>’15’, ’20’=>’20’, ’30’=>’30’, ’40’=>’40’, ’60’=>’60’, ‘100’=>’100′ )
)
);

$template = array(
array(
‘type’			=> ‘template’,
‘template_id’	=> ‘toggle’,
‘title’			=> __( ‘Slider Animation’, ‘avia_framework’ ),
‘content’		=> $c
),
);

AviaPopupTemplates()->register_dynamic_template( $this->popup_key( ‘advanced_animation_slider’ ), $template );

}

/**
* Editor Element – this function defines the visual appearance of an element on the AviaBuilder Canvas
* Most common usage is to define some markup in the $params[‘innerHtml’] which is then inserted into the drag and drop container
* Less often used: $params[‘data’] to add data attributes, $params[‘class’] to modify the className
*
*
* @param array $params this array holds the default values for $content and $args.
* @return $params the return array usually holds an innerHtml key that holds item specific markup.
*/
function editor_element( $params )
{
$params = parent::editor_element( $params );
$params[‘content’] = null; //remove to allow content elements

return $params;
}

/**
* Frontend Shortcode Handler
*
* @param array $atts array of attributes
* @param string $content text within enclosing form of shortcode element
* @param string $shortcodename the shortcode found, when == callback name
* @return string $output returns the modified html string
*/
function shortcode_handler( $atts, $content = ”, $shortcodename = ”, $meta = ” )
{
$default = avia_post_slider::get_defaults();

$locked = array();
Avia_Element_Templates()->set_locked_attributes( $atts, $this, $shortcodename, $default, $locked, $content );
Avia_Element_Templates()->add_template_class( $meta, $atts, $default );

$screen_sizes = AviaHelper::av_mobile_sizes( $atts );

if( isset( $atts[‘link’] ) )
{
$atts[‘link’] = explode(‘,’, $atts[‘link’], 2 );
$atts[‘taxonomy’] = $atts[‘link’][0];

if( isset( $atts[‘link’][1] ) )
{
$atts[‘categories’] = $atts[‘link’][1];
}
}

$atts[‘class’] = $meta[‘el_class’];
$atts[‘el_id’] = $meta[‘custom_el_id’];

$atts = array_merge( $atts, $screen_sizes );

/**
* @since 4.5.5
* @return array
*/
$atts = apply_filters( ‘avf_post_slider_args’, $atts, $this->config[‘shortcode’], $this );

$slider = new avia_post_slider( $atts );
$slider->query_entries();

return $slider->html();
}

}
}

if ( ! class_exists( ‘avia_post_slider’ ) )
{
class avia_post_slider
{
/**
* @since < 4.0
* @var int
*/
static public $slide = 0;

/**
*
* @since < 4.0
* @var array
*/
protected $atts;

/**
*
* @since < 4.0
* @var WP_Query
*/
protected $entries;

/**
*
* @since 4.7.6.4
* @var int
*/
protected $current_page;

/**
* @since < 4.0
* @param array $atts
*/
public function __construct( $atts = array() )
{
$this->entries = array();
$this->current_page = 1;

$this->atts = shortcode_atts( avia_post_slider::get_defaults(), $atts, ‘av_postslider’ );
}

/**
* @since 4.5.5
*/
public function __destruct()
{
unset( $this->atts );
unset( $this->entries );
}

/**
* Returns the defaults array
*
* @since 4.8
* @return array
*/
static public function get_defaults()
{
$defaults = array(
‘type’				=> ‘slider’, // can also be used as grid
‘style’				=> ”, //no_margin
‘columns’			=> ‘4’,
‘items’				=> ’16’,
‘taxonomy’			=> ‘category’,
‘wc_prod_visible’	=> ”,
‘wc_prod_hidden’	=> ”,
‘wc_prod_featured’	=> ”,
‘prod_order_by’		=> ”,
‘prod_order’		=> ”,
‘show_meta_data’	=> ”,		//	” | ‘always’ | ‘on_empty_title’ | ‘on_empty_content’ (use filter to change)
‘post_type’			=> get_post_types(),
‘contents’			=> ‘excerpt’,
‘preview_mode’		=> ‘auto’,
‘image_size’		=> ‘portfolio’,
‘autoplay’			=> ‘no’,
‘animation’			=> ‘fade’,
‘paginate’			=> ‘no’,
‘use_main_query_pagination’ => ‘no’,
‘interval’			=> 5,
‘class’				=> ”,
‘el_id’				=> ”,
‘categories’		=> array(),
‘custom_query’		=> array(),
‘offset’			=> 0,
‘custom_markup’		=> ”,
‘av_display_classes’	=> ”,
‘date_filter’		=> ”,
‘date_filter_start’	=> ”,
‘date_filter_end’	=> ”,
‘date_filter_format’	=> ‘yy/mm/dd’,		//	‘yy/mm/dd’ | ‘dd-mm-yy’	| yyyymmdd
‘lazy_loading’			=> ‘disabled’
);

