Title: Problem with "Recent Posts" Widget
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem with "Recent Posts" Widget

 *  [iyub767](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iyub767/)
 * (@iyub767)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-recent-posts-widget-1/)
 * I activated the “Recent Posts” widget. Instead of it showing my recent posts,
   it shows my recent comments. I’ve tried uploading other plugins for recent posts
   as well and I keep getting the same problem. I’ve deactivated all the plugins
   to see if that would resolve the problem, to no avail. I’ve cleared the cookies
   and cache, which did not resolve the problem either. The Recent Post widget had
   been working fine, before I uploaded the new 3.0.2 wordpress version. What’s 
   the problem? Please help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-recent-posts-widget-1/#post-1802107)
 * Have you tried:
 * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [iyub767](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iyub767/)
 * (@iyub767)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-recent-posts-widget-1/#post-1802375)
 * esmi
    Thanks much for responding. Something weird happened where some of my comments
   were in the area where the posts belonged, which is why they were showing up 
   in my “Recent Posts”. I don’t know how that happened, but I’m glad it’s resolved.
   Thanks for helping out. I appreciate it much!
 *  [joshimp2003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshimp2003/)
 * (@joshimp2003)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-recent-posts-widget-1/#post-1802422)
 * Iyub767,
 * I am facing the same issues with my site . Can you please let me know, how did
   u do that ? I tried resetting the folder – plug-ins , but it didn’t help me.
 * thanks in advance,
 * Joshi

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [joshimp2003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshimp2003/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-recent-posts-widget-1/#post-1802422)
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