diff --git a/argo-link-roundups-widget.php b/argo-link-roundups-widget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0d9156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argo-link-roundups-widget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * argo Recent Posts
+ */
+class argo_link_roundups_widget extends WP_Widget {
+
+	function argo_link_roundups_widget() {
+		$widget_ops = array(
+			'classname' => 'argo-link-roundups',
+			'description' => 'Show your most recent link roundups in the sidebar', 'argo-links'
+		);
+		$this->WP_Widget( 'argo-link-roundups-widget', __('Argo Link Roundups Widget', 'argo-links'), $widget_ops);
+	}
+
+	function widget( $args, $instance ) {
+		extract( $args );
+		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
+
+		echo $before_widget;
+
+		if ( $title )
+			echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;?>
+
+			<?php
+			$query_args = array (
+				'post__not_in' 	=> get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
+				'showposts' 	=> $instance['num_posts'],
+				'exceprt'	=> $instance['show_excerpt'],
+				'post_type' 	=> 'post',
+				'post_status'	=> 'publish'
+			);
+			$my_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
+          		if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
+          			while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) : $my_query->the_post();
+          				$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); ?>
+	                  	<div class="post-lead clearfix">
+	                      	<?php
+	                      	
+	                      	// the date
+							$output .='<span>' . get_the_date("F d Y") . '</span>';
+								                      	
+	                      	// the headline
+							$output .= '<h4><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a></h4>';
+							
+							// the excerpt
+							$output .= '<p>' . get_the_excerpt() . '</p>';
+							
+							echo $output;
+	                      	?>
+
+	                  	</div> <!-- /.post-lead -->
+	            <?php
+	            	endwhile;
+	            } else {
+	    			_e('<p class="error"><strong>You don\'t have any recent links or the argo links plugin is not active.</strong></p>', 'argo-links');
+	    		} // end recent links
+
+    		if ( $instance['linkurl'] !='' ) { ?>
+				<p class="morelink"><a href="<?php echo $instance['linkurl']; ?>"><?php echo $instance['linktext']; ?></a></p>
+			<?php }
+		echo $after_widget;
+	}
+
+	function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
+		$instance = $old_instance;
+		$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
+		$instance['num_posts'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['num_posts'] );
+		$instance['linktext'] = $new_instance['linktext'];
+		$instance['linkurl'] = $new_instance['linkurl'];
+		return $instance;
+	}
+
+	function form( $instance ) {
+		$defaults = array(
+			'title' 			=> 'Recent Link Roundups',
+			'num_posts' 		=> 1,
+			'linktext' 			=> '',
+			'linkurl' 			=> ''
+		);
+
+		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults );
+		?>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['title']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
+		</p>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_posts' ); ?>"><?php _e('Number of posts to show:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_posts' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'num_posts' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['num_posts']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
+		</p>
+
+		
+		<p><strong>More Link</strong><br /><small><?php _e('If you would like to add a more link at the bottom of the widget, add the link text and url here.', 'argo-links'); ?></small></p>
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linktext'); ?>"><?php _e('Link text:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linktext'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('linktext'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $instance['linktext']; ?>" />
+		</p>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linkurl'); ?>"><?php _e('URL:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linkurl'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('linkurl'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $instance['linkurl']; ?>" />
+		</p>
+
+	<?php
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/argo-link-roundups.php b/argo-link-roundups.php
index cd610c7..4dd68ec 100755
--- a/argo-link-roundups.php
+++ b/argo-link-roundups.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 class ArgoLinkRoundups {
 
   /* Initialize the plugin */
-  function init() {
+  public static function init() {
     /*Register the custom post type of argolinks */
     add_action('init', array(__CLASS__, 'register_post_type' ));
 
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ function init() {
 
     /*Save our custom post fields! Very important!*/
     add_action('save_post', array(__CLASS__, 'save_custom_fields'));
-    
+
     /*Make sure our custom post type gets pulled into the river*/
     add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', array(__CLASS__,'my_get_posts') );
   }
 
