<p>Returns an array of the most recent posts. Simple and powerfull.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Function <code>ns_recent_posts(10, 0, 200, false, ", ")</code> returns an array of objects of recent posts.</p>
<p>Params for function:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>$no_posts</em> – number of posts to display. Default <strong>10</strong>.</li>
<li><em>$first</em> – Number of the first post. Used when is needed to display, for example, posts from 10 to 20, but not from the first post. Default <strong>0</strong>.</li>
<li><em>$excerpt_len</em> – Number of symbols in excerpt. Default <strong>200</strong>.</li>
<li><em>$db_unicode</em> – boolean value variable. Determines if your wordpress database is in unicode format (UTF-8). Default FALSE. <strong>FALSE</strong> – non-Unicode, uses standart string functions. <strong>TRUE</strong> – Unicode(UTF-8), uses mbstring functions.</li>
<li><em>$tags_divider</em> – string value of categories list divider. Default <strong>“, “</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Use function <code>ns_recent_posts()</code> in a loop.</strong></p>
<p>Objects returned by array has properties, that is used in construction: <strong>$object->property</strong>, where <strong>“$object”</strong> – your variable used in a loop, but <strong>“property”</strong> can be:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>post_title</em> – Title of a post</li>
<li><em>permalink</em> – Link to post</li>
<li><em>bookmark</em> – Title of a post of “title” attribute</li>
<li><em>day</em> – day</li>
<li><em>month</em> – month</li>
<li><em>year</em> – year</li>
<li><em>post_content</em> – post preview (excerpt)</li>
<li><em>post_tags</em> – list of categories (tags)</li>
<li><em>comment_count</em> – number of categories</li>
</ul>
<h4>Example</h4>
<pre><code><?php
foreach (ns_recent_posts(10, 0, 200, false, ", ")  as $re_post){
echo <<<HTML
<div class="recent-post">
      <h3><a href="{$re_post->permalink}" rel="bookmark" title="{$re_post->bookmark}>
            {$re_post->post_title}
      </a></h3>
      <span class="post-date">{$re_post->day}.{$re_post->month}.{$re_post->year}</span>
      <div class="entry">
            <p>{$re_post->post_content}</p>
            <span class="tags"><strong>Tags: </strong>{$re_post->post_tags}</span>
            <span class="read-comments">
                  <a href="{$re_post->permalink}#respond">Comments ({$re_post->comment_count}) &raquo;</a>
            </span>
      </div>
</div>
HTML;
}
?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Note</h4>
<ul>
<li>Place this code to any place in any file of your template.</li>
<li>To show value of property of object in <strong>“echo”</strong>, add braces in construction: <strong>{$object->property}</strong></li>
<li>Plugin also erases all tags, and leaves simple text in excerpt.</li>
</ul>


NS Recent Posts

Returns an array of the most recent posts. Simple and powerfull.

yakuphan

<p>Advanced Most Recent Posts Widget displays your recent posts with thumbnail images (optional). It gets posts from selected categories or current category or all categories. When your visitors are at home, it gets posts from all posts or selected category. If you set ‘Get posts from current category’, when visitors see single post, widget lists posts in the same category of single post or when visitors click a category link, it gets posts from current category.</p>
<p>Notice: This widget requires at least 2.8.</p>
<h3>Options</h3>
<p>Widget’s options allow you to change your recent posts list displaying.</p>
<h4>Title:</h4>
<p>Your recent posts widget’s title on your sidebar.</p>
<h4>Number of posts to show:</h4>
<p>How many posts to display</p>
<h4>Excerpt length (letters)</h4>
<p>You know that</p>
<h4>Thumbnail Custom Field Name</h4>
<p>If you want to display the thumbnail of your posts via a custom field, write its name.</p>
<h4>Height – Width</h4>
<p>Images size.</p>
<h4>Get first image of post</h4>
<p>If you don’t want to use custom field, plugin will get first image from your post content.</p>
<h4>Get first attached image of post</h4>
<p>Plugin gets first attached image of post.</p>
<h4>Default image</h4>
<p>If post has no image, plugin display this image. Ex: http://www.yakupgovler.com/default-image.png</p>
<p>Notice: If you use three options, plugin uses custom field image firstly. If the post has no custom field, it gets first image from content. At last it gets first attached image. I suggest not to use “Get first image of post” for performance. It queries much more.</p>
<h4>Categories</h4>
<p>Plugin gets posts in these categories. (Category IDs, separated by commas.)</p>
<h4>Get posts from current category:</h4>
<p>Posts will be get from current category (single post’s category or current category).</p>


Advanced Most Recent Posts

Display most recent posts from selected categories or current category or all categories with thumbnail images (optional).

NS Recent Posts vs Advanced Most Recent Posts