Returns an array of the most recent posts. Simple and powerfull.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Function <code>ns_recent_posts(10, 0, 200, false, ", ")</code> returns an array of objects of recent posts.
Params for function:
<ul>
<li>$no_posts – number of posts to display. Default 10.</li>
<li>$first – 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 0.</li>
<li>$excerpt_len – Number of symbols in excerpt. Default 200.</li>
<li>$db_unicode – boolean value variable. Determines if your wordpress database is in unicode format (UTF-8). Default FALSE. FALSE – non-Unicode, uses standart string functions. TRUE – Unicode(UTF-8), uses mbstring functions.</li>
<li>$tags_divider – string value of categories list divider. Default “, “.</li>
</ul>
Use function <code>ns_recent_posts()</code> in a loop.
Objects returned by array has properties, that is used in construction: $object->property, where “$object” – your variable used in a loop, but “property” can be:
<ul>
<li>post_title – Title of a post</li>
<li>permalink – Link to post</li>
<li>bookmark – Title of a post of “title” attribute</li>
<li>day – day</li>
<li>month – month</li>
<li>year – year</li>
<li>post_content – post preview (excerpt)</li>
<li>post_tags – list of categories (tags)</li>
<li>comment_count – 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>
 {$re_post->day}.{$re_post->month}.{$re_post->year}
 <div class="entry">
 {$re_post->post_content}
 Tags: {$re_post->post_tags}
 
 <a href="{$re_post->permalink}#respond">Comments ({$re_post->comment_count}) &raquo;</a>
 
 </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 “echo”, add braces in construction: {$object->property}</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.

WP Chill

CPO Widgets is a WordPress plugin that provides you with an number of essential widgets for any website. They give you additional functionality to easily display more varied content in your sidebars, such as images or tweets.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/ascendant/" rel="ugc">Ascendant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/affluent/" rel="ugc">Affluent</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/allegiant/" rel="ugc">Allegiant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/antreas/" rel="ugc">Antreas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/transcend/" rel="ugc">Transcend</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/intuition/" rel="ugc">Intuition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/illustrious/" rel="ugc">Illustrious</a></li>
</ul>
This plugin adds the following available widgets:
Recent Posts – A more powerful version of the default recent posts widget provided by WordPress. This widget allows you to display a thumbnail of each post and also to choose which post type to display.
Ad Space – Easily insert images without having to resort to writing HTML in a text widget. You can also link the image or add your own advertising code.
Social Profiles – Add links to your preferred social profiles, being able to choose from a long list of available social networks.
Recent Tweets – Display your latest tweets from any Twitter account. This widgets provides support for the Twitter API 1.1.
Flickr Images – Show your latest images from a Flickr account right into your sidebar, and linking to your Flickr gallery.
Author Badge – Display the profile of a specific user, showing the name, image, and profile description.
<h3>Included Widgets</h3>
<ul>
<li>Recent Posts</li>
<li>Image Banner widget</li>
<li>Social Profiles widget</li>
<li>Recent Tweets widget</li>
<li>Flickr Images widget</li>
<li>Author Badge widget</li>
</ul>

CPO Widgets

Add essential functionality to your WordPress sidebars with a set of useful widgets.

NS Recent Posts vs CPO Widgets