This is UNTESTED, but should be close:
<?php
function popularPosts($num) {
global $wpdb;
$posts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_date <= NOW() ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0 , $num");
foreach ($posts as $post) {
setup_postdata($post);
$id = $post->ID;
$title = $post->post_title;
$popular .= '
';
$popular .= '' . $title . ' ';
$popular .= '
';
}
return $popular;
It will need some modification if you want to make the titles a link to the post.
Unfortunately, I get a:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/17/5686317/html/wp-content/themes/aparatus/functions.php on line 244
When I try that. Any other ideas? Thanks again for providing your thoughts.
Tyler
You posted a partial listing of the popularPosts function. Did you replace the part you posted with what I posted, or did you replace the whole function?
Probably only part… it’s tricky because it is part of a much larger function. The created (who is rather busy) of the theme suggested this, but it doesn’t work either:
I wouldn’t mess with the popularPosts function – since that was built for specifically that. If you want to pull recent posts – go in the tabbed-container.php and take out
<?php echo popularPosts(10); ?>
replace with:
<?php global $post; $myposts = get_posts(‘numberposts=10′); foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
- “><?php the_title(); ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
He is talking about putting it here:
<div id=”tabbed-container”>
<div id=”myTabs” class=”mootabs”>
<ul class=”mootabs_title”>
<li title=”Popular”>Popular
<li title=”RecentComments”>Recent Comments
<li title=”Tags”>Tags
<div id=”Popular” class=”mootabs_panel”>
<?php echo popularPosts(10); ?>
</div><!–popular–>
<div id=”RecentComments” class=”mootabs_panel”>
<?php my_rec_comments(7); ?>
</div>
<div id=”Tags” class=”mootabs_panel”>
<?php wp_tag_cloud(); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div><!–tabbed-container–>
If its useful to you, the site I’m working on is: http://seattlemiscellany.com/
And it is the “Popular” tab on the right I want to be most recent. Thanks again for following up with me.
Looks like your developer’s suggestion is correct. Did you get it fixed?
Unfortunately not. I get a
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’ in /home/content/17/5686317/html/wp-content/themes/aparatus/tabbed-container.php on line 12
message then preview box stops working.
Why don’t you paste the entire tabbed-container.php in wordpress.pastebin.ca, and post the link to it here so we can see all of the code.
That did the trick! Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it. It’s been a long time since I’ve been comfortable with HTML and all its changes.
Glad it worked! Now, please use the dropdown at top right to mark this topic ‘Resolved’.
