added a way to edit get posts

README.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ new BlogFeed( [
 ] );
 ```
 
-####Default Args
+### Default Args
 ```php
 $args = [
 	'action'                   => 'get_posts',  //ajax action name used by JS to address this query

composer.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     ],
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4"
+        "php": ">=7.1"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "files": [

src/WP_Ajax.php

@@ -39,15 +39,11 @@ public function setup_ajax_handlers()
 
 	public function ajax_response()
 	{
-		$args = $this->getQueryArgs();
-		$loop = new \WP_Query( $args );
-		$current_page = (int)$loop->query_vars[ 'paged' ];
-		$current_page = $current_page ? $current_page : 1;
-		$max_pages = (int)$loop->max_num_pages;
+		[$posts, $current_page, $max_pages] = $this->getPostsAndPages();
 
 		$html = '';
 		if ( $this->output_template !== false )
-			$html = \App\Template( $this->output_template, [ 'posts' => $loop->posts ] );
+			$html = \App\Template( $this->output_template, [ 'posts' => $posts ] );
 		$pagination = '';
 		if ( $max_pages > 1 && $this->pagination_template !== false ) {
 			$pages_array = self::arrayOfPages( $current_page, $max_pages, $this->pagination_pages_to_show );
@@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ public function ajax_response()
 			'pagination'  => $pagination,
 			'currentPage' => $current_page,
 			'maxPages'    => $max_pages,
-			'posts'       => $loop->posts,
+			'posts'       => $posts,
 		] );
 	}
 
@@ -71,6 +67,18 @@ protected function getQueryArgs()
 		];
 	}
 
+	protected function getPostsAndPages()
+	{
+		$args = $this->getQueryArgs();
+		$loop = new \WP_Query( $args );
+		$posts = $loop->posts;
+		$current_page = (int)$loop->query_vars[ 'paged' ];
+		$current_page = $current_page ? $current_page : 1;
+		$max_pages = (int)$loop->max_num_pages;
+
+		return [$posts, $current_page, $max_pages];
+	}
+
 	public static function arrayOfPages( $current_page, $max_pages, $pages_to_show = 9 )
 	{
 		if ( !( $pages_to_show % 2 ) ) $pages_to_show--; // if $pages_to_show not odd subtract 1 to make it so