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WP_Widget_Recent_Posts

Since
2.8.0
Source
wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-posts.php:17
Core class used to implement a Recent Posts widget.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.8.0
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0).

Hooks and filters fired · 3

Every hook that fires from inside WP_Widget_Recent_Posts, in the order it appears in the class, grouped by the method that fires it.

Methods · 4

  • __construct()Sets up a new Recent Posts widget instance.
  • widget()Outputs the content for the current Recent Posts widget instance.
  • update()Handles updating the settings for the current Recent Posts widget instance.
  • form()Outputs the settings form for the Recent Posts widget.

Source code

class WP_Widget_Recent_Posts extends WP_Widget { 	/**	 * Sets up a new Recent Posts widget instance.	 *	 * @since 2.8.0	 */	public function __construct() {		$widget_ops = array(			'classname'                   => 'widget_recent_entries',			'description'                 => __( 'Your site&#8217;s most recent Posts.' ),			'customize_selective_refresh' => true,			'show_instance_in_rest'       => true,		);		parent::__construct( 'recent-posts', __( 'Recent Posts' ), $widget_ops );		$this->alt_option_name = 'widget_recent_entries';	} 	/**	 * Outputs the content for the current Recent Posts widget instance.	 *	 * @since 2.8.0	 *	 * @param array $args     Display arguments including 'before_title', 'after_title',	 *                        'before_widget', and 'after_widget'.	 * @param array $instance Settings for the current Recent Posts widget instance.	 */	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {		if ( ! isset( $args['widget_id'] ) ) {			$args['widget_id'] = $this->id;		} 		$default_title = __( 'Recent Posts' );		$title         = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : $default_title; 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base ); 		$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;		if ( ! $number ) {			$number = 5;		}		$show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? $instance['show_date'] : false; 		$r = new WP_Query(			/**			 * Filters the arguments for the Recent Posts widget.			 *			 * @since 3.4.0			 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$instance` parameter.			 *			 * @see WP_Query::get_posts()			 *			 * @param array $args     An array of arguments used to retrieve the recent posts.			 * @param array $instance Array of settings for the current widget.			 */			apply_filters(				'widget_posts_args',				array(					'posts_per_page'      => $number,					'no_found_rows'       => true,					'post_status'         => 'publish',					'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,				),				$instance			)		); 		if ( ! $r->have_posts() ) {			return;		}		?> 		<?php echo $args['before_widget']; ?> 		<?php		if ( $title ) {			echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];		}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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