   /*Pull the argolinkroundups into the rivers for is_home, is_tag, is_category, is_archive*/
   /*Merge the post_type query var if there is already a custom post type being pulled in, otherwise do post & argolinkroundups*/
-  function my_get_posts( $query ) {
+  public static function my_get_posts( $query ) {
     // bail out early if suppress filters is set to true
     if ($query->get('suppress_filters')) return;
 
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ function my_get_posts( $query ) {
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   /*Register the Argo Links post type */
-  function register_post_type() {
+  public static function register_post_type() {
     $argolinkroundups_options = array(
         'labels' => array(
             'name' => 'Link Roundups',
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ function register_post_type() {
         'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor','author','thumbnail','excerpt','trackbacks','custom-fields','comments','revisions','page-attributes','post-formats'),
         'public' => true,
         'menu_position' => 7,
+        'menu_icon' 	=> 'dashicons-list-view',
         'taxonomies' => apply_filters('argolinkroundups_taxonomies', array('category','post_tag')),
         'has_archive' => true,
         );
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ function register_post_type() {
         }
     register_post_type('argolinkroundups', $argolinkroundups_options);
   }
-  
+
   /*Tell Wordpress where to put our custom fields for our custom post type*/
-  function add_custom_post_fields() {
+  public static function add_custom_post_fields() {
     add_meta_box("argo_link_roundups_roundup", "Recent Roundup Links", array(__CLASS__,"display_custom_fields"), "argolinkroundups", "normal", "high");
 
   }
   /*Show our custom post fields in the add/edit Argo Link Roundups admin pages*/
-  function display_custom_fields() {
+  public static function display_custom_fields() {
 ?>
     <div id='argo-links-display-area'>
     </div>
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ function display_custom_fields() {
   }
 
   /*Save the custom post field data.  Very important!*/
-  function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
+  public static function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
     if (isset($_POST["argo_link_url"])){
       update_post_meta((isset($_POST['post_id']) ? $_POST['post_ID'] : $post_id), "argo_link_url", $_POST["argo_link_url"]);
     }
@@ -102,20 +103,19 @@ function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
     }
   }
   /*Add the Argo Link Roundup options sub menu*/
-  function add_argo_link_roundup_options_page() {
+  public static function add_argo_link_roundup_options_page() {
     add_submenu_page( "edit.php?post_type=argolinkroundups", "Options", "Options", "edit_posts", "argo-link-roundups-options", array(__CLASS__, 'build_argo_link_roundups_options_page' ) );
     //call register settings function
     add_action( 'admin_init', array(__CLASS__,'register_mysettings') );
   }
 
-
-  function register_mysettings() {
+  public static function register_mysettings() {
     //register our settings
     register_setting( 'argolinkroundups-settings-group', 'argo_link_roundups_custom_url' );
     register_setting( 'argolinkroundups-settings-group', 'argo_link_roundups_custom_html' );
   }
 
-  function build_argo_link_roundups_options_page() { ?>
+  public static function build_argo_link_roundups_options_page() { ?>
   <?php
 $default_html = <<<EOT
 <p class='link-roundup'><a href='#!URL!#'>#!TITLE!#</a> &ndash; <span class='description'>#!DESCRIPTION!#</span> <em>#!SOURCE!#</em></p>
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ function build_argo_link_roundups_options_page() { ?>
           </td>
         </tr>
     </table>
-    
+
     <p class="submit">
     <input type="submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php _e('Save Changes') ?>" />
     </p>
 
