Title: Recent posts
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Recent posts

 *  Resolved [dojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dojan/)
 * (@dojan)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/)
 * In some themes you can show the recent posts in the menu along with blogroll 
   and other links.
    The theme I use it shows only categories. I am rather new to
   php but know my way around coding. How do I include this in my meny (sidebar.
   php?)

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469299)
 * 1. You can download and study how it is done in themes you saw > and apply it
   to your theme.
    2. You can use a recent_posts plugin
 *  Thread Starter [dojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dojan/)
 * (@dojan)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469338)
 * Thanks!
    I tried fruitlessly to tweak the sidebar the way I had seen in other
   themes. I couldn’t get it quite right. So i downloaded and installed the customizable-
   post-listings Plug-in. That did the trick.
 *  Thread Starter [dojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dojan/)
 * (@dojan)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469403)
 * When I write the code suggested on: [http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/](http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/)
   “
    -  Recent Posts
       <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(3); ?>
 * “
    My code no longer validates??
 *  [Scott Reilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee2code/)
 * (@coffee2code)
 * WordPress & Plugin Developer
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469404)
 * By default the plugin outputs each listed post within `<li></li>` tags. So you
   need something like:
 * `Recent Posts
    <ul> <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(3); ?> </ul>
 * Or define your own format via the function’s second argument (read the docs for
   this on the abovementioned page).
 *  Thread Starter [dojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dojan/)
 * (@dojan)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469405)
 * I am sorry, that’s the exact code I put in at first. The validator complained
   about that too 🙁
    Why do you need a plugin for showing the recent posts in the
   first place? Can’t you simply put in code like this:
 * (the ul code)
    Recent posts <?php wp_get_recent_posts(3); ?> (the end ul code)
 * `
 *  Thread Starter [dojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dojan/)
 * (@dojan)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469406)
 * It finally worked. The trick is to place your extra code so you won’t corrupt
   the rest 🙂
    Thank you very much!
 *  [GATEKeeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatekeeper/)
 * (@gatekeeper)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469456)
 * Anyone either have a solution to fix customizable-post-listings now that it doesn’t
   work with 2.3, or have another good way of doing this? Half my site has broken
   code now and I want to fix this as soon as possible. Tried a few things, but 
   I need to skip that first item on recent posts.
 * I had been toying with using this code, but can’t seem to make it work:
 *     ```
       <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=front-page&showposts=1');
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
         $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
       ```
   

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [GATEKeeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatekeeper/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-5/#post-469456)
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