Widget commands

This is UNTESTED, but should be close:

<?php
function popularPosts($num) {
global $wpdb;

$posts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_date <= NOW() ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0 , $num");

foreach ($posts as $post) {
setup_postdata($post);
$id = $post->ID;
$title = $post->post_title;

$popular .= ' 

';
$popular .= '' . $title . ' ';
$popular .= '
';
}
return $popular;

It will need some modification if you want to make the titles a link to the post.

Unfortunately, I get a:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/17/5686317/html/wp-content/themes/aparatus/functions.php on line 244

When I try that. Any other ideas? Thanks again for providing your thoughts.

Tyler

You posted a partial listing of the popularPosts function. Did you replace the part you posted with what I posted, or did you replace the whole function?

Probably only part… it’s tricky because it is part of a much larger function. The created (who is rather busy) of the theme suggested this, but it doesn’t work either:

I wouldn’t mess with the popularPosts function – since that was built for specifically that. If you want to pull recent posts – go in the tabbed-container.php and take out

<?php echo popularPosts(10); ?>

replace with:

<?php global $post; $myposts = get_posts(‘numberposts=10′); foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
• “><?php the_title(); ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

He is talking about putting it here:

<div id=”tabbed-container”>

<div id=”myTabs” class=”mootabs”>
<ul class=”mootabs_title”>
<li title=”Popular”>Popular
<li title=”RecentComments”>Recent Comments
<li title=”Tags”>Tags

<div id=”Popular” class=”mootabs_panel”>

<?php echo popularPosts(10); ?>

</div><!–popular–>

<div id=”RecentComments” class=”mootabs_panel”>

<?php my_rec_comments(7); ?>

</div>
<div id=”Tags” class=”mootabs_panel”>

<?php wp_tag_cloud(); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div><!–tabbed-container–>

If its useful to you, the site I’m working on is: https://seattlemiscellany.com/

And it is the “Popular” tab on the right I want to be most recent. Thanks again for following up with me.

Looks like your developer’s suggestion is correct. Did you get it fixed?

Unfortunately not. I get a

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’ in /home/content/17/5686317/html/wp-content/themes/aparatus/tabbed-container.php on line 12

message then preview box stops working.

Why don’t you paste the entire tabbed-container.php in wordpress.pastebin.ca, and post the link to it here so we can see all of the code.

With the suggested change: https://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1821597

OK, two little problems:

1. There is an extra opening <ul> right after <div id="Popular" class="mootabs_panel">. Just delete it.
2. The first tick mark after get_posts is not an apostrophe, it is a backtick. Change to an apostrophe.

That should fix it.

That did the trick! Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it. It’s been a long time since I’ve been comfortable with HTML and all its changes.

Glad it worked! Now, please use the dropdown at top right to mark this topic ‘Resolved’.