public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
		global $groups_template;

		/**
		 * Filters the user ID to use with the widget instance.
		 *
		 * @since 1.5.0
		 *
		 * @param string $value Empty user ID.
		 */
		$user_id = apply_filters( 'bp_group_widget_user_id', '0' );

		extract( $args );

		if ( empty( $instance['group_default'] ) ) {
			$instance['group_default'] = 'popular';
		}

		if ( empty( $instance['title'] ) ) {
			$instance['title'] = __( 'Groups', 'buddypress' );
		}

		/**
		 * Filters the title of the Groups widget.
		 *
		 * @since 1.8.0
		 * @since 2.3.0 Added 'instance' and 'id_base' to arguments passed to filter.
		 *
		 * @param string $title    The widget title.
		 * @param array  $instance The settings for the particular instance of the widget.
		 * @param string $id_base  Root ID for all widgets of this type.
		 */
		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		/**
		 * Filters the separator of the group widget links.
		 *
		 * @since 2.4.0
		 *
		 * @param string $separator Separator string. Default '|'.
		 */
		$separator = apply_filters( 'bp_groups_widget_separator', '|' );

		echo $before_widget;

		$title = ! empty( $instance['link_title'] ) ? '<a href="' . bp_get_groups_directory_permalink() . '">' . $title . '</a>' : $title;

		echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;

		$max_limit  = bp_get_widget_max_count_limit( __CLASS__ );
		$max_groups = ! empty( $instance['max_groups'] ) ? (int) $instance['max_groups'] : 5;

		if ( $max_groups > $max_limit ) {
			$max_groups = $max_limit;
		}

		$group_args = array(
			'user_id'         => $user_id,
			'type'            => $instance['group_default'],
			'per_page'        => $max_groups,
			'max'             => $max_groups,
		);

		// Back up the global.
		$old_groups_template = $groups_template;

		?>

		<?php if ( bp_has_groups( $group_args ) ) : ?>
			<div class="item-options" id="groups-list-options">
				<a href="<?php bp_groups_directory_permalink(); ?>" id="newest-groups"<?php if ( $instance['group_default'] == 'newest' ) : ?> class="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php _e("Newest", 'buddypress') ?></a>
				<span class="bp-separator" role="separator"><?php echo esc_html( $separator ); ?></span>
				<a href="<?php bp_groups_directory_permalink(); ?>" id="recently-active-groups"<?php if ( $instance['group_default'] == 'active' ) : ?> class="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php _e("Active", 'buddypress') ?></a>
				<span class="bp-separator" role="separator"><?php echo esc_html( $separator ); ?></span>
				<a href="<?php bp_groups_directory_permalink(); ?>" id="popular-groups" <?php if ( $instance['group_default'] == 'popular' ) : ?> class="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php _e("Popular", 'buddypress') ?></a>
				<span class="bp-separator" role="separator"><?php echo esc_html( $separator ); ?></span>
				<a href="<?php bp_groups_directory_permalink(); ?>" id="alphabetical-groups" <?php if ( $instance['group_default'] == 'alphabetical' ) : ?> class="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php _e("Alphabetical", 'buddypress') ?></a>
			</div>

			<ul id="groups-list" class="item-list" aria-live="polite" aria-relevant="all" aria-atomic="true">
				<?php while ( bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group(); ?>
					<li <?php bp_group_class(); ?>>
						<div class="item-avatar">
							<a href="<?php bp_group_permalink() ?>" class="bp-tooltip" data-bp-tooltip="<?php bp_group_name() ?>"><?php bp_group_avatar_thumb() ?></a>
						</div>

						<div class="item">
							<div class="item-title"><?php bp_group_link(); ?></div>
							<div class="item-meta">
								<span class="activity">
								<?php
									if ( 'newest' == $instance['group_default'] ) {
										printf( __( 'created %s', 'buddypress' ), bp_get_group_date_created() );
									} elseif ( 'popular' == $instance['group_default'] ) {
										bp_group_member_count();
									} else {
										printf( __( 'active %s', 'buddypress' ), bp_get_group_last_active() );
									}
								?>
								</span>
							</div>
						</div>
					</li>

				<?php endwhile; ?>
			</ul>
			<?php wp_nonce_field( 'groups_widget_groups_list', '_wpnonce-groups' ); ?>
			<input type="hidden" name="groups_widget_max" id="groups_widget_max" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $max_groups ); ?>" />

		<?php else: ?>

			<div class="widget-error">
				<?php _e('There are no groups to display.', 'buddypress') ?>
			</div>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php echo $after_widget;

		// Restore the global.
		$groups_template = $old_groups_template;
	}