 </form>
 </div>
-<?php } 
+<?php }
 }
 /* Initialize the plugin using it's init() function */
 ArgoLinkRoundups::init();
diff --git a/argo-links-widget.php b/argo-links-widget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c07fc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argo-links-widget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * argo Recent Posts
+ */
+class argo_links_widget extends WP_Widget {
+
+	function argo_links_widget() {
+		$widget_ops = array(
+			'classname' => 'argo-links',
+			'description' => 'Show your most recently saved links in a sidebar widget', 'argo-links'
+		);
+		$this->WP_Widget( 'argo-links-widget', __('Argo Links Widget', 'argo-links'), $widget_ops);
+	}
+
+	function widget( $args, $instance ) {
+		extract( $args );
+		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
+
+		echo $before_widget;
+
+		if ( $title )
+			echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;?>
+
+			<?php
+			$query_args = array (
+				'post__not_in' 	=> get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
+				'showposts' 	=> $instance['num_posts'],
+				'post_type' 	=> 'argolinks',
+				'post_status'	=> 'publish'
+			);
+			$my_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
+          		if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
+          			while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) : $my_query->the_post();
+          				$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); ?>
+          				<?php if (get_post_type($post) === 'argolinkroundups') continue; ?>
+	                  	<div class="post-lead clearfix">
+	                      	<h5><?php echo ( isset( $custom["argo_link_url"][0] ) ) ? '<a href="' . $custom["argo_link_url"][0] . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a>' : get_the_title(); ?></h5>
+
+	                      	<?php
+	                      	if ( isset( $custom["argo_link_description"][0] ) ) {
+		                      	echo '<p class="description">';
+		                      	echo ( function_exists( 'largo_trim_sentences' ) ) ? largo_trim_sentences($custom["argo_link_description"][0], $instance['num_sentences'])  :  $custom["argo_link_description"][0];
+		                      	echo '</p>';
+	                      	}
+	                      	if ( isset($custom["argo_link_source"][0] ) ) {
+		                      	echo '<p class="source">' . __('Source: ', 'argo-links') . '<span>';
+		                      	echo ( isset( $custom["argo_link_url"][0] ) ) ? '<a href="' . $custom["argo_link_url"][0] . '">' . $custom["argo_link_source"][0] . '</a>' : $custom["argo_link_source"][0];
+		                      	echo '</span></p>';
+	                      	}
+	                      	?>
+
+	                  	</div> <!-- /.post-lead -->
+	            <?php
+	            	endwhile;
+	            } else {
+	    			_e('<p class="error"><strong>You don\'t have any recent links or the argo links plugin is not active.</strong></p>', 'argo-links');
+	    		} // end recent links
+
+    		if ( $instance['linkurl'] !='' ) { ?>
+				<p class="morelink"><a href="<?php echo $instance['linkurl']; ?>"><?php echo $instance['linktext']; ?></a></p>
+			<?php }
+		echo $after_widget;
+	}
+
+	function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
+		$instance = $old_instance;
+		$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
+		$instance['num_posts'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['num_posts'] );
+		$instance['num_sentences'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['num_sentences'] );
+		$instance['linktext'] = $new_instance['linktext'];
+		$instance['linkurl'] = $new_instance['linkurl'];
+		return $instance;
+	}
+
+	function form( $instance ) {
+		$defaults = array(
+			'title' 			=> 'Recent Links',
+			'num_posts' 		=> 5,
+			'num_sentences' 	=> 2,
+			'linktext' 			=> '',
+			'linkurl' 			=> ''
+		);
+		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults );
+		?>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['title']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
+		</p>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_posts' ); ?>"><?php _e('Number of posts to show:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_posts' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'num_posts' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['num_posts']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
+		</p>
+
+		<?php if ( function_exists( 'largo_trim_sentences' ) ) : ?>
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_sentences' ); ?>"><?php _e('Excerpt Length (# of Sentences):', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'num_sentences' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'num_sentences' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['num_sentences']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
+		</p>
+		<?php endif; ?>
+
+		<p><strong>More Link</strong><br /><small><?php _e('If you would like to add a more link at the bottom of the widget, add the link text and url here.', 'argo-links'); ?></small></p>
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linktext'); ?>"><?php _e('Link text:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linktext'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('linktext'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $instance['linktext']; ?>" />
+		</p>
+
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linkurl'); ?>"><?php _e('URL:', 'argo-links'); ?></label>
+			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('linkurl'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('linkurl'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $instance['linkurl']; ?>" />
+		</p>
+
+	<?php
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/argo-links.php b/argo-links.php
index 20d588e..5df3272 100755
--- a/argo-links.php
+++ b/argo-links.php
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 class ArgoLinks {
 