return $defaults;
}

/**
*
* @since < 4.0
* @return string
*/
public function html()
{
$output = ”;

if( empty( $this->entries ) || empty( $this->entries->posts ) )
{
return $output;
}

avia_post_slider::$slide ++;
extract( $this->atts );

if( $preview_mode == ‘auto’ )
{
$image_size = ‘portfolio’;
}

$extraClass 		= ‘first’;
$grid 				= ‘one_third’;
$post_loop_count 	= 1;
$loop_counter		= 1;
$autoplay 			= $autoplay == ‘no’ ? false : true;
$total				= $columns % 2 ? ‘odd’ : ‘even’;
$blogstyle 			= function_exists( ‘avia_get_option’ ) ? avia_get_option( ‘blog_global_style’, ” ) : ”;
$excerpt_length 	= 60;

if( $blogstyle !== ” )
{
$excerpt_length = 240;
}

switch( $columns )
{
case ‘1’:
$grid = ‘av_fullwidth’;
if( $preview_mode == ‘auto’ )
{
$image_size = ‘large’;
}
break;
case ‘2’:
$grid = ‘av_one_half’;
break;
case ‘3’:
$grid = ‘av_one_third’;
break;
case ‘4’:
$grid = ‘av_one_fourth’;
if( $preview_mode == ‘auto’ )
{
$image_size = ‘portfolio_small’;
}
break;
case ‘5’:
$grid = ‘av_one_fifth’;
if( $preview_mode == ‘auto’ )
{
$image_size = ‘portfolio_small’;
}
break;
}

$data = AviaHelper::create_data_string( array( ‘autoplay’ => $autoplay, ‘interval’ => $interval, ‘animation’ => $animation, ‘show_slide_delay’ => 90 ) );

$thumb_fallback = ”;
$markup = avia_markup_helper( array( ‘context’ => ‘blog’, ‘echo’ => false, ‘custom_markup’ => $custom_markup ) );
$output .= “<div {$el_id} {$data} class=’avia-content-slider avia-content-{$type}-active avia-content-slider” . avia_post_slider::$slide . ” avia-content-slider-{$total} {$class} {$av_display_classes}’ $markup>”;
$output .= 		“<div class=’avia-content-slider-inner’>”;

foreach( $this->entries->posts as $index => $entry )
{
$the_id 	= $entry->ID;
$parity		= $loop_counter % 2 ? ‘odd’ : ‘even’;
$last       = $this->entries->post_count == $post_loop_count ? ‘ post-entry-last ‘ : ”;
$post_class = “post-entry post-entry-{$the_id} slide-entry-overview slide-loop-{$post_loop_count} slide-parity-{$parity} {$last}”;
$link		= get_post_meta( $the_id , ‘_portfolio_custom_link’, true ) != ” ? get_post_meta( $the_id , ‘_portfolio_custom_link_url’, true ) : get_permalink( $the_id );
$excerpt	= ”;
$title  	= ”;
$show_meta  = ! is_post_type_hierarchical( $entry->post_type );
$commentCount = get_comments_number( $the_id );
$format 	= get_post_format( $the_id );

$post_thumbnail_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( $the_id );
if( $lazy_loading != ‘enabled’ )
{
Av_Responsive_Images()->add_attachment_id_to_not_lazy_loading( $post_thumbnail_id );
}

$thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail( $the_id, $image_size );

if( empty( $format ) )
{
$format = ‘standard’;
}

if( $thumbnail )
{
$thumb_fallback = $thumbnail;
$thumb_class	= ‘real-thumbnail’;
}
else
{
$thumbnail = “<span class=’ fallback-post-type-icon’ ” . av_icon_string($format).  “></span><span class=’slider-fallback-image’>{{thumbnail}}</span>”;
$thumb_class = ‘fake-thumbnail’;
}

