I would use the PHP Code Widget from Otto and then simply put this in the widget to limit the archives to 7 months: <ul><?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly&limit=7’); ?></ul> (Give the widget a title like Archives if you want, and remove the default WordPress Archive widget.) Function Reference/wp get archives
Ok, first of all never change any of the core files. It will cause issues with updating WordPress. Secondly, there is no date shown in the default Recent Posts widget supplied with WordPress 3.2. What version of WordPress are you using? Are you sure it’s the default WordPress Recent Posts widget?
Linda, I actually answered a question very similar to this earlier today. See the following: Display specific widgets in different area’s around the page It’s not overly difficult, and opens up a lot of possibilities.
Use Widget Logic « WordPress Plugins with PHP Code Widget « WordPress Plugins to use multiple widgets with the same function in one sidebar. Or create another sidebar and use the same widget in each; check the twentyten or twentyeleven themes for the sidebar and functions.php code.
Do NOT edit core files! You can add to or override the default text by using a filter. Try taking a look at http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/06/02/adding-contextual-help-to-plugin-and-theme-admin-pages
You would register the sidebar in the functions.php file with something like this: <?php register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’custom-content’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<section>’, ‘after_widget’ => “</section>”, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’, ‘after_title’ => “</h3>” )); ?> And Use it in your theme like this: <div class=”contents”> <?php if ( function_exists(dynamic_sidebar(1) ) ) : ?> <?php dynamic_sidebar(custom-content); ?> <?php endif; ?> </div>
I got it working now with the code below, not sure if it is the best way but it works good /** * Tag LIST widget class */ class WP_Widget_Tag_List extends WP_Widget { function __construct() { $widget_ops = array(‘description’ => __(“Your most used tags in List format”)); parent::__construct(‘tag_list’, __(‘Tag List’), $widget_ops); } function widget($args, $instance) … Read more
Two basic approaches would be: Modify template file and insert/call code near where sidebar is called. Create custom widget with your code or call to it and place it in sidebar.
Rather than trying to fit complex structure into categories, you should look into creating appropriate custom taxonomies, which will give you flexible querying with taxonomy parameters.
It sticks if you don’t include id_base in $control_ops, when you pass it to WP_Widget in the constructor. Looking at the core code it looks as though id_base is actually the first arg to WP_widget and the $control_ops array should only carry ‘width’ and ‘height’ keys.