   /* Initialize the plugin */
-  function init() {
+  public static function init() {
 
     /*Register the custom post type of argolinks */
     add_action('init', array(__CLASS__, 'register_post_type' ));
-    
+
     /*Register our custom taxonomy of "argo-link-categories" so we can have our own tags/categories for our Argo Links post type*/
     /* moved into a function per wordpress 3.0 issues with calling it directly*/
     add_action('init', array(__CLASS__, 'register_argo_links_taxonomy'));
-    
+
     /*Add the Argo This! sub menu*/
     add_action("admin_menu", array(__CLASS__, "add_argo_this_sub_menu"));
 
@@ -40,14 +40,18 @@ function init() {
 
     /*Populate those new columns with the custom data*/
     add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", array(__CLASS__, "data_for_custom_columns"));
-    
+
+    add_action('widgets_init', array(__CLASS__, 'add_argo_links_widget'));
+    add_action('widgets_init', array(__CLASS__, 'add_argo_link_roundups_widget'));
+
     /*Add our css stylesheet into the header*/
     add_action('admin_print_styles', array(__CLASS__,'add_styles'));
     add_action('wp_print_styles', array(__CLASS__, 'add_styles'));
     add_filter('mce_css', array(__CLASS__,'plugin_mce_css'));
+
   }
-  
-  function plugin_mce_css($mce_css) {
+
+  public static function plugin_mce_css($mce_css) {
     if (!empty($mce_css)) {
       $mce_css .= ',';
     } else {
@@ -58,13 +62,13 @@ function plugin_mce_css($mce_css) {
   }
 
   /*Add our css stylesheet into the header*/
-  function add_styles() {
+  public static function add_styles() {
     $css = plugins_url('css/argo-links.css', __FILE__);
     wp_enqueue_style('argo-links', $css, array(), 1);
   }
 
   /*Register the Argo Links post type */
-  function register_post_type() {
+  public static function register_post_type() {
     register_post_type('argolinks', array(
       'labels' => array(
         'name' => 'Argo Links',
@@ -80,27 +84,28 @@ function register_post_type() {
         'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Argo Links found in Trash',
       ),
       'description' => 'Argo Links',
-      'supports' => array( 'title' ),
+      'supports' => array( 'title', 'thumbnail' ),
       'public' => true,
-      'publicly_queryable' => false,
       'menu_position' => 6,
+      'menu_icon'     => 'dashicons-admin-links',
       'taxonomies' => array(),
+      'has_archive' => true
       )
     );
   }
 
   /*Tell Wordpress where to put our custom fields for our custom post type*/
-  function add_custom_post_fields() {
+  public static function add_custom_post_fields() {
     add_meta_box("argo_links_meta", "Link Information", array(__CLASS__,"display_custom_fields"), "argolinks", "normal", "low");
   }
 
   /*Register our custom taxonomy*/
-  function register_argo_links_taxonomy() {
+  public static function register_argo_links_taxonomy() {
     register_taxonomy("argo-link-tags", array("argolinks"), array("hierarchical" => false, "label" => "Link Tags", "singular_label" => "Link Tag", "rewrite" => true));
   }
 
   /*Show our custom post fields in the add/edit Argo Links admin pages*/
-  function display_custom_fields() {
+  public static function display_custom_fields() {
     global $post;
     $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
     if (isset($custom["argo_link_url"][0])) {
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ function display_custom_fields() {
   }
 
   /*Save the custom post field data.  Very important!*/
-  function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
+  public static function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
 
     if (isset($_POST["argo_link_url"])){
       update_post_meta((isset($_POST['post_ID']) ? $_POST['post_ID'] : $post_id), "argo_link_url", $_POST["argo_link_url"]);
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ function save_custom_fields($post_id) {
   }
 
   /*Create the new columns to display our custom post fields*/
-  function display_custom_columns($columns){
+  public static function display_custom_columns($columns){
     $columns = array(
       "cb" => "<input type=\"checkbox\" />",
       "title" => "Link Title",
@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ function display_custom_columns($columns){
   }
 