$permalink = &#8216;&lt;div class=&#8221;read-more-link&#8221;&gt;<a href="' . get_permalink( $the_id ) . '" rel="nofollow">&#8216; . __( &#8216;Read more&#8217;, &#8216;avia_framework&#8217; ) . &#8216;&lt;span class=&#8221;more-link-arrow&#8221;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;
$prepare_excerpt = ! empty( $entry-&gt;post_excerpt ) ? $entry-&gt;post_excerpt : avia_backend_truncate( $entry-&gt;post_content, apply_filters( &#8216;avf_postgrid_excerpt_length&#8217;, $excerpt_length ) , apply_filters( &#8216;avf_postgrid_excerpt_delimiter&#8217; , &#8216; &#8216; ), &#8216;…&#8217;, true, &#8221; );

if( $format == &#8216;link&#8217; )
{
$current_post = array();
$current_post[&#8216;content&#8217;] = $entry-&gt;post_content;
$current_post[&#8216;title&#8217;] = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
$current_post[&#8216;eventdate&#8217;] = the_field(&#8216;event_date&#8217;);

if( function_exists( &#8216;avia_link_content_filter&#8217; ) )
{
$current_post = avia_link_content_filter( $current_post );
}

$link = $current_post[&#8216;url&#8217;];
}

switch( $contents )
{
case &#8216;excerpt&#8217;:
$excerpt = $prepare_excerpt;
$title = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
break;
case &#8216;excerpt_read_more&#8217;:
$excerpt = $prepare_excerpt;
$excerpt .= $permalink;
$title = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
break;
case &#8216;title&#8217;:
$excerpt = &#8221;;
$title = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
break;
case &#8216;title_read_more&#8217;:
$excerpt = $permalink;
$title = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
break;
case &#8216;only_excerpt&#8217;:
$excerpt = $prepare_excerpt;
$title = &#8221;;
break;
case &#8216;only_excerpt_read_more&#8217;:
$excerpt = $prepare_excerpt;
$excerpt .= $permalink;
$title = &#8221;;
break;
case &#8216;no&#8217;:
$excerpt = &#8221;;
$title = &#8221;;
break;
}

/**
* @since &lt; 4.0
* @param string $title
* @param WP_Post $entry
* @return string
*/
$title = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_postslider_title&#8217;, $title, $entry );

/**
* @since 4.7.3.1
* @param string $image_link_title
* @param WP_Post $entry
* @return string
*/
$image_link_title = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_postslider_link_title_attr&#8217;, esc_attr( avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry ) ), $entry );

if( $loop_counter == 1 )
{
$output .= &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-entry-wrap&#8217;&gt;&#8221;;
}

$post_format = get_post_format( $the_id ) ? get_post_format( $the_id ) : &#8216;standard&#8217;;

$markup = avia_markup_helper( array( &#8216;context&#8217; =&gt; &#8216;entry&#8217;, &#8216;echo&#8217; =&gt; false, &#8216;id&#8217; =&gt; $the_id, &#8216;custom_markup&#8217; =&gt; $custom_markup ) );
$output .= &#8220;&lt;article class=&#8217;blogCustomSlider slide-entry flex_column {$style} {$post_class} {$grid} {$extraClass} {$thumb_class} post-format-{$post_format}&#8217; $markup&gt;&#8221;;
$output .= $thumbnail ? &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slideImg&#8217;&gt;<a href='{$link}' title='{$image_link_title}' rel="nofollow">{$thumbnail}</a>&lt;/div&gt;&#8221; : &#8221;;

if( $post_format == &#8216;audio&#8217; )
{
$current_post = array();
$current_post[&#8216;content&#8217;] = $entry-&gt;post_content;
$current_post[&#8216;title&#8217;] = avia_wp_get_the_title( $entry );
$current_post[&#8216;id&#8217;] = $entry-&gt;ID;
$current_post[&#8216;eventdate&#8217;] = the_field(&#8216;event_date&#8217;);

$current_post = apply_filters( &#8216;post-format-&#8216; . $post_format, $current_post, $entry );

if( ! empty( $current_post[&#8216;before_content&#8217;] ) )
{
$output .= &#8216;&lt;div class=&#8221;big-preview single-big audio-preview&#8221;&gt;&#8217; . $current_post[&#8216;before_content&#8217;] . &#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;
}
}

