Latest Post Widget

class Latest_Posts_Widget extends WP_Widget {

	public function __construct() {

		parent::__construct(
			'latest-posts',
			__( 'Latest Posts', 'text_domain' ),
			array(
				'description' => __( 'Show the 2 latest posts', 'text_domain' ),
				'classname'   => 'latest-post-widget',
			)
		);

	}

	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {

$args = array (
	'post_type'              => array( 'post' ),
	'nopaging'               => false,
	'posts_per_page'         => '2',
);
$output = '';
$colnum = '1';

// The Query
$latest_query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $latest_query->have_posts() ) {
	$output .= '<div class="section the-post clearfix">';
	while ( $latest_query->have_posts() ) : $latest_query->the_post();
		
		$attachment_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID );
		$src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $attachment_id, 'large' );

			$output .= '<div class="column one-second';
			if($colnum %2 == 0) { $output .= ' clearfix'; }
			$output .= '">';
				$output .= '<div class="section clearfix">';
					$output .= '<a href="'. get_permalink() .'" style="display:block;">';
						$output .= '<div class="rounded-edges post-thumbnail column one img-16-9" style="background: url('.$src[0].') center no-repeat !important; background-size:cover !important;"></div>';
					$output .= '</a>';
				$output .= '</div>';
				$output .= '<div class="section">';
					$output .= '<div class="column one post-meta-noinline">';
						$output .= '<div class="section clearfix">';
							$output .= '<div class="column one post-catagory">';
								$output .= '<div class="latest-post-catagories"> ';
								foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) { $output .= $category->cat_name . ' '; }
								$output .= '</div>';
							$output .= '</div>';
						$output .= '</div>';
						$output .= '<div class="section clearfix">';
							$output .= '<div class="column one post-catagory">';
								$output .= '<div class="latest-post-title">';
									$output .= '<div style="text-align: left"><a href="'. get_permalink() .'">'. get_the_title() .'</a></div>';
								$output .= '</div>';
							$output .= '</div>';
						$output .= '</div>';
					$output .= '</div>';
				$output .= '</div>';
			$output .= '</div>';

		$colnum++;
	
	endwhile;
	$output .= '</div>';
	return $output;
}
wp_reset_postdata();

	}

	public function form( $instance ) {

	}

	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {

	}

}

function lpw_register_widgets() {
	register_widget( 'Latest_Posts_Widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'lpw_register_widgets' );