[Plugin: Latest Custom Post Type Updates] Add date?

A modified version might look like so:

// Get the posts!
        $posts = get_posts($params);
        // Print 'em out!
        if($posts)
            foreach($posts as $post)
                echo '<li>
                    <a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'" title="'.$post->post_title.'">'.$post->post_title.'</a><br />
                    <span class="date">'.get_the_date().'</span>
                </li>';
        else {
            if($instance['empty_display'])
            echo '<li>'.$instance['empty_display'].'</li>';
        }
        // Always remember your closing tags!
        echo '</ul>'.$after_widget;
    }

Alternatively, you might swap get_the_date() with get_the_modified_date() if you want the most recent edit date instead of the post publish date.

OK, great! Just what I was looking for.

Hi!
Another question. I was wondering if it’s possible to display only today’s posts instead of the latest post? This plugin seems nice and simple and I thought maybe it’s easilly modified for that purpose ??

It’s possible, but maybe not with this plugin. LCPTU uses the get_posts() command, and it looks like you can only do date queries with query_posts() (though I have not tested this).

Try searching for “get today’s posts” and you’ll see what I mean!

Thanks for your answer! Yeah that seems to be the problem. Maybe I find a way to do it with Query Posts plugin. But anyways, you have a great plugin! I just have a complex need.

The plugin has been updated and now uses the WP_Query class to query posts. As such the ability to show the published date or the modified date in the widget now exists.