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How to Show a List of Last Updated Posts in WordPress

How to Show a List of Last Updated Posts in WordPress

Posted On : November 9, 2013

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When You update any post in wordpress admin side , WordPress always stores the date and time of that update in the posts table as last updated date in database.

So Here We will show you how to create a custom WordPress query for displaying a list of your most recently updated posts of your site.

Step 1: Copy below given code in function.php file of your theme

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Function  last_updated_posts() { 
// Arguments of Query
$arg_of_LastUpdated = array(
'orderby' => 'modified',
'ignore_sticky_posts' => '1'
);
//Loop  for  displaying  4  recently updated posts
$loop_of_lastupdated = new WP_Query( $arg_of_LastUpdated );
$count = 1;
echo '<ul>';
while( $loop_of_lastupdated->have_posts() && $count < 5 ) : $loop_of_lastupdated->the_post();
echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink( $loop_of_lastupdated->post->ID ) . '"> ' .get_the_title( $loop_of_lastupdated->post->ID ) . '</a> ( '. get_the_modified_date() .') </li>';
$count++;
endwhile; 
echo '</ul>';
wp_reset_postdata();
 } 
 
//Add a Shortcode for displaying  in posts or pages
add_shortcode('Last_Updated_Posts', 'last_updated_posts');

Step 2: you can display last updated posts in your theme’s template files by adding given below code.

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if (function_exists(last_updated_posts)) : 
	last_updated_posts ();
endif;

Step 3: you can also display last updated posts in your wordpress posts, pages or widgets by adding given below code.

[Last_Updated_Posts]

Here We have added a short-code in wordpress widget:

At front-Side it will display like that in sidebar:

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