Simple Recent Posts Widget for Blogger/Blogspot

Simple Recent Posts Widget for Blogger/Blogspot

A couple days a go i wanted my blog appears good and simple. I just thought that i changed the archives widget with recent posts wiget instead.
So then look what i found. 

How to add Recent Posts Widget to Blogger?

 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

See the screenshot below:

1. 

Log in to your Blogger Dashboard >> go to Design >> Add a Gadget >> choose HTML/JavaScript

 

2. 

Choose & Copy the code of one of the options below and paste it into the new HTML/JavaScript:

Option 1: Recent posts widget with snippets
    <div id="hlrpsa">
    <script src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-snippets.js">
    </script>
    <script>
    var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;
    </script>
    <script src="http://your-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showrecentposts">
    </script></div>
    <div id="rpdr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;">
    <a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/recent-posts-widget-for-bloggerblogspot.html" target="_blank" title="Grab this Recent Posts Widget">Recent Posts Widget</a> by <a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" title="Recent Posts Widget">Helplogger</a></div>
    <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
    <style type="text/css">
    #rpdr {background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHCWZFg3VQW7fOEK5lPzYUQdqMJjjK-4prtO-0wBUI88ZWEV6srmDs_BfTJ2v4EKTCaHusLuMtqpgPQII4DGANfwBa2YUcZkrAYAOQPjxO1jkBZtw3mPchTbSahgK2F8Kb_Mh5XIWRKOR/s1600/blogger.png) 0px 0px no-repeat; padding: 1px 0px 0px 19px; height:14px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:14px;}
    #rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}
    #hlrpsa { border-bottom:1px #cccccc dotted; margin-top:-10px; padding-bottom:10px;}
    .hlrps a {font-weight:bold; }
    .hlrpssumm {}
    </style>

Option 2: Recent Posts Widget Showing Post Titles Only

    <div id="hlrpsb">
    <script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-titles-only.js"></script>
    <script style="text/javascript">var numposts = 10;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = false;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;</script>
    <script src="http://your-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script></div>
    <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;" id="rpdr"><a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/recent-posts-widget-for-bloggerblogspot.html" title="Grab this Recent Posts Widget" target="_blank">Recent Posts Widget</a> by <a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" title="Recent Posts Widget">Helplogger</a></div><noscript>Oops! Make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser.</noscript>
    <style type=text/css>
    #rpdr {background: url( https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHCWZFg3VQW7fOEK5lPzYUQdqMJjjK-4prtO-0wBUI88ZWEV6srmDs_BfTJ2v4EKTCaHusLuMtqpgPQII4DGANfwBa2YUcZkrAYAOQPjxO1jkBZtw3mPchTbSahgK2F8Kb_Mh5XIWRKOR/s1600/blogger.png ) 0px 0px no-repeat; padding: 1px 0px 0px 19px; height:14px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:14px;}
    #rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}
    #hlrpsb { }
    .bbrecpost2 {
    padding-top:6px;
    padding-bottom:6px;
    border-bottom: 1px #cccccc dotted; }
    </style>

Here they're the options :

#Change 5 (option 1) and 10 (option 2) with the number of posts you want to show. 
#Change false to true if you want the posts dates to appear. 
#And change 100 (option 1) if you want more characters to be displayed.
#Don't forget to change 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:

    http://www.your-site.com/feeds/posts/default....


3. 

Save your widget and done! Enjoy!