Add more RSS Feeds for the Widget Sidebar Plugin

I really wanted to add more rss feeds than comes standard with Automattic’s sidebar widget plugin (https://automattic.com/code/widgets/) So I did. Works great. Installed on 2.04

Please back up your original widgets.php file first.

In /wp-content/plugins/widgets/widgets.php

Find:
if ( empty($items) || $items < 1 ) $items = 10;

Replace the number ’10’ in that code with ONE NUMBER MORE than the total feeds you want. Example, you want 15 feeds, replace with the number 16.

Find:
$number = (int) $_POST['rss-number'];
if ( $number > 9 ) $number = 9;

Replace both instances of the number ‘9’ with the EXACT NUMBER OF FEEDS that you want. Example, you want 15 feeds, replace with the number 15.

Find:
<select id="rss-number" name="rss-number" value="<?php echo $options['number']; ?>">
<?php for ( $i = 1; $i < 10; ++$i ) echo "<option value='$i' ".($options['number']==$i ? "selected='selected'" : '').">$i</option>"; ?>


Replace the number ’10’ in that code with ONE NUMBER MORE than the total feeds you want. Example, you want 15 feeds, replace with the number 16.

Find:
$number = $options['number'];
if ( $number < 1 ) $number = 1;
if ( $number > 9 ) $number = 9;
for ($i = 1; $i <= 9; $i++)

Replace all instances of the number ‘9’ with the EXACT NUMBER OF FEEDS that you want. Example, you want 15 feeds, replace with the number 15.

Done!

It seems like a lot of edits, but it really looks worse than it is. Very easy as well.

After you are done–you can add the rss boxes in your usual drop down locations ??

See it in action on my site at https://www.chargersweblog.com