   /*Fill in our custom data for the new columns*/
-  function data_for_custom_columns($column){
+  public static function data_for_custom_columns($column){
     global $post;
     $custom = get_post_custom();
 
@@ -185,19 +190,19 @@ function data_for_custom_columns($column){
   }
 
   /*Add the Argo Link This! sub menu*/
-  function add_argo_this_sub_menu() {
+  public static function add_argo_this_sub_menu() {
     add_submenu_page( "edit.php?post_type=argolinks", "Argo Link This!", "Argo Link This!", "edit_posts", "argo-this", array(__CLASS__, 'build_argo_this_page' ) );
   }
 
   /*Custom page for people to pull the Argo Link This! code from (similar to Press This!)*/
-  function build_argo_this_page() {
+  public static function build_argo_this_page() {
 ?>
     <div id="icon-tools" class="icon32"><br></div><h2>Tools</h2>
-    
+
     <div class="tool-box">
       <h3 class="title">Argo Link This!</h3>
       <p>Argo Link This! is a bookmarklet: a little app that runs in your browser and lets you grab bits of the web.</p>
-    
+
       <p>Use Argo Link This! to clip links to any web page. Then edit and add more straight from Argo Link This! before you save or publish it in a post on your site.</p>
       <p class="description">Drag-and-drop the following link to your bookmarks bar or right click it and add it to your favorites for a posting shortcut.</p>
       <p class="pressthis"><a onclick="return false;" oncontextmenu="if(window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf('WebKit')!=-1||window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE')!=-1)jQuery('.pressthis-code').show().find('textarea').focus().select();return false;" href="javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='<?php echo plugins_url( 'argo-this.php', __FILE__ );?>',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,u=f+'?post_type=argolinks&u='+e(l.href)+'&t='+e(d.title)+'&s='+e(s)+'&v=4';a=function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=720,height=570'))l.href=u;};if%20(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))%20setTimeout(a,%200);%20else%20a();void(0)"><span>Argo Link This!</span></a></p>
@@ -205,11 +210,19 @@ function build_argo_this_page() {
       <p class="description">If your bookmarks toolbar is hidden: copy the code below, open your Bookmarks manager, create new bookmark, type Press This into the name field and paste the code into the URL field.</p>
       <p><textarea rows="5" cols="120" readonly="readonly">javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='<?php echo plugins_url( 'argo-this.php', __FILE__ );?>',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,u=f+'?post_type=argolinks&u='+e(l.href)+'&t='+e(d.title)+'&s='+e(s)+'&v=4';a=function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=720,height=570'))l.href=u;};if%20(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))%20setTimeout(a,%200);%20else%20a();void(0)</textarea></p>
       </div>
-    </div> 
+    </div>
 <?php
   }
+  public static function add_argo_links_widget() {
+      register_widget( 'argo_links_widget' );
+  }
+  public static function add_argo_link_roundups_widget() {
+  	  register_widget( 'argo_link_roundups_widget' );
+  }
 }
 /* Initialize the plugin using it's init() function */
 ArgoLinks::init();
 require_once('argo-link-roundups.php');
+require_once('argo-links-widget.php');
+require_once('argo-link-roundups-widget.php');
 ?>
diff --git a/css/argo-links.css b/css/argo-links.css
index 83c3ea6..c970f4d 100755
--- a/css/argo-links.css
+++ b/css/argo-links.css
@@ -34,3 +34,18 @@ div.display-argo-links div.pagination .current {
     background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
     color: #C7C7C7;
 }
+.widget.argo-links h5 {
+  margin-bottom: 2px;
+  padding: 0 3px;
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
+.widget.argo-links p {
+  font-size: 10.672px;
+  margin-bottom: 12px;
+}
+.widget.argo-links p.description {
+  margin-bottom: 2px;
+}
+.widget.argo-links p.source span {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
diff --git a/img/link-roundup-icon.png b/img/link-roundup-icon.png
old mode 100644
new mode 100755