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1. jzahlaway
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In 2.7, in the file includes/widgets.php, one could modify the wp_widget_recent_entries function such that the Recent Posts widget would exclude certain categories.

   In 2.8, wp_widget_recent_entries is now deprecated. How, then, do I exclude certain categories from the Recent Posts widget?

2. OlafB
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi jzahlaway,
   I have the same problem. I copyed the functions (wp_widget_recent_entries and wp_widget_recent_comments) from the 2.7 in widgets.php from 2.8.1 and is works.

   Better solution are wellcome :)

3. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 2 years ago #

   All the widgets moved to default_widgets.php. WP_Widget_Recent_Posts is a new class that takes the place of that old function.

4. OlafB
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hm, thanks Otto42, i have in the footer.php

   $recentParamEntry = array('number'=>'5', 'before_title'=>'<h3>', 'after_title'=>'</h3>', 'before_widget'=>'<div>', 'after_widget'=>'</div>');
   wp_widget_recent_entries($recentParamEntry);

   change to

   $recentParamEntry = array('number'=>'5', 'before_title'=>'<h3>', 'after_title'=>'</h3>', 'before_widget'=>'<div>', 'after_widget'=>'</div>');
   WP_Widget_Recent_Posts($recentParamEntry);

   give me:

   Fatal error: Call to undefined function WP_Widget_Recent_Posts() in ......./wp-content/themes/home/footer.php on line 38

5. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's a class, not a function. You can't call it like that.

6. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try something more like this:

   $instance = array("title" => "My Widget", "number" => 5);
   $args = array("title" => "My Widget", 'before_title'=>'<h3>', 'after_title'=>'</h3>', 'before_widget'=>'<div>', 'after_widget'=>'</div>');
   $sb = new WP_Widget_Recent_Posts();
   $sb->number = $instance['number'];
   $sb->widget($args,$instance);

7. OlafB
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ah fein, 1000x thank you. All problems solved, great!!!

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