Title: Question about wp_get_recent_posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Question about wp_get_recent_posts

 *  Resolved [uzet1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uzet1/)
 * (@uzet1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/)
 * Hey
    I added into my sidebar file, an ordered list that will show the last 20
   posts. It works,BUT it also shows the drafts and the scheduled posts too… How
   can I fix this? THANKS!!!

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/#post-1478088)
 * Hi,
 * This plugin may helpful to you in order to display recent posts on your blog 
   sidebar:
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-recent-posts-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-recent-posts-widget/)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [uzet1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uzet1/)
 * (@uzet1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/#post-1478090)
 * Yep I know this plguin, but I want to do it by code…
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/#post-1478095)
 * consider using get_posts()
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts)
 *  Thread Starter [uzet1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uzet1/)
 * (@uzet1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/#post-1478097)
 * thanks!

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 * [wp_get_recent_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_get_recent_posts/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [uzet1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uzet1/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wp_get_recent_posts/#post-1478097)
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