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.

ehsan4php

Sometimes when you update one of your pages on the WordPress blog you would want visitors to know about those. This widget will create a sidebar 
box with a list of pages you’ve recently updated. It also shows the date of the update beside the page title. You can choose whether to display the update date and in what format.
You’ve an option to display the Posts in the list as well. If checked (through admin panel) the list will include the Posts along with the list of Pages.
You can use WP’s shortcode to display the last update date of the page or blog posts. Date/time format for the shortcode can be controlled through the widget settings.
V 1.0.4 only fixes the bug related to the widget area where any widget (in admin panel) below RUP’s widget will lockup and cannot be moved.
V 2.0.0 widget code updated to make it combatible with WordPress v. 6.6.2

NS Recent Posts vs Recently Updated Pages