I was just looking for a simple recent posts plug-in or command for WordPress and came across coffee2code.com’s Customizable Post Listings plug-in which offers what I need and more.
It’s an easy to install plug-in with just one .php file to upload and activate.
No config screens in the admin panel of WordPress for it, but you don’t really need anything.
Call the function from your sidebar.php file (or anywhere in your theme’s templates) like this:
Recent Posts
And customize the output by modifying the code in the plug-in’s php file if need be.
Along with the great recent posts function, the plug-in also features
random posts, recently modified and recently commented functions to
improve your WordPress site.
I’d love to know if there’s any easier way to list recent posts in WordPress…
