How to add Recent Posts Widget to Blogger #1

DEMO

How to do this tutorial

Before you do this tutorial, I recommend you to back up your Blogger template, you can see How to back up and restore blogger template

Step 1

Log in to Blogger.com

Step 2

After log in, select Layout > Add a Gadget (See How to Add Gadgets - Widgets to Blogger)

Select HTML/JavaScript

Copy follwing code and paste to Widget:

<script type="text/javascript">
function showlatestpostswiththumbs(t){document.write('<ul class="recent-posts-container">');for(var e=0;e<posts_no;e++){var r,n=t.feed.entry[e],i=n.title.$t;if(e==t.feed.entry.length)break;for(var o=0;o<n.link.length;o++){if("replies"==n.link[o].rel&&"text/html"==n.link[o].type)var l=n.link[o].title,m=n.link[o].href;if("alternate"==n.link[o].rel){r=n.link[o].href;break}}var u;try{u=n.media$thumbnail.url}catch(p){s=n.content.$t,a=s.indexOf("<img"),b=s.indexOf('src="',a),c=s.indexOf('"',b+5),d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5),u=-1!=a&&-1!=b&&-1!=c&&""!=d?d:"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKd3H0-ETWEfXQ8wmxwSgflChAi-_cDp0aRDwCWTmnXGnaTxWLJ1hA39ptgd8dHfoWXjdAHN01qGRhWVW1itzYuj3Wk8k2RSaGTzvS253oV-X1vgUMwKOENqNmx7L1-DtxtTebCKQ_Nkv/s1600/no-thumb.png"}var h=n.published.$t,f=h.substring(0,4),w=h.substring(5,7),v=h.substring(8,10),A=new Array;A[1]="Jan",A[2]="Feb",A[3]="Mar",A[4]="Apr",A[5]="May",A[6]="Jun",A[7]="Jul",A[8]="Aug",A[9]="Sep",A[10]="Oct",A[11]="Nov",A[12]="Dec",document.write('<li class="recent-posts-list">'),1==showpoststhumbs&&document.write('<a href="'+r+'"><img class="recent-post-thumb" src="'+u+'"/></a>'),document.write('<div class="recent-post-title"><a href="'+r+'" target ="_top">'+i+"</a></div>");var g="",k=0;document.write('<div class="recent-posts-details">'),1==posts_date&&document.write('<span class="post-date">'+v+" "+A[parseInt(w,10)]+" "+f+" </span> | "),1==