Title: Top rating widget shows draft/private posts
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Top rating widget shows draft/private posts

 *  Resolved [younk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/younk/)
 * (@younk)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/)
 * First of all, amazing rating system. As I care much for speed and simplicity,
   this is just perfect.
 * Nevertheless, the Top rating widget keeps showing posts that are not published
   yet, which is a problem as I often write on my posts weeks in advance before 
   posting them.
 * Anyone who knows a quick workaround for this?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-rating/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-rating/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * (@flyerua)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660156)
 * Omg, thanks for mentioning this.
    I will fix it in the next version. Quick workaround
   is 1. Open spr_widgets.php 2. Go to line 29 3. Replace it with one found in [this paste](http://pastebin.com/r13hdXx1)
   It will now only display published posts
 *  Plugin Author [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * (@flyerua)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660325)
 * Let me know if you have any other questions.
 *  Thread Starter [younk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/younk/)
 * (@younk)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660445)
 * No worries and thank you so much for the quick fix.
 *  Thread Starter [younk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/younk/)
 * (@younk)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660446)
 * I found a small error.
 * The
    -  tag in the widget does not close
 * line 42 in spr_widgets.php
    $widget_body.=”
    - “; <=> $widget_body.=”
 * “;
 *  Plugin Author [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * (@flyerua)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660447)
 * Ohh, I see what you mean (even though your formatting is messed up 😀 ). It’s`
   <ul>` instead of `</ul>` on line 42 after foreach loop.
    I updated svn without
   pushing new version. I will clean up code quite a bit in next version though.
   Thanks for mentioning it. I appreciate it.

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 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-rating-widget-shows-draftprivate-posts/#post-5660447)
 * Status: resolved