Custom Widget Request WordPress

WP Answers comments:

You rock. Thank you.

Buzu B comments:

Hey. Where do you want the link to point to?

This is what I have so far. Just need to know where the link is supposed to link. I'm guessing it links to the post, but since you put only a # I have just put a # as well.


//all this block was added by BUZU. widget practice.
function show_recent(){
if ( !function_exists('register_sidebar_widget') )
return;

function widget_gsearch($args) {
extract($args);

$options = get_option('custom_recent');
$title = $options['title'];
$posts = $options['posts'];
//GET the posts
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$posts.'&offset=1');

echo $before_widget . $before_title . $title . $after_title;

//SHOW the posts
foreach($myposts as $post){
setup_postdata($post);
?>
<h4><?php the_date(); ?></h4>
<p class="footer_post"><a href="#"><?php echo substr($post->post_content, 0, 10); ?>...</a></p>
<?php

}

echo $after_widget;
}


function widget_control() {

$options = get_option('custom_recent');
if ( !is_array($options) )
$options = array('title'=>'Most Recent Posts', 'posts'=>5);
if ( $_POST['custom_recent'] ) {

$options['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['custom_recent_title']));
$options['posts'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['custom_recent_number']));
update_option('custom_recent', $options);
}

$title = htmlspecialchars($options['title'], ENT_QUOTES);
$posts = htmlspecialchars($options['posts'], ENT_QUOTES);

echo '<p style="text-align:right;"><label for="custom_recent_title">' . __('Title:') . ' <input style="width: 200px;" id="custom_recent_title" name="custom_recent_title" type="text" value="'.$title.'" /></label></p>';
echo '<p style="text-align:right;"><label for="custom_recent_number">' . __('Number of Posts:', 'widgets') . ' <input style="width: 50px;" id="custom_recent_number" name="custom_recent_number" type="text" value="'.$posts.'" /></label></p>';
echo '<input type="hidden" id="custom_recent" name="custom_recent" value="1" />';
}

register_sidebar_widget(array('Custom Recent Posts', 'widgets'), 'widget_gsearch');

register_widget_control(array('Custom Recent Posts', 'widgets'), 'widget_control', 255, 100);
}

add_action('widgets_init', 'show_recent');


Nice and Shiny.

This part:
<p class="footer_post"><a href="#"><?php echo substr($post->post_content, 0, 10); ?>...</a></p>
is what cuts the post to show only a part of it. I'm showing only 10 characters. Adjust the number to your needs.

Just copy & paste into your functions.php file and you are all set. Remember your theme has to support widgets.

WP Answers comments:

Thank you very much for this, but it doesn't seem to be working 100% correctly.

- The link should go to the post's permalink. I tried adding "<?php the_permalink() ?>" instead of "#", but that gives the permalink of the page you are currently on. Do you know how to link to the post?

- It doesn't appear to be displaying the correct dates. I have it set to display 3 items, and all 3 items are showing the same date even though all 3 items have different dates. Any ideas how to fix?

Buzu B comments:

Sorry... my mistake. I forgot to add a line U_U!

Find this:

//GET the posts


and ad this:

global $post;

so it looks like this:

//GET the posts
global $post;

That fixes the date and the permalink

WP Answers comments:

No worries at all. The dates and permalinks are now working.

We are almost there.

- It seems that if all my posts have the same date, the date only shows for the 1st item, and no dates are displayed for the other items.

- Also, it appears to be 'behind' by one post. When I make a new post, it doesn't get added right away, but the most recent post before that one will get added.

Buzu B comments:

change this:

$myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$posts.'&offset=1');

to this:

$myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$posts.'&offset=0');

I thought since the last post was int the front page, it'd be good to show only starting from the second. The dates is a bit strange... I'm working on it.

WP Answers comments:

Ok sounds great. I switched the offset and all is well there. Thank you for that.

Buzu B comments:

Ok, solved it... change the part that prints the date for this:

<h4><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></h4>

You are replacing this:
<h4><?php the_date(); ?></h4>
with this:
<h4><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></h4>

That fixes it.

WP Answers comments:

That did the trick.

Thank you again for all of your hard work.

I don't know if you saw it, but I posted a question to the custom options panel you helped me out with earlier. I am able to save everything now, but for some reason I'm unable to retrieve any of the data.

I need to go to sleep right now, but perhaps tomorrow you might be able to take another look at that question? I can provide you more payment if needed.

Thanks again - good night.

Buzu B comments:

Hi, I saw the question on the other post, but you had already closed the question so couldn't answer. I'll be glad to take a look at the problem. Please contact me tomorrow.

Buzu B comments:

Let me know how everything goes...