$output .= &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slideContent&#8217;&gt;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-content&#8217;&gt;&#8221;;

$markup = avia_markup_helper( array( &#8216;context&#8217; =&gt; &#8216;entry_title&#8217;, &#8216;echo&#8217; =&gt; false, &#8216;id&#8217; =&gt; $the_id, &#8216;custom_markup&#8217; =&gt; $custom_markup ) );
$output .= &#8216;&lt;header class=&#8221;entry-content-header&#8221;&gt;&#8217;;
$meta_out = &#8221;;

if( ! empty( $title ) || in_array( $show_meta_data, array( &#8216;always&#8217;, &#8216;on_empty_title&#8217; ) ) )
{
if( $show_meta )
{
$taxonomies  = get_object_taxonomies( get_post_type( $the_id ) );
$cats = &#8221;;
$excluded_taxonomies = array_merge( get_taxonomies( array( &#8216;public&#8217; =&gt; false ) ), array( &#8216;post_tag&#8217;, &#8216;post_format&#8217; ) );
$excluded_taxonomies = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_exclude_taxonomies&#8217;, $excluded_taxonomies, get_post_type( $the_id ), $the_id );

if( ! empty( $taxonomies ) )
{
foreach( $taxonomies as $taxonomy )
{
if( ! in_array( $taxonomy, $excluded_taxonomies ) )
{
$cats .= get_the_term_list( $the_id, $taxonomy, &#8221;, &#8216;, &#8216;, &#8221; ) . &#8216; &#8216;;
}
}
}

if( ! empty( $cats ) )
{
$meta_out .= &#8216;&lt;span class=&#8221;blog-categories minor-meta&#8221;&gt;&#8217;;
$meta_out .=	$cats;
$meta_out .= &#8216;&lt;/span&gt;&#8217;;
}
}

/**
* Allow to change default output of categories &#8211; by default supressed for setting Default(Business) blog style
*
* @since 4.0.6
* @param string $blogstyle						&#8221; | &#8216;elegant-blog&#8217; | &#8216;elegant-blog modern-blog&#8217;
* @param avia_post_slider $this
* @return string								&#8216;show_elegant&#8217; | &#8216;show_business&#8217; | &#8216;use_theme_default&#8217; | &#8216;no_show_cats&#8217;
*/
$show_cats = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_postslider_show_catergories&#8217;, &#8216;use_theme_default&#8217;, $blogstyle, $this );

switch( $show_cats )
{
case &#8216;no_show_cats&#8217;:
$new_blogstyle = &#8221;;
break;
case &#8216;show_elegant&#8217;:
$new_blogstyle = &#8216;elegant-blog&#8217;;
break;
case &#8216;show_business&#8217;:
$new_blogstyle = &#8216;elegant-blog modern-blog&#8217;;
break;
case &#8216;use_theme_default&#8217;:
default:
$new_blogstyle = $blogstyle;
break;
}

//	elegant style
if( ( strpos( $new_blogstyle, &#8216;modern-blog&#8217; ) === false ) &amp;&amp; ( $new_blogstyle != &#8221; ) )
{
$output .= $meta_out;
}

$default_heading = &#8216;h3&#8217;;
$args = array(
&#8216;heading&#8217;		=&gt; $default_heading,
&#8216;extra_class&#8217;	=&gt; &#8221;
);

$extra_args = array( $this, $index, $entry );

/**
* @since 4.5.5
* @return array
*/
$args = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_customize_heading_settings&#8217;, $args, __CLASS__, $extra_args );

$heading = ! empty( $args[&#8216;heading&#8217;] ) ? $args[&#8216;heading&#8217;] : $default_heading;
$css = ! empty( $args[&#8216;extra_class&#8217;] ) ? $args[&#8216;extra_class&#8217;] : &#8221;;

$output .=  &#8220;&lt;{$heading} class=&#8217;slide-entry-title entry-title {$css}&#8217; $markup&gt;<a href='{$link}' title='" . esc_attr( strip_tags( $title ) ) . "' rel="nofollow">{$title}</a>&lt;/{$heading}&gt;&#8221;;

//	modern business style
if( ( strpos( $new_blogstyle, &#8216;modern-blog&#8217; ) !== false ) &amp;&amp; ( $new_blogstyle != &#8221; ) )
{
$output .= $meta_out;
}

