24 Recent Posts Widget for Blogger
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 /

Many Bloggers use a Feed widget to display links to recent blog posts. However, when using this widget, we are limited to display only 5 items or less.



So I have created a widget which allows you to display more than 5 recent posts. You can customize the title and choose how many posts you would like to display, then install directly to your blog at the click of a button!



To install your own recent comments widget in your Blogger layout, simply follow these steps:





  1. Choose a title for your widget, or leave this blank if you prefer not to display a title.




  2. Add your blog's URL in the box provided. Do NOT add the HTTP:// part, or a closing forward slash as these are already generated by the script.



    For example, you can enter yourblog.blogspot.com or www.yourblog.com in the blog URL text box.



    However, http://yourblog.blogspot.com or www.yourblog.com/ will not work!




  3. Choose how many post titles you would like to display. This is set to 10 by default, though I have successfully experimented with up to 100!




  4. Click on the "Customize" button to save your changes, then the "Add to Blog" button will be highlighted. You can then click this button to add your customized recent posts widget to your Blogger blog.

Here is the widget installer to add your recent posts widget to your blog:







How this works

This widget references a JavaScript which parses your blog's feed and displays the titles of the most recent posts in a list.



Unfortunately the script I am using causes problems when trying to display a summary of latest posts, so at present I am unable to offer this feature.



Let me know what you think!

I hope you enjoy using this widget! Please let me know your thoughts on this by leaving your comments below.



24 comments:

February 4, 2009 at 7:49 PM ugurarcan said...

Hey Amanda! Thanks for the post, you have no idea how much i needed something like this. However it doesn't do what i want fully. I put 1000 and it still goes to max of 25. That's what i get from feedburner, too. How can i get the entire list of my posts as a list? Also, I use foreign characters in my blog and those characters don't show correctly.

any suggestions might you have?

again, thanks!!!!

February 5, 2009 at 10:40 AM Mom/Of/Steel said...

finally found a widget that works like a champ. thanks!!!

February 20, 2009 at 4:28 AM Nasica Med said...

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February 22, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Admin said...

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March 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM BloggerTinker said...

http://bloggertinker.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-put-recent-postsrecent-articles.html

This is the simplest and easiest way to add a Recent Posts/Recent Articles widget in your blog. Unlike other blogs, the tutorial here uses the standard Blogger Feed widget to make the Recent Posts/Recent Articles widget. And I am 100% sure your Recent Posts/Recent Articles widget will work.

Nice Tutorial though... Faster than my tutorial.hehe

March 12, 2009 at 1:37 AM 2CV67 said...

Worked perfectly on new blog until I got past 25 posts but it now only lists latest 25 titles.

I thought this might be because I was using the Blogger default of 25 posts per page, but I changed that to 50 & widget still sticks at 25.

Is there any way round that?

Thanks!

March 14, 2009 at 10:17 AM Albert said...

If this doesn't work, I think I have a solution for you. Tell me if there is any problems with it. http://marketopinions.blogspot.com/2009/01/adding-recent-posts-widget.html

March 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM Satish kumar said...

It is showing upto 25 posts.

It is not Showing 100.

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March 19, 2009 at 5:05 AM Ronny Dee said...

Thank You, Amanda, it works.

March 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM vie~avola~vie said...

hye, just added this new widget to my blog. Cool! So far so good!

Thanks :-)

vie~avola~vie
www.vivajkon.blogspot.com

April 11, 2009 at 6:42 PM Kenneth Jack said...

Thanks!...No hablo mucho ingles....☺ pero me sirvio el widget...lo tengo en el blog de pruebas...Saludos....☺

April 12, 2009 at 12:57 AM birgunjtoday said...

does it support hindi language?
when i use hindi on topic
the widget display incorrectly
all hindi became question mark "?????????"

May 4, 2009 at 2:17 AM Mas Java said...

It's a great information and thanks to you

May 29, 2009 at 11:40 PM Kurt said...

thanks for this need more stuff for new blog

May 31, 2009 at 10:30 AM Jason said...

great tip. i am using it on my blog. thanks a million!

http://newbiestocktrader.blogspot.com/

June 4, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Anonymous said...

hi,
I loved your tool but it seems not to work any longer. Do you have an issue with the hosting of the js file? If so, it would be great if you can send it to me by email so that I can host it myself to continue use it. My email: trashmpiat[at]gmail[dot]com
Thanks a lot.

June 9, 2009 at 7:57 PM Bill Reichart said...

Me too...I am having a problem with this script as well..it isn't allowing any Recent Posts to be viewed?

June 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM maidul said...

Very cool tip that i ever get.

June 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM Tukang Nggame said...

yes, it's not work anymore.

July 16, 2009 at 5:36 AM Engadgeteer said...

I have find a quick and easy to install and customize Recent Post Widget with thumbnails. You can install it in minute with hassle-free complicated manual code installation.

You may look at this link for more information : http://www.engadgeteer.com/2009/07/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails.html

July 25, 2009 at 2:12 PM Fahad said...

nice post thanks buddy

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http://blogger-new-widgets.blogspot.com

and for blogger new tips

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August 14, 2009 at 1:37 PM Jakarta Nightlife said...

Thanks, i installed it on my blog!

September 22, 2009 at 4:48 AM CooL VicKy said...

hello i got serious prob pls help me urgently when i tried to use ur recent post widget my whole template style got changed and its really looking bad pls help me out i want to restore my template pls visit http://watsyourblog.blogspot.com and check by urself plss my blog is messesd up now pls help me how to correct this?

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