How to Setup Your Recent Posts and Recent Comments on the Sidebar

To show your recent post on the sidebar is very easy, you just follow the instruction below then you will see your recent post on your blog sidebar.

Here are the steps on installing the recent posts widget:
  1. Log on to your Blogger account.
  2. Go to Layout tab, at the Page Elements section decide where to place the widget then click "Add a Gadget".
  3. When the pop-up screen showed up, scroll down and find the gadget "Feed" then click the blue plus button (+) on the upper right side of the gadget.
  4. At the blank which you will enter your feed URL, enter this  http://yoursitename.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.Make sure to replace “yoursitename” with your actual blog url.Note that you should replace "yourblog.blogspot.com" with your blog URL.

  5. After you have enter the URL, press continue. The gadget should start retrieving your feed.
  6. Change the Title to “Recent Posts” or “Recent Entries” or whatever you prefer to call it. You can also choose to show the item dates and author.
Note: If it doesn’t appear on your blog, chances are you don’t have the correct feed url or you might not have any comments yet.

Here are the steps on installing the recent comments widget:

  1. Log on to your Blogger account.
  2. Go to Layout tab, at the Page Elements section decide where to place the widget then click "Add a Gadget".
  3. When the pop-up screen showed up, scroll down and find the gadget "Feed" then click the blue plus button (+) on the upper right side of the gadget.
  4. At the blank which you will enter your feed URL, enter this  http://yoursitename.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default.Make sure to replace “yoursitename” with your actual blog url. Note that you should replace "yourblog.blogspot.com" with your blog URL.
  5. After you have enter the URL, press continue. The gadget should start retrieving your feed.
  6. Change the Title to “Recent Comments” or whatever you prefer to call it. To show the item dates and names of the authors, check the appropriate boxes.
Note:If it doesn’t appear on your blog, chances are you don’t have the correct feed url or you might not have any comments yet.

6 comments so far:

Talha71 said...

This works… even better than the templates provided by the blogger.
Thank you!

santé said...

Thx for the tips.

northernman16 said...

Thanks for the help.

दिपक भट्टराई said...

nice its really good

FAVORAZZI said...

hi thanks for the the widget, its beautifull, however i only get 5 post showing on the recent post, how can i make it 10 please my blog is favorazzi.com and its at the bottom of the blog please check it out and advice. thanks and have a great day.

cheers!

Admin said...

@FAVORAZZI

Sorry five is the maximum number of allowed posts for this method. However, if you want to add more, follow the steps below.

Sign up for a Feedburner Account and Log on to it. Click on the "Publicize" tab, Then click on "BuzzBoost" on the sidebar at your left.On the page that opens, look for Feed Settings.

Fill the form as below
Number of items to display > 10
Open links in > "Same Window" would be better.
Leave all Boxes unchecked

Now copy the code and add it to your blog as a HTML/JavaScript.

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