$output .= &#8216;&lt;span class=&#8221;av-vertical-delimiter&#8221;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#8217;;
}

$output .= &#8216;&lt;/header&gt;&#8217;;

if( ( $show_meta &amp;&amp; ! empty( $excerpt ) ) || in_array( $show_meta_data, array( &#8216;always&#8217;, &#8216;on_empty_content&#8217; ) ) )
{
$meta  = &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-meta&#8217;&gt;&#8221;;
if ( $commentCount != &#8216;0&#8217; || comments_open( $the_id ) &amp;&amp; $entry-&gt;post_type != &#8216;portfolio&#8217; )
{
$link_add = $commentCount === &#8216;0&#8217; ? &#8216;#respond&#8217; : &#8216;#comments&#8217;;
$text_add = $commentCount === &#8216;1&#8217; ? __( &#8216;Comment&#8217;, &#8216;avia_framework&#8217; ) : __( &#8216;Comments&#8217;, &#8216;avia_framework&#8217; );
$eventdate = get_field(&#8216;event_date&#8217;, $entry-&gt;ID);

$meta .= &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-meta-comments&#8217;&gt;<a href='{$link}{$link_add}' rel="nofollow">{$commentCount} {$text_add}</a>&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-meta-del&#8217;&gt;/&lt;/div&gt;&#8221;;
}
$markup = avia_markup_helper( array( &#8216;context&#8217; =&gt; &#8216;entry_time&#8217;, &#8216;echo&#8217; =&gt; false, &#8216;id&#8217; =&gt; $the_id, &#8216;custom_markup&#8217; =&gt; $custom_markup ) );
/*$meta .= &#8220;&lt;time class=&#8217;slide-meta-time updated&#8217; $markup&gt;&#8221; . get_the_time( get_option( &#8216;date_format&#8217; ), $the_id ) . &#8216;&lt;/time&gt;&#8217;;*/
$meta .= &#8220;&lt;span&gt;&#8221;.get_field(&#8216;event_date&#8217;, $entry-&gt;ID).&#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#8221;;

if( strpos( $blogstyle, &#8216;elegant-blog&#8217; ) === false )
{
$output .= $meta;
$meta = &#8221;;
}
}

$markup = avia_markup_helper( array( &#8216;context&#8217; =&gt; &#8216;entry_content&#8217;, &#8216;echo&#8217; =&gt; false, &#8216;id&#8217; =&gt; $the_id, &#8216;custom_markup&#8217; =&gt; $custom_markup ) );
$excerpt = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_post_slider_entry_excerpt&#8217;, $excerpt, $prepare_excerpt, $permalink, $entry );
$output .= ! empty( $excerpt ) ? &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;slide-entry-excerpt entry-content&#8217; {$markup}&gt;{$excerpt}&lt;/div&gt;&#8221; : &#8221;;

$output .= &#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;
$output .= &#8216;&lt;footer class=&#8221;entry-footer&#8221;&gt;&#8217;;
if( ! empty( $meta ) )
{
$output .= $meta;
}
$output .= &#8216;&lt;/footer&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;

$output .= av_blog_entry_markup_helper( $the_id );

$output .= &#8216;&lt;/article&gt;&#8217;;

$loop_counter ++;
$post_loop_count ++;
$extraClass = &#8221;;

if( $loop_counter &gt; $columns )
{
$loop_counter = 1;
$extraClass = &#8216;first&#8217;;
}

if( $loop_counter == 1 || ! empty( $last ) )
{
$output .= &#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;
}
}

$output .= 		&#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;

if( $post_loop_count -1 &gt; $columns &amp;&amp; $type == &#8216;slider&#8217; )
{
$output .= $this-&gt;slide_navigation_arrows();
}

global $wp_query;

$avia_pagination = &#8221;;

if( $use_main_query_pagination == &#8216;yes&#8217; &amp;&amp; $paginate == &#8216;yes&#8217; )
{
$avia_pagination = avia_pagination( $wp_query-&gt;max_num_pages, &#8216;nav&#8217; );
}
else if( $paginate == &#8216;yes&#8217; )
{
$avia_pagination = avia_pagination( $this-&gt;entries, &#8216;nav&#8217;, &#8216;avia-element-paging&#8217;, $this-&gt;current_page );
}

if( ! empty( $avia_pagination ) )
{
$output .= &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;pagination-wrap pagination-slider&#8217;&gt;{$avia_pagination}&lt;/div&gt;&#8221;;
}

