wp_get_recent_posts

Source code

function wp_get_recent_posts( $args = array(), $output = ARRAY_A ) {



	if ( is_numeric( $args ) ) {

		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.1', __( 'Passing an integer number of posts is deprecated. Pass an array of arguments instead.' ) );

		$args = array( 'numberposts' => absint( $args ) );

	}



	// Set default arguments

	$defaults = array(

		'numberposts' => 10, 'offset' => 0,

		'category' => 0, 'orderby' => 'post_date',

		'order' => 'DESC', 'include' => '',

		'exclude' => '', 'meta_key' => '',

		'meta_value' =>'', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_status' => 'draft, publish, future, pending, private',

		'suppress_filters' => true

	);



	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );



	$results = get_posts( $r );



	// Backward compatibility. Prior to 3.1 expected posts to be returned in array

	if ( ARRAY_A == $output ){

		foreach( $results as $key => $result ) {

			$results[$key] = get_object_vars( $result );

		}

		return $results ? $results : array();

	}



	return $results ? $results : false;



}