multiple recent post widgets

Could use this in a PHP Code Widget:

<?php
//display 5 posts for category ID 12
$taxonomy = 'category';
$taxargs ='include=12';
$terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $taxargs );
foreach( $terms as $term )  {
  $args=array(
    'category__in' => array($term->term_id),
    'showposts'=> 5,
    'caller_get_posts'=>1
   );
  $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
  if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
    echo '<h2>Posts from '. $term->name . '</h2>';
    while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
      <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
     <?php
    endwhile;
  } //if ($my_query)
  wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
} //foreach
?>

thanks. but what do you mean “in”? where do i put this code?

thanks. but what do you mean “in”? where do i put this code?

Consider downloading and installing Otto’s PHP Code Widget.

Then put the code in one those widgets.

thanks. so i have the widget installed and the “Previous Events” heading correctly appears in my lefthand nav bar where I want it. And i dropped the php code that you detailed above into the widget. however nothing appears. how do i tell it what i want to list?

btw, i know little to nothing about the inner workings of php so bear with me. thanks!

Change this to be the category of your previous or upcoming events:
$taxargs =’include=12′;

got it. thanks!!!