Trouble with Latest News Widget Enfold

Hey Mickyhood,
Thank you for your patience, the /framework/php/ files can not be added to a child theme to override, you can copy the function you want to override to your child theme functions.php and make your changes, so for example to remove the image container from the Latest News widget

I copied this function from \wp-content\themes\enfold\framework\php\class-framework-widgets.php

if (!class_exists('avia_newsbox'))
{
	class avia_newsbox extends WP_Widget {

		var $avia_term = '';
		var $avia_post_type = '';
		var $avia_new_query = '';

		function __construct()
		{
			$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'newsbox', 'description' => __('A Sidebar widget to display latest post entries in your sidebar', 'avia_framework') );

			parent::__construct( 'newsbox', THEMENAME.' Latest News', $widget_ops );
		}

		function widget($args, $instance)
		{
			global $avia_config;

			extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
			echo $before_widget;

			$title = empty($instance['title']) ? '' : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);
			$count = empty($instance['count']) ? '' : $instance['count'];
			$cat = empty($instance['cat']) ? '' : $instance['cat'];
			$excerpt = empty($instance['excerpt']) ? '' : $instance['excerpt'];
			$image_size = isset($avia_config['widget_image_size']) ? $avia_config['widget_image_size'] : 'widget';
			
			/**
			 * @since 4.5.4
			 * @return string
			 */
			$image_size = apply_filters( 'avf_newsbox_image_size', $image_size, $args, $instance );

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


			if(empty($this->avia_term))
			{
				$additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$cat."&posts_per_page=".$count);
			}
			else
			{
				$catarray = explode(',', $cat);


				if(empty($catarray[0]))
				{
					$new_query = array("posts_per_page"=>$count,"post_type"=>$this->avia_post_type);
				}
				else
				{
					if($this->avia_new_query)
					{
						$new_query = $this->avia_new_query;
					}
					else
					{
						$new_query = array(	"posts_per_page"=>$count, 'tax_query' => array(
														array( 'taxonomy' => $this->avia_term,
															   'field' => 'id',
															   'terms' => explode(',', $cat),
															   'operator' => 'IN')
															  )
														);
					}
				}

				$additional_loop = new WP_Query($new_query);
			}

			if($additional_loop->have_posts()) :



			echo '<ul class="news-wrap image_size_'.$image_size.'">';
			while ($additional_loop->have_posts()) : $additional_loop->the_post();

			$format = "";
			if(empty($this->avia_post_type)) 	$format = $this->avia_post_type;
			if(empty($format)) 					$format = get_post_format();
	     	if(empty($format)) 					$format = 'standard';
			
			$the_id = get_the_ID();
			$link = get_post_meta( $the_id  ,'_portfolio_custom_link', true) != "" ? get_post_meta( $the_id ,'_portfolio_custom_link_url', true) : get_permalink();
			
			
			echo '<li class="news-content post-format-'.$format.'">';

			//check for preview images:
			$image = "";

			if(!current_theme_supports('force-post-thumbnails-in-widget'))
			{
				$slides = avia_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'slideshow', true);

				if( $slides != "" && !empty( $slides[0]['slideshow_image'] ) )
				{
					$image = avia_image_by_id($slides[0]['slideshow_image'], $image_size, 'image');
				}
			}

			if(current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) && !$image )
			{
				$image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $the_id, $image_size );
			}

			$time_format = apply_filters( 'avia_widget_time', get_option('date_format')." - ".get_option('time_format'), 'avia_newsbox' );


			echo "<a class='news-link' title='".get_the_title()."' href='".$link."'>";

			$nothumb = (!$image) ? 'no-news-thumb' : '';

			echo "<span class='news-thumb $nothumb'>";
			echo $image;
			echo "</span>";
			if(empty($avia_config['widget_image_size']) || 'display title and excerpt' != $excerpt)
			{
				echo "<strong class='news-headline'>".get_the_title();
				
				if($time_format)
				{
					echo "<span class='news-time'>".get_the_time($time_format)."</span>";	
				}
				
				echo "</strong>";
			}
			echo "</a>";

			if( 'display title and excerpt' == $excerpt )
			{
				echo "<div class='news-excerpt'>";

				if(!empty($avia_config['widget_image_size']))
				{
					echo "<a class='news-link-inner' title='".get_the_title()."' href='".$link."'>";
					echo "<strong class='news-headline'>".get_the_title()."</strong>";
					echo "</a>";
					if($time_format)
					{
						echo "<span class='news-time'>".get_the_time($time_format)."</span>";	
					}

				}
				the_excerpt();
				echo "</div>";
			}

			echo '</li>';


			endwhile;
			echo "</ul>";
			wp_reset_postdata();
			endif;


			echo $after_widget;

		}


		function update($new_instance, $old_instance)
		{
			$instance = $old_instance;
			$instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
			$instance['count'] = strip_tags($new_instance['count']);
			$instance['excerpt'] = strip_tags($new_instance['excerpt']);
			$instance['cat'] = implode(',',$new_instance['cat']);
			return $instance;
		}



		function form($instance)
		{
			$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '', 'count' => '', 'cat' => '', 'excerpt'=>'' ) );
			$title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
			$count = strip_tags($instance['count']);
			$excerpt = strip_tags($instance['excerpt']);


			$elementCat = array("name" 	=> __("Which categories should be used for the portfolio?", 'avia_framework'), 
								"desc" 	=> __("You can select multiple categories here", 'avia_framework'),
					            "id" 	=> $this->get_field_name('cat')."[]",
					            "type" 	=> "select",
					            "std"   => strip_tags($instance['cat']),
					            "class" => "",
	            				"multiple"=>6,
					            "subtype" => "cat");
			//check if a different taxonomy than the default is set
			if(!empty($this->avia_term))
			{
				$elementCat['taxonomy'] = $this->avia_term;
			}




			$html = new avia_htmlhelper();

	?>
			<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'avia_framework'); ?>
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr($title); ?>" /></label></p>

			<p>
				<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('count'); ?>"><?php _e('How many entries do you want to display: ', 'avia_framework'); ?></label>
				<select class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('count'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('count'); ?>">
					<?php
					$list = "";
					for ($i = 1; $i <= 20; $i++ )
					{
						$selected = "";
						if($count == $i) $selected = 'selected="selected"';

						$list .= "<option $selected value='$i'>$i</option>";
					}
					$list .= "</select>";
					echo $list;
					?>


			</p>

			<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cat'); ?>"><?php _e('Choose the categories you want to display (multiple selection possible):', 'avia_framework'); ?>
			<?php echo $html->select($elementCat); ?>
			</label></p>

			<p>
				<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt'); ?>"><?php _e('Display title only or title & excerpt', 'avia_framework'); ?></label>
				<select class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('excerpt'); ?>">
					<?php
					$list = "";
					$answers = array(
								'show title only'			=>	__( 'show title only', 'avia_framework' ),
								'display title and excerpt'	=>	__('display title and excerpt', 'avia_framework')
								);
					
					foreach ( $answers as $key => $answer )
					{
						$selected = "";
						if( $key == $excerpt ) $selected = 'selected="selected"';

						$list .= "<option $selected value='$key'>$answer</option>";
					}
					$list .= "</select>";
					echo $list;
					?>


			</p>


	<?php
		}
	}
}

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for this result:

Please give this a try.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,

Great, I’m glad that Mike could help you out. Please let us know if you should need any further help on the topic or if we can close it.

Best regards,
Rikard