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That worked, thanks. Is there a way to get the “Recent Posts” widget to also only show posts from one category? Thanks.

Hi,

Sadly, that didn’t do it. Here is what my code looks like:

<?php
$recent_posts = new WP_Query();
$recent_posts->query(‘cat=17&showposts=’.$instance[‘postcount’].”);
while ($recent_posts->have_posts()) : $recent_posts->the_post(); ?>

Any suggestions on how to just get the Recent Posts widget to only show posts from category 17? Thanks!

Brian

Hi,

I’ve made that fix. Still no luck. The Recent Posts widget still shows all categories of posts. Here is the full widget code (of which, I have only changed the line you recommended.) Thx.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Recent Posts Widget
Plugin URI: https://skat.tf/
Description: A simple widget to display the recent posts.
Version: 1.00
Author: Skat
Author URI: https://skat.tf/
*/

// The widget class
class sd_recent_posts_widget extends WP_Widget {

// Widget Settings
function sd_recent_posts_widget() {

$widget_ops = array( ‘classname’ => ‘sd_recent_posts_widget’, ‘description’ => __(‘A widget to display the recent posts.’, ‘sd-framework’) );
$control_ops = “”;
$this->WP_Widget( ‘sd_recent_posts_widget’, __(‘Recent Posts’, ‘sd-framework’), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
}

// Widget Output
function widget($args, $instance) {
extract($args);
$title = apply_filters(‘widget_title’, $instance[‘title’]);

// Before the widget
echo $before_widget;

// Display the widget title if one was input
if ( $title )
echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;

// Display the Feedburner subscribe form
?>

<div class=”popular-posts”>

<?php
$recent_posts = new WP_Query();
$recent_posts->query(‘cat=17&showposts=’.$instance[‘postcount’].”);
while ($recent_posts->have_posts()) : $recent_posts->the_post(); ?>
<li class=”clearfix”>
<?php if ( (function_exists(‘has_post_thumbnail’)) && (has_post_thumbnail()) ) : /* if post has post thumbnail */ ?>
<div class=”popular-post-thumb”>
<figure>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(‘recent-blog’); ?>
</figure>
</div>
<!–image–>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”popular-posts-content”>
<h4>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”>
<?php the_title(); ?>

</h4>
<p><?php echo substr(get_the_excerpt(), 0, 55); ?></p>
<span class=”popular-date”> <?php echo get_the_date( get_option(‘date_format’) ); ?> </span> <span class=”popular-comments”>,
<?php comments_popup_link( ‘0 comments’, ‘1 comment’, ‘% comments’, ‘comments-link’, ‘comments closed’); ?>
</span> </div>
<!–details–>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

</div>
<?php
// After the widget
echo $after_widget;
}
// Update the widget
function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
$instance = $old_instance;
$instance[‘title’] = strip_tags( $new_instance[‘title’] );
$instance[‘postcount’] = strip_tags( $new_instance[‘postcount’] );

return $instance;
}

// Widget panel settings
function form( $instance ) {

// Default widgets settings
$defaults = array(
‘title’ => ‘Recent Posts’,
‘postcount’ => ‘3’
);
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults ); ?>

<!– Widget Title: Text Input –>
<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘title’ ); ?>”>
<?php _e(‘Title:’, ‘sd-framework’) ?>
</label>
<input class=”widefat” type=”text” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘title’ ); ?>” name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name( ‘title’ ); ?>” value=”<?php echo $instance[‘title’]; ?>” />
</p>

<!– Post Count: Text Input –>
<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘postcount’ ); ?>”>
<?php _e(‘Post Count’, ‘sd-framework’) ?>
</label>
<input class=”widefat” type=”text” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘postcount’ ); ?>” name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name( ‘postcount’ ); ?>” value=”<?php echo $instance[‘postcount’]; ?>” />
</p>
<?php
}
}
// Register and load the widget
function sd_recent_posts_widget() {
register_widget( ‘sd_recent_posts_widget’ );
}
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘sd_recent_posts_widget’ );
?>

I replaced the old file with the one you provided… and it still is not working. Attached is a screenshot of my Recent Posts, showing category 23 posts still showing up with category 17 posts.

I then fully deleted the recent-posts.php file from the server… and did a clean upload of your new file just to make sure it wasn’t user error… and the problem persists.

I wish it were that easy 🙂 Attached is a screenshot showing one of the posts is selected as ‘Share Your Story’ (category 23) and not selected as ‘News’ (Cat 17). Since these are the only two categories I am using, should we try code to exclude category 23 instead?