sidebar widgets – recent posts

oh ya the plugin used is called sidebar widgets

It should stop expanding when reaches 10 (by default, I think).

ya but that is WAY too many, is there a way to limit that?

You need to edit ../wp-content/plugins/widgets/widgets.php.

First make a backup copy of the widgets.php in case something goes wrong.

Find `function widget_recent_entries($args) {
extract($args);
$title = __(‘Recent Posts’, ‘widgets’);
$r = new WP_Query(‘showposts=10’);`
Change 'showposts=10' to whatever number of posts you like. Save the file and upload it.

that’s an awesome tip thanks. What if I want to edit more such as:

– Put some kind of a line between each new topic
– Place a bullet before each topic
– Add space between each topic such as I have done so for my feature posts manually for the time being?

Use the style sheet associated with whatever is generating your Upcoming events.

Load your blog into your browser and show the source. Check the li tag and see if there’s a class modifying it. If so, find the css file and you should be able to style it there.