$output .= &#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;

$output = str_replace( &#8216;{{thumbnail}}&#8217;, $thumb_fallback, $output );

wp_reset_query();
return $output;
}

/**
* @since &lt; 4.0
* @return string
*/
protected function slide_navigation_arrows()
{
$html  = &#8221;;
$html .= &#8220;&lt;div class=&#8217;avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls&#8217;&gt;&#8221;;
$html .= 	&#8220;<a href='#prev' rel="nofollow">&#8216; . __( &#8216;Previous&#8217;, &#8216;avia_framework&#8217; ) . &#8216;</a>&#8216;;
$html .= 	&#8220;<a href='#next' rel="nofollow">&#8216; . __( &#8216;Next&#8217;, &#8216;avia_framework&#8217; ) . &#8216;</a>&#8216;;
$html .= &#8216;&lt;/div&gt;&#8217;;

return $html;
}

/**
* Fetch new entries
*
* @since &lt; 4.0
* @param array $params
*/
public function query_entries( $params = array() )
{
global $avia_config;

if( empty( $params ) )
{
$params = $this-&gt;atts;
}

if( empty( $params[&#8216;custom_query&#8217;] ) )
{
$query = array();

if( ! empty( $params[&#8216;categories&#8217;] ) )
{
//get the portfolio categories
$terms 	= explode( &#8216;,&#8217;, $params[&#8216;categories&#8217;] );
}

if( $params[&#8216;use_main_query_pagination&#8217;] == &#8216;yes&#8217; )
{
$this-&gt;current_page = ( $params[&#8216;paginate&#8217;] != &#8216;no&#8217; ) ? avia_get_current_pagination_number() : 1;
}
else
{
$this-&gt;current_page = ( $params[&#8216;paginate&#8217;] != &#8216;no&#8217; ) ? avia_get_current_pagination_number( &#8216;avia-element-paging&#8217; ) : 1;
}

//if we find no terms for the taxonomy fetch all taxonomy terms
if( empty( $terms[0] ) || is_null( $terms[0] ) || $terms[0] === &#8216;null&#8217; )
{

$term_args = array(
&#8216;taxonomy&#8217;		=&gt; $params[&#8216;taxonomy&#8217;],
&#8216;hide_empty&#8217;	=&gt; true
);
/**
* To display private posts you need to set &#8216;hide_empty&#8217; to false,
* otherwise a category with ONLY private posts will not be returned !!
*
* You also need to add post_status &#8216;private&#8217; to the query params with filter avia_post_slide_query.
*
* @since 4.4.2
* @added_by Günter
* @param array $term_args
* @param array $params
* @return array
*/
$term_args = apply_filters( &#8216;avf_av_postslider_term_args&#8217;, $term_args, $params );

$allTax = AviaHelper::get_terms( $term_args );

$terms = array();
foreach( $allTax as $tax )
{
$terms[] = $tax-&gt;term_id;
}

}

if( $params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] == &#8216;no_duplicates&#8217; )
{
$params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] = false;
$no_duplicates = true;
}

//wordpress 4.4 offset fix
if( $params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] == 0 )
{
$params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] = false;
}
else
{
//if the offset is set the paged param is ignored. therefore we need to factor in the page number
$params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] = $params[&#8216;offset&#8217;] + ( ( $this-&gt;current_page &#8211; 1 ) * $params[&#8216;items&#8217;] );
}

if( empty( $params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;] ) )
{
$params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;] = get_post_types();
}

if( is_string($params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;] ) )
{
$params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;] = explode( &#8216;,&#8217;, $params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;] );
}

$orderby = &#8216;date&#8217;;
$order = &#8216;DESC&#8217;;

$date_query = array();
if( &#8216;date_filter&#8217; == $params[&#8216;date_filter&#8217;] )
{
$date_query = AviaHelper::add_date_query( $date_query, $params[&#8216;date_filter_start&#8217;], $params[&#8216;date_filter_end&#8217;], $params[&#8216;date_filter_format&#8217;] );
}

// Meta query &#8211; replaced by Tax query in WC 3.0.0
$meta_query = array();
$tax_query = array();

