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How to: Limiting the posts in you archive widget
I have show you how to create a custom widget in a previous post. But how about adding and additional “Archives” widget that won’t list the last 3 years (if you’ve been around that long) in month form stretching down your whole sidebar?
Well, lets take a look at the original code found in the widgets.php
file in the ./wp-includes/
folder.
<?php /** * Display archives widget. * * @since 2.2.0 * * @param array $args Widget arguments. */ function wp_widget_archives($args) { extract($args); $options = get_option('widget_archives'); $c = $options['count'] ? '1' : '0'; $d = $options['dropdown'] ? '1' : '0'; $title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Archives') : apply_filters('widget_title', $options['title']); echo $before_widget; echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; if($d) { ?> <select name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=$c"); ?> </select> <?php } else { ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&show_post_count=$c"); ?> </ul> <?php } echo $after_widget; } /** * Display and process archives widget options form. * * @since 2.2.0 */ function wp_widget_archives_control() { $options = $newoptions = get_option('widget_archives'); if ( isset($_POST["archives-submit"]) ) { $newoptions['count'] = isset($_POST['archives-count']); $newoptions['dropdown'] = isset($_POST['archives-dropdown']); $newoptions['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-title"])); } if ( $options != $newoptions ) { $options = $newoptions; update_option('widget_archives', $options); } $count = $options['count'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $dropdown = $options['dropdown'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $title = attribute_escape($options['title']); ?> <p><label for="archives-title"><?php _e('Title:'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-title" name="archives-title" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label></p> <p> <label for="archives-count"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $count; ?> id="archives-count" name="archives-count" /> <?php _e('Show post counts'); ?></label> <br /> <label for="archives-dropdown"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $dropdown; ?> id="archives-dropdown" name="archives-dropdown" /> <?php _e('Display as a drop down'); ?></label> </p> <input type="hidden" id="archives-submit" name="archives-submit" value="1" /> <?php } ?>
Simple enough? Or not..
Anyway lets just add on and change a few things. Then will add the final code to your functions.php
file.
Okay, starting with the first function: wp_widget_archive
and rename to widget_archive_limit
Should look like this now:
function widget_archives_limit($args) {
Then under the this line:
$title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Archives') : apply_filters('widget_title', $options['title']);
Add:
$limit = empty($options['limit']) ? __('Limit') : apply_filters('widget_limit', $options['limit']);
At this line:
<?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?>
We have added in &limit=$limit
. The same goes for the second wp_get_archives
:
<?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?>
At the end of this code add:
wp_register_sidebar_widget('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit', $widget_ops);
The whole code should look like this:
function widget_archives_limit($args) { extract($args); $options = get_option('widget_archives'); $c = $options['count'] ? '1' : '0'; $d = $options['dropdown'] ? '1' : '0'; $title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Archives') : apply_filters('widget_title', $options['title']); $limit = empty($options['limit']) ? __('Limit') : apply_filters('widget_limit', $options['limit']); echo $before_widget; echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; if($d) { ?> <select name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?> </select> <?php } else { ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?> </ul> <?php } echo $after_widget; } wp_register_sidebar_widget('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit', $widget_ops);
That takes care of the widget its self, now we need to create the controls. Once again find the second function and change wp_widget_archive_control
to widget_archives_limit_control
Find this line:
$newoptions['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-title"]));
and add this line below:
$newoptions['limit'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-limit"]));
Then find this line:
$title = attribute_escape($options['title']);
and add this line below:
$limit = attribute_escape($options['limit']);
Finally look for this line:
<label for="archives-dropdown"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $dropdown; ?> id="archives-dropdown" name="archives-dropdown" /> <?php _e('Display as a drop down'); ?></label> </p>
and add this line below:
<p><label for="archives-limit"><?php _e('Limit (enter a number):'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-limit" name="archives-limit" type="text" value="<?php echo $limit; ?>" /></label></p>
then register the widget controls:
wp_register_widget_control('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit_control' );
The code should look like this:
function widget_archives_limit_control() { $options = $newoptions = get_option('widget_archives'); if ( isset($_POST["archives-submit"]) ) { $newoptions['count'] = isset($_POST['archives-count']); $newoptions['dropdown'] = isset($_POST['archives-dropdown']); $newoptions['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-title"])); $newoptions['limit'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-limit"])); } if ( $options != $newoptions ) { $options = $newoptions; update_option('widget_archives', $options); } $count = $options['count'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $dropdown = $options['dropdown'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $title = attribute_escape($options['title']); $limit = attribute_escape($options['limit']); ?> <p><label for="archives-title"><?php _e('Title:'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-title" name="archives-title" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label></p> <p> <label for="archives-count"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $count; ?> id="archives-count" name="archives-count" /> <?php _e('Show post counts'); ?></label> <br /> <label for="archives-dropdown"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $dropdown; ?> id="archives-dropdown" name="archives-dropdown" /> <?php _e('Display as a drop down'); ?></label> </p> <p><label for="archives-limit"><?php _e('Limit (enter a number):'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-limit" name="archives-limit" type="text" value="<?php echo $limit; ?>" /></label></p> <input type="hidden" id="archives-submit" name="archives-submit" value="1" /> <?php } wp_register_widget_control('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit_control' );
The final code:
/** * Display archives widget. * * @since 2.2.0 * * @param array $args Widget arguments. */ function widget_archives_limit($args) { extract($args); $options = get_option('widget_archives'); $c = $options['count'] ? '1' : '0'; $d = $options['dropdown'] ? '1' : '0'; $title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Archives') : apply_filters('widget_title', $options['title']); $limit = empty($options['limit']) ? __('Limit') : apply_filters('widget_limit', $options['limit']); echo $before_widget; echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; if($d) { ?> <select name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?> </select> <?php } else { ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&show_post_count=$c&limit=$limit"); ?> </ul> <?php } echo $after_widget; } wp_register_sidebar_widget('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit', $widget_ops); /** * Display and process archives widget options form. * * @since 2.2.0 */ function widget_archives_limit_control() { $options = $newoptions = get_option('widget_archives'); if ( isset($_POST["archives-submit"]) ) { $newoptions['count'] = isset($_POST['archives-count']); $newoptions['dropdown'] = isset($_POST['archives-dropdown']); $newoptions['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-title"])); $newoptions['limit'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["archives-limit"])); } if ( $options != $newoptions ) { $options = $newoptions; update_option('widget_archives', $options); } $count = $options['count'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $dropdown = $options['dropdown'] ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; $title = attribute_escape($options['title']); $limit = attribute_escape($options['limit']); ?> <p><label for="archives-title"><?php _e('Title:'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-title" name="archives-title" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label></p> <p> <label for="archives-count"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $count; ?> id="archives-count" name="archives-count" /> <?php _e('Show post counts'); ?></label> <br /> <label for="archives-dropdown"><input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php echo $dropdown; ?> id="archives-dropdown" name="archives-dropdown" /> <?php _e('Display as a drop down'); ?></label> </p> <p><label for="archives-limit"><?php _e('Limit (enter a number):'); ?> <input class="widefat" id="archives-limit" name="archives-limit" type="text" value="<?php echo $limit; ?>" /></label></p> <input type="hidden" id="archives-submit" name="archives-submit" value="1" /> <?php } wp_register_widget_control('archives limit', __('Archives Limit'), 'widget_archives_limit_control' );
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Jeana
January 31, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I might want that, put it on my site??
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