public function widget( $args = array(), $instance = array() ) {

		// 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_topic_widget_title', $settings['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		// How do we want to order our results?
		switch ( $settings['order_by'] ) {

			// Order by most recent replies
			case 'freshness' :
				$topics_query = array(

					// What and how
					'post_type'      => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
					'post_status'    => bbp_get_public_topic_statuses(),
					'post_parent'    => $settings['parent_forum'],
					'posts_per_page' => (int) $settings['max_shown'],
					'meta_query'     => array( array(
						'key'  => '_bbp_last_active_time',
						'type' => 'DATETIME'
					) ),

					// Ordering
					'orderby' => 'meta_value',
					'order'   => 'DESC',

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

			// Order by total number of replies
			case 'popular' :
				$topics_query = array(

					// What and how
					'post_type'      => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
					'post_status'    => bbp_get_public_topic_statuses(),
					'post_parent'    => $settings['parent_forum'],
					'posts_per_page' => (int) $settings['max_shown'],
					'meta_query'     => array( array(
						'key'  => '_bbp_reply_count',
						'type' => 'NUMERIC'
					) ),

					// Ordering
					'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
					'order'   => 'DESC',

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

			// Order by which topic was created most recently
			case 'newness' :
			default :
				$topics_query = array(

					// What and how
					'post_type'      => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
					'post_status'    => bbp_get_public_topic_statuses(),
					'post_parent'    => $settings['parent_forum'],
					'posts_per_page' => (int) $settings['max_shown'],

					// Ordering
					'orderby' => 'date',
					'order'   => 'DESC',

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

		// 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( $topics_query );

		// Bail if no topics are found
		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-topics-widget <?php echo esc_attr( $settings['order_by'] ); ?>">

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

				$widget_query->the_post();
				$topic_id    = bbp_get_topic_id( $widget_query->post->ID );
				$author_link = '';

				// Maybe get the topic author
				if ( ! empty( $settings['show_user'] ) ) :
					$author_link = bbp_get_topic_author_link( array( 'post_id' => $topic_id, 'type' => 'both', 'size' => 14 ) );
				endif; ?>

				<li>
					<a class="bbp-forum-title" href="<?php bbp_topic_permalink( $topic_id ); ?>"><?php bbp_topic_title( $topic_id ); ?></a>

					<?php if ( ! empty( $author_link ) ) : ?>

						<?php printf( esc_html_x( 'by %1$s', 'widgets', 'bbpress' ), '<span class="topic-author">' . $author_link . '</span>' ); ?>

					<?php endif; ?>

					<?php if ( ! empty( $settings['show_date'] ) ) : ?>

						<div><?php bbp_topic_last_active_time( $topic_id ); ?></div>

					<?php 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();
	}