Title: Recent-Posts plugin
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Recent-Posts plugin

 *  [mjongolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjongolf/)
 * (@mjongolf)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/)
 * When I activate the plugin and view my site I get the following error:
 * Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/mjongolf/www/www/wp-
   content/plugins/recent-posts.php on line 11
 * Line 11 reads:
 * `function get_recent_posts($no_posts = 5, $before = '<li>', $after =Â'
   </li>', $show_pass_post = false, $skip_posts = 0, $show_excerpts = false)
    { `
 * Can anyone tell me the solution?

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 *  Thread Starter [mjongolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjongolf/)
 * (@mjongolf)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/#post-140544)
 * Let me try again – line 11 reads:
 * `function get_recent_posts($no_posts = 5,
     $before = '<li>', $after 
   = '</li>',  $show_pass_post = false, $skip_posts = 0,  $show_excerptsÂ
   = false) {
 *  Thread Starter [mjongolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjongolf/)
 * (@mjongolf)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/#post-140573)
 * bump
 *  Thread Starter [mjongolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjongolf/)
 * (@mjongolf)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/#post-140967)
 * Just in case no one in the know has seen this post, I will bump it up again and
   pray.
 *  [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * (@cypher)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/#post-140970)
 * Ensure that there are no leading or trailing spaces in the recent-posts.php file
   before the <?php and ending ?>.
 * Regards

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 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2/#post-140970)
 * Status: not resolved

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