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/* 
Plugin Name: Recent Posts 
Plugin URI: http://mtdewvirus.com/code/wordpress-plugins/ 
*/ 

function mdv_recent_posts($no_posts = 10, $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>', $hide_pass_post = true, $skip_posts = 0, $show_excerpts = false) { 
    global $wpdb; 
        $time_difference = get_settings('gmt_offset'); 
        $now = gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s",time()); 
    $request = "SELECT ID, post_title, post_excerpt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ";
    $request.=" AND post_category <>14 "; 
        if($hide_pass_post) $request .= "AND post_password ='' "; 
        $request .= "AND post_date_gmt < '$now' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $skip_posts, $no_posts"; 
    $posts = $wpdb->get_results($request); 
        $output = ''; 
    if($posts) { 
                foreach ($posts as $post) { 
                        $post_title = stripslashes($post->post_title); 
                        $permalink = get_permalink($post->ID); 
                        $output .= $before . '<a href="' . $permalink . '" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: ' . htmlspecialchars($post_title, ENT_COMPAT) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($post_title) . '</a>'; 
                        if($show_excerpts) { 
                                $post_excerpt = stripslashes($post->post_excerpt); 
                                $output.= '<br />' . $post_excerpt; 
                        } 
                        $output .= $after; 
                } 
        } else { 
                $output .= $before . "None found" . $after; 
        } 
    echo $output; 
}