WP Category Posts – Specify Amount

Hey,

I’m using a great plugin called ‘WP Category Posts’ which allows me to put a categorys posts anywhere on my site. On specific pages or on the sidebar (with Exec-Php installed).

I’m just wondering if its possible to limit the amount to 10 entries.. I just want a sidebar with the last 10 news stories from a specific category.

Here is the code for the plugin..

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: WP Category Posts
Plugin URI: http://watershedstudio.com/portfolio/software/wp-category-posts.html
Description: List the posts in a specific category
Author: Brian Groce
Version: 1.0
Author URI: http://briangroce.com/
*/
function wp_cat_posts( $catID ) {

global $wpdb;
$get_posts_in_cat = "SELECT $wpdb->posts.ID, $wpdb->posts.post_title, ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "$wpdb->post2cat.post_id, $wpdb->post2cat.category_id ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "FROM $wpdb->posts, $wpdb->post2cat ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "WHERE $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->post2cat.post_ID ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "AND $wpdb->post2cat.category_id = '$catID' ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "AND $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' ";
$get_posts_in_cat .= "ORDER BY $wpdb->posts.post_title ";

$get_posts_in_cat_result = mysql_query($get_posts_in_cat);
while ($posts_in_cat_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($get_posts_in_cat_result)) {
$post_title = $posts_in_cat_row['post_title'];
$postID = $posts_in_cat_row['ID'];

echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($postID) . '">' . $post_title . '</a><br /></li>';
}
}
?>

And you call the category like this

<?php wp_cat_posts(2); ?>

With the number corresponding to the category you want listed.

Any ideas?