<?php 
$hero_news = Newslist_Theme::get_posts_by_type( 'category', newslist_get( 'hero-news-category' ), newslist_get( 'hero-news-posts-per-page' ) ); 

if( $hero_news ):?>
    <div class="newslist-theme-slider-main-wrap ">
        <?php foreach( $hero_news as $hs ): ?>
            <div class="newslist-blog-post-slide-item">
                <div class="newslist-blog-post-slide-wrap" style="background-image: url( '<?php echo esc_url( get_the_post_thumbnail_url( $hs, 'full' ) ); ?>') , url('<?php echo esc_url( Newslist_Helper::get_theme_uri( 'assets/img/slider-default.jpg' ) ); ?>' )"></div>
                <div class="newslist-blog-post-slide-content">
                    <div class="newslist-blog-post-slide-content-inner">
                        <?php Newslist_Helper::the_category( $hs ); ?>
                        <h2 class="post-title">
                            <a href="<?php echo esc_html( get_the_permalink( $hs ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( get_the_title( $hs ) ); ?></a>
                        </h2>
                        <div class="post-meta-items">
                            <div class="author-name">
                                <?php 
                                    $author_id = get_post_field( 'post_author', $hs );
                                    echo get_avatar( $author_id, 21 );
                                    echo sprintf(
                                        '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author external">%3$s</a>',
                                        esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $author_id ) ),
                                        esc_attr( sprintf( esc_html__( 'Visit %s&#8217;s page', 'newslist-mag' ), get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) ) ),
                                        get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id )
                                    );
                                ?>
                            </div>                   
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    </div>
<?php endif;