// check if taxonomy are set to product or product attributes
$tax = get_taxonomy( $params[&#8216;taxonomy&#8217;] );

if( class_exists( &#8216;<a href='https://refer.wordpress.com/r/84/woocommerce/' target='_blank' rel="nofollow">WooCommerce</a>&#8217; ) &amp;&amp; is_object( $tax ) &amp;&amp; isset( $tax-&gt;object_type ) &amp;&amp; in_array( &#8216;product&#8217;, (array) $tax-&gt;object_type ) )
{
$avia_config[&#8216;<a href='https://refer.wordpress.com/r/84/woocommerce/' target='_blank' rel="nofollow">woocommerce</a>&#8217;][&#8216;disable_sorting_options&#8217;] = true;

avia_wc_set_out_of_stock_query_params( $meta_query, $tax_query, $params[&#8216;wc_prod_visible&#8217;] );
avia_wc_set_hidden_prod_query_params( $meta_query, $tax_query, $params[&#8216;wc_prod_hidden&#8217;] );
avia_wc_set_featured_prod_query_params( $meta_query, $tax_query, $params[&#8216;wc_prod_featured&#8217;] );

//	sets filter hooks !!
$ordering_args = avia_wc_get_product_query_order_args( $params[&#8216;prod_order_by&#8217;], $params[&#8216;prod_order&#8217;] );

$orderby = $ordering_args[&#8216;orderby&#8217;];
$order = $ordering_args[&#8216;order&#8217;];
$params[&#8216;meta_key&#8217;] = $ordering_args[&#8216;meta_key&#8217;];
}

if( ! empty( $terms ) )
{
$tax_query[] =  array(
&#8216;taxonomy&#8217; 	=&gt;	$params[&#8216;taxonomy&#8217;],
&#8216;field&#8217; 	=&gt;	&#8216;id&#8217;,
&#8216;terms&#8217; 	=&gt;	$terms,
&#8216;operator&#8217; 	=&gt;	&#8216;IN&#8217;
);
}

$query = array(
&#8216;orderby&#8217;		=&gt; $orderby,
&#8216;order&#8217;			=&gt; $order,
&#8216;paged&#8217;			=&gt; $this-&gt;current_page,
&#8216;post_type&#8217;		=&gt; $params[&#8216;post_type&#8217;],
//								&#8216;post_status&#8217;	=&gt; &#8216;publish&#8217;,
&#8216;offset&#8217;		=&gt; $params[&#8216;offset&#8217;],
&#8216;posts_per_page&#8217; =&gt; $params[&#8216;items&#8217;],
&#8216;post__not_in&#8217;	=&gt; ( ! empty( $no_duplicates ) ) ? $avia_config[&#8216;posts_on_current_page&#8217;] : array(),
&#8216;meta_query&#8217;	=&gt; $meta_query,
&#8216;tax_query&#8217;		=&gt; $tax_query,
&#8216;date_query&#8217;	=&gt; $date_query
);

}
else
{
$query = $params[&#8216;custom_query&#8217;];
}

if( ! empty( $params[&#8216;meta_key&#8217;] ) )
{
$query[&#8216;meta_key&#8217;] = $params[&#8216;meta_key&#8217;];
}

/**
* @used_by				config-bbpress\config.php	avia_remove_bbpress_post_type_from_query()			10
* @used_by				config-wpml\config.php		avia_translate_ids_from_query						10
*
* @since &lt; 4.0
* @param array $query
* @param array $params
* @return array
*/
$query = apply_filters( &#8216;avia_post_slide_query&#8217;, $query, $params );

@$this-&gt;entries = new WP_Query( $query ); //@ is used to prevent errors caused by <a href='http://bit.ly/kwpml' target='_blank' rel="nofollow">WPML</a>

// store the queried post ids in
if( $this-&gt;entries-&gt;post_count &gt; 0 )
{
foreach( $this-&gt;entries-&gt;posts as $entry )
{
$avia_config[&#8216;posts_on_current_page&#8217;][] = $entry-&gt;ID;
}
}

if( function_exists( &#8216;WC&#8217; ) )
{
avia_wc_clear_catalog_ordering_args_filters();
$avia_config[&#8216;<a href='https://refer.wordpress.com/r/84/woocommerce/' target='_blank' rel="nofollow">woocommerce</a>&#8217;][&#8216;disable_sorting_options&#8217;] = false;
}
}
}
}