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1. pickledegg
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to display the 5 most recent posts of all categories in the footer. I used an existing theme and this is what is currently in the footer:

   <div class="left">
   			<h2>Previous entries</h2>
   			<ul class="block">
   <?php
   $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=4&offset=1');
   if ($myposts) :
   	foreach ($myposts as $post) :
   		setup_postdata($post);
   				unset($categories);
   		foreach (get_the_category() as $category)
   			$categories[] = $category->cat_name;
   ?>
   				<li><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><span><?php the_title(); ?></span><em><?php the_date();?> in <?=implode(", ",$categories);?></em></a></li>
   <?php endforeach;?>
   <?php else : ?>
   				<li>no entries</li>
   <?php endif;?
   			</ul>
   </div>

   But its alway showing 'no entries'.

   I know the recent posts sidebar widget works, and if better suited, how do I go about putting that into the footer?

   Many thanks.

2. Kalessin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I copied and pasted your code into my site's sidebar and it worked fine... after I changed the line
   <?php endif;?
   to read
   <?php endif;?>

   Are you sure you actually have some posts? This code will not pick up Pages.

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