MagicB85

This is how my code looks now:

if( $args['date'] ):
	if ( $args['date'] ) :
		$date = get_the_date();
		if ( $args['date_relative'] ) :
			$date = sprintf( __( '%s ago', 'recent-posts-widget-extended' ), human_time_diff( get_the_date( 'U' ), current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) );
		endif;
	elseif ( $args['date_modified'] ) : // if both date functions are provided, we use date to be backwards compatible
		$date = get_the_modified_date();
		if ( $args['date_relative'] ) :
			$date = sprintf( __( '%s ago', 'recent-posts-widget-extended' ), human_time_diff( get_the_modified_date( 'U' ), current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) );
		endif;
	endif;
	$id = get_the_ID();
	$categories = get_the_category();
	if ( ! empty( $categories ) ) {
		$date .=  sprintf(__(' in %s', 'recent-posts-widget-extended' ), $categories[0]->name );
	}
	$html .= '<time class="rpwe-time published" datetime="' . esc_html( get_the_date( 'c' ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $date ) . '</time>';
endif;