Description
Returns an array of the most recent posts. Simple and powerfull.
Usage
Function ns_recent_posts(10, 0, 200, false, ", ") returns an array of objects of recent posts.
Params for function:
- $no_posts – number of posts to display. Default 10.
- $first – Number of the first post. Used when is needed to display, for example, posts from 10 to 20, but not from the first post. Default 0.
- $excerpt_len – Number of symbols in excerpt. Default 200.
- $db_unicode – boolean value variable. Determines if your wordpress database is in unicode format (UTF-8). Default FALSE. FALSE – non-Unicode, uses standart string functions. TRUE – Unicode(UTF-8), uses mbstring functions.
- $tags_divider – string value of categories list divider. Default “, “.
Use function ns_recent_posts() in a loop.
Objects returned by array has properties, that is used in construction: $object->property, where “$object” – your variable used in a loop, but “property” can be:
- post_title – Title of a post
- permalink – Link to post
- bookmark – Title of a post of “title” attribute
- day – day
- month – month
- year – year
- post_content – post preview (excerpt)
- post_tags – list of categories (tags)
- comment_count – number of categories
Example
<?php
foreach (ns_recent_posts(10, 0, 200, false, ", ") as $re_post){
echo <<<HTML
<div class="recent-post">
<h3><a href="{$re_post->permalink}" rel="bookmark" title="{$re_post->bookmark}>
{$re_post->post_title}
</a></h3>
<span class="post-date">{$re_post->day}.{$re_post->month}.{$re_post->year}</span>
<div class="entry">
<p>{$re_post->post_content}</p>
<span class="tags"><strong>Tags: </strong>{$re_post->post_tags}</span>
<span class="read-comments">
<a href="{$re_post->permalink}#respond">Comments ({$re_post->comment_count}) »</a>
</span>
</div>
</div>
HTML;
}
?>
Note
- Place this code to any place in any file of your template.
- To show value of property of object in “echo”, add braces in construction: {$object->property}
- Plugin also erases all tags, and leaves simple text in excerpt.