'',
'after_widget' => '
',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => '
',
));
}
function mdv_recent_posts($no_posts = 5, $before = '', $after = '', $hide_pass_post = true, $skip_posts = 0, $show_excerpts = false, $include_pages = false) {
global $wpdb;
$time_difference = get_settings('gmt_offset');
$now = gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s",time());
$request = "SELECT ID, post_title, post_excerpt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ";
if($hide_pass_post) $request .= "AND post_password ='' ";
if($include_pages) $request .= "AND (post_type='post' OR post_type='page') ";
else $request .= "AND post_type='post' ";
$request .= "AND post_date_gmt < '$now' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $skip_posts, $no_posts";
$posts = $wpdb->get_results($request);
$output = '';
if($posts) {
foreach ($posts as $post) {
$post_title = stripslashes($post->post_title);
$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
$output .= $before . '' . htmlspecialchars($post_title) . '';
if($show_excerpts) {
$post_excerpt = stripslashes($post->post_excerpt);
$output.= '
' . $post_excerpt;
}
$output .= $after;
}
} else {
$output .= $before . "None found" . $after;
}
echo $output;
}
?>