public function widget( $args, $instance ) {

		// Get widget settings
		$settings = $this->parse_settings( $instance );

		// Typical WordPress filter
		$settings['title'] = apply_filters( 'widget_title',             $settings['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		// bbPress filter
		$settings['title'] = apply_filters( 'bbp_replies_widget_title', $settings['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		// Note: private and hidden forums will be excluded via the
		// bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility action and function.
		$widget_query = new WP_Query( array(

			// What and when
			'post_type'      => bbp_get_reply_post_type(),
			'post_status'    => bbp_get_public_reply_statuses(),
			'posts_per_page' => (int) $settings['max_shown'],

			// Performance
			'ignore_sticky_posts'    => true,
			'no_found_rows'          => true,
			'update_post_term_cache' => false,
			'update_post_meta_cache' => false
		) );

		// Bail if no replies
		if ( ! $widget_query->have_posts() ) {
			return;
		}

		// Start an output buffer
		ob_start();

		echo $args['before_widget'];

		if ( ! empty( $settings['title'] ) ) {
			echo $args['before_title'] . $settings['title'] . $args['after_title'];
		} ?>

		<ul class="bbp-replies-widget">

			<?php while ( $widget_query->have_posts() ) : $widget_query->the_post(); ?>

				<li>

					<?php

					// Verify the reply ID
					$reply_id   = bbp_get_reply_id( $widget_query->post->ID );
					$reply_link = '<a class="bbp-reply-topic-title" href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_reply_url( $reply_id ) ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( bbp_get_reply_excerpt( $reply_id, 50 ) ) . '">' . esc_html( bbp_get_reply_topic_title( $reply_id ) ) . '</a>';
					$time       = get_the_time( 'U', $reply_id );
					$show_date  = '<time datetime="' . gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $time ) . '">' . esc_html( bbp_get_time_since( $time ) ) . '</time>';

					// Only query user if showing them
					if ( ! empty( $settings['show_user'] ) ) :
						$author_link = bbp_get_reply_author_link( array( 'post_id' => $reply_id, 'type' => 'both', 'size' => 14 ) );
					else :
						$author_link = false;
					endif;

					// Reply author, link, and timestamp
					if ( ! empty( $settings['show_date'] ) && ! empty( $author_link ) ) :

						// translators: 1: reply author, 2: reply link, 3: reply timestamp
						printf( esc_html_x( '%1$s on %2$s %3$s', 'widgets', 'bbpress' ), $author_link, $reply_link, $show_date );

					// Reply link and timestamp
					elseif ( ! empty( $settings['show_date'] ) ) :
						echo $reply_link . ' ' . $show_date;

					// Reply author and title
					elseif ( ! empty( $author_link ) ) :

						// translators: 1: reply author, 2: reply link
						printf( esc_html_x( '%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets', 'bbpress' ), $author_link, $reply_link );

					// Only the reply title
					else :
						echo $reply_link;
					endif;

					?>

				</li>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

		</ul>

		<?php echo $args['after_widget'];

		// Reset the $post global
		wp_reset_postdata();

		// Output the current buffer
		echo ob_get_clean();
	}