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1. Opally
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I did a search and found this thread:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/106629?replies=7
   but it doesn't seem relevant to version 2.3.1.

   Does anyone know how to change the number of recent posts that show in the sidebar? I hunted for an admin control for it without success. I can edit PHP code if I could get a tip where to look.

   thanks!

2. mdi
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   this thread is about the plugin "sidebar widgets". if you don't use this plugin (you don't need to), you can limit the number of posts with

   <?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=X'); ?>

   in sidebar.php in your template directory, where X is your desired number of posts.

3. Opally
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   mdi, thanks for the reply!

   I'm using K2 theme, and I found this in its sidebar.php:
   

   <?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=10'); ?>

   but the odd thing is that I'm seeing 5 recent posts, not 10. (I'd like to see 10!)

   Where is this "5" getting set?

   I suppose I need to take this issue to the theme publisher, not WP, if sidebar.php is a theme file.

4. Opally
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   AH never mind, I found it finally.

   Admin > Presentation > widgets > click on the "recent posts" icon, edit number (and title), and enter (or click away and "save changes".

   Wow, WordPress keeps amazing me with the number of features, I didn't realize there were these settings for sidebar plugins!

   Thanks for the help! :)

5. LizLeih
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Related to this, our sidebar number of posts is not updating automatically. It says 0 posts when we have 8 so far. I see where the PHP code is in the sidebar, but I haven't touched it. Anyone have any ideas? (Also, we are sadly only able to use WP 2.0.4 due to our hosting company.) Thanks!
   http://csdesignworks.com/blog/

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