The main advantage on this Recent Posts widget is that it will show not only post titles but also post excerpts or snippets and it's easy to customize/ apply different style on it. To style it into your own design, you just have to modify the CSS style - you can change the link or background color, the size and color of text/links.
What you can do with this widget:
- display post titles only
- change the number of posts
- change the number of characters of the post snippet/excerpt
- show the post dates
How to add Recent Posts Widget to Blogger
2.Click on Add a Gadget
3.Select HTML/JavaScript
Now Paste below code inside it,
Option 1: Recent posts widget with snippets
Option 2: Recent Posts Widget Showing Post Titles Only
Step 4.
- Change 5 (option 1) and 10 (option 2) with the number of posts you want to display.
- Change false to true if you want the posts dates to appear
- Change 100 (option 1) if you want more characters to be displayed.
- To change the color and font size of the links, modify the values in blue (links) and violet (font-size)
- To change the style of posts summary, modify the values in green (color) and orange (font size)
- Replace the your-blog text with the name of your blog or if you have a custom domain change all the bolded line with your address like in this example:
Step 5. Save your widget. And that's it!
Enjoy!If you need any help, leave a comment below.
And if you liked this post, please consider sharing it. Thanks.
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The main advantage on this Recent Posts widget is that it will show not only post titles but also post excerpts or snippets and it's easy to customize/ apply different style on it. To style it into your own design, you just have to modify the CSS style - you can change the link or background color, the size and color of text/links.
What you can do with this widget:
- display post titles only
- change the number of posts
- change the number of characters of the post snippet/excerpt
- show the post dates
How to add Recent Posts Widget to Blogger
2.Click on Add a Gadget
3.Select HTML/JavaScript
Now Paste below code inside it,
Option 1: Recent posts widget with snippets
Option 2: Recent Posts Widget Showing Post Titles Only
Step 4.
- Change 5 (option 1) and 10 (option 2) with the number of posts you want to display.
- Change false to true if you want the posts dates to appear
- Change 100 (option 1) if you want more characters to be displayed.
- To change the color and font size of the links, modify the values in blue (links) and violet (font-size)
- To change the style of posts summary, modify the values in green (color) and orange (font size)
- Replace the your-blog text with the name of your blog or if you have a custom domain change all the bolded line with your address like in this example:
Step 5. Save your widget. And that's it!
Enjoy!If you need any help, leave a comment below.
And if you liked this post, please consider sharing it. Thanks.
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