[Plugin: Mini Loops] Feature Patch: Ignore posts over X days old

Not sure if this is the right place to post — please let me know if it isn’t. I really like this plugin, but I want to show a list only of posts that are recent. So I patched the plugin to have a new filter to only show posts are at X days old or fewer. I haven’t done much testing, but its a pretty simple patch and it works for me. Here’s my patch:

Index: helpers.php
===================================================================
--- helpers.php	(revision 507433)
+++ helpers.php	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 					'hide_title' => 0,
 					'title_url' => '',
 					'number_posts' => 3,
+					'maximum_age' => 0,
 					'post_offset' => 0,
 					'post_type' => 'post',
 					'post_status' => 'publish',
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@

 	//since this function can be called in the template, re-escape the parameters
 	$number_posts = (int) $number_posts;
+	$maximum_age = (int) $maximum_age;
 	$post_offset = (int) $post_offset;
 	$post_type = esc_attr( $post_type );
 	$post_status = esc_attr( $post_status );
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@
 		'post__not_in' => $exclude,
 	);
 	$query = apply_filters( 'miniloops_query', $query );
+	if ( $maximum_age != 0 ) {
+                $mindate = date("Y-m-d", time() - ($maximum_age * 24*60*60));
+		$maximum_age_func = create_function('$filter','$mindate = date("Y-m-d",time() - ($maximum_age*24*60*60));$filter .= " AND post_date >= \'' . $mindate .'\'"; return $filter;');
+		add_filter('posts_where',$maximum_age_func);
+	}

 	//for testing
 	//return '
<pre>'. print_r( $query, true ) .'</pre>
';
@@ -132,6 +139,10 @@
 	if ( $reverse_order ) $miniloop->posts = array_reverse( $miniloop->posts );
 	if ( $shuffle_order ) shuffle( $miniloop->posts );

+	if ( $maximum_age != 0 ) {
+		remove_filter('posts_where','filter_maximum_age');
+	}
+
 	//for testing
 	//return '
<pre>'. print_r( $miniloop, true ) .'</pre>
';

Index: form.php
===================================================================
--- form.php	(revision 507433)
+++ form.php	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 				<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('post_offset'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_offset'); ?>" type="number" value="<?php echo $post_offset; ?>" />
 			</label>
 		</p>
+		<p style="width:100%;float:left;">
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('maximum_age'); ?>"><?php _e('Maximum Age of Posts (in days):', 'mini-loops' );?>
+				<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('maximum_age'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('maximum_age'); ?>" type="number" value="<?php echo $maximum_age; ?>" />
+			</label>
+		</p>
+
 		<p style="width:48%;float:left;">
 			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('post_type'); ?>"><?php _e('Post Type:', 'mini-loops' );?>
 				<select class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('post_type'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_type'); ?>">
Index: widget.php
===================================================================
--- widget.php	(revision 507433)
+++ widget.php	(working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 		$instance['hide_title'] = (bool) $new_instance['hide_title'] ? 1 : 0;
 		$instance['title_url'] = esc_url( $new_instance['title_url'] );
 		$instance['number_posts'] = (int) $new_instance['number_posts'];
+		$instance['maximum_age'] = (int) $new_instance['maximum_age'];
 		$instance['post_offset'] = (int) $new_instance['post_offset'];
 		$instance['post_type'] = esc_attr( $new_instance['post_type'] );
 		$instance['post_status'] = esc_attr( $new_instance['post_status'] );
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@
 				<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number_posts'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number_posts'); ?>" type="number" value="<?php echo $number_posts; ?>" />
 			</label>
 		</p>
+		<p style="width:100%;float:left;">
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('maximum_age'); ?>"><?php _e('Maximum Age of Posts (in days):', 'mini-loops' );?>
+				<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('maximum_age'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('maximum_age'); ?>" type="number" value="<?php echo $maximum_age; ?>" />
+			</label>
+		</p>
 		<input name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_offset'); ?>" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $post_offset; ?>" />
 		<input name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_type'); ?>" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $post_type; ?>" />
 		<input name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('post_status'); ?>" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $post_status; ?>" />

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