Topic: WordPress Recent posts and Comments Widget PHP function

[Romik84]

Hi folks, I came with another problem. There are many plugins to get recent posts and comments but I would like to use function of the built-in widgets. Here are codes.

Recent posts:

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function wp_widget_recent_entries($args) {
if ( '%BEG_OF_TITLE%' != $args['before_title'] ) {
if ( $output = wp_cache_get('widget_recent_entries', 'widget') )
return print($output);
ob_start();
}

extract($args);
$options = get_option('widget_recent_entries');
$title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Recent Posts') : $options['title'];
if ( !$number = (int) $options['number'] )
$number = 10;
else if ( $number < 1 )
$number = 1;
else if ( $number > 15 )
$number = 15;

$r = new WP_Query("showposts=$number&what_to_show=posts&nopaging=0&post_status=publish");
if ($r->have_posts()) :
?>
<?php echo $before_widget; ?>
<?php echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>
<ul>
<?php  while ($r->have_posts()) : $r->the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?> </a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php echo $after_widget; ?>
<?php
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
endif;

if ( '%BEG_OF_TITLE%' != $args['before_title'] )
wp_cache_add('widget_recent_entries', ob_get_flush(), 'widget');
}
Recent comments

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function wp_widget_recent_comments($args) {
global $wpdb, $comments, $comment;
extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
$options = get_option('widget_recent_comments');
$title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Recent Comments') : $options['title'];
if ( !$number = (int) $options['number'] )
$number = 5;
else if ( $number < 1 )
$number = 1;
else if ( $number > 15 )
$number = 15;

if ( !$comments = wp_cache_get( 'recent_comments', 'widget' ) ) {
$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_author, comment_author_url, comment_ID, comment_post_ID FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT $number");
wp_cache_add( 'recent_comments', $comments, 'widget' );
}
Will u help me how to get php function to show 4 entries with dates? Thank u.

[GaMerZ]

sure sure,

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wp_widget_recent_comments("number=4") I don't think there is an option for showing the date

[Romik84]

I have already tried the code before Lester, but I got an error

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Warning: extract() [function.extract]: First argument should be an array in
Well, the first problem "Recent posts" I have already solved. I found this code on the net:

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<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=4');
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<?php
if (strlen(the_title('','',FALSE)) > 80) {
$title_short = substr(the_title('','',FALSE), 0, 80);
preg_match('/^(.*)\s/s', $title_short, $matches);
if ($matches[1]) $title_short = $matches[1];
$title_short = $title_short.'...';
}
else
{
$title_short = the_title('','',FALSE);
}
?>

<ul>
<li><span style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"><small><?php the_time('D, F jS') ?></small></span> <a title="<?php echo the_title() ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php echo $title_short ?></a></li>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>
and it works nice and even with title excerpt and many features.

So, now my problem is the recent comments function. Any idea? thanks for each help

[GaMerZ]

Take a look at my WP-Stats, I think I have a recent comments function inside.

[Romik84]

thanks, but it is the same function which I can use for the widget also? I would like to use the widget function if possible...

[GaMerZ]

I think you can use a plugin that can execute php code within the widget and then add the code in.