apply_filters( ‘widget_posts_args’, array $args, array $instance )

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   habitcreature 7 years ago

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   Adding to my custom theme in functions.php:

   //filter recent posts widgets by category name
   function myorg_recentposts_events($args, $instance) {
   	$args['category_name'] = 'upcoming-events';
   	return $args;
   }
   add_filter('widget_posts_args', 'myorg_recentposts_events', 1, 2);

   Most important, return $args!! Spent an hour trying to figure out why my filter wasn’t working.
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   Steven Lin 4 years ago

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   Example migrated from Codex:

   Use the following to sort recent posts of the widget by date. Add the code to the functions.php file of the child theme.

   add_filter('widget_posts_args', 'filter_recent_posts_widget_parameters'); 
   
   function filter_recent_posts_widget_parameters($args, $instance) {
      $args['orderby'] = 'date';
      return $args;
   }