How do i display the CPT in a recent posts sidebar.

  • Resolved Quintinm

    (@quintinm)


    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hello.
    I have created tutorials CPT which is working correctly.
    I added a category “Tutorials” and assumed it would show up in the sidebar when I selected “Tutorials” for display.
    But it does not.
    Is there something I am doing wrong – do I need a special recent posts widget?

    Thank you.

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  • Plugin Contributor Michael Beckwith

    (@tw2113)

    The BenchPresser

    By default, the widget only queries for the “post” post type and I don’t think they provide any UI to change that. They do however provide a filter to change the arguments used. So, something like this below should help you out, once you add your intended post type slugs to the array:

    /**
 * Add CPTs to recent posts widget
 *
 * @param array $args default widget args.
 * @return array $args filtered args.
 */
function quintinm_recent_posts_args($args) {
    $args['post_type'] = array('post', 'MY SLUG HERE');
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'widget_posts_args', 'quintinm_recent_posts_args');

    Just drop this into your functions.php file for your active theme and give things a try.

    Thre is a plugin called “Custom Post Widgets” that will add widgets that will do exactly what you are looking for (for posts, comments, archives, calendar, etc …) here is a link: Custom Post Widgets Website … and it works just fine for me under the current version of WordPress.

    Plugin Contributor Michael Beckwith

    (@tw2113)

    The BenchPresser

    Link’s not working there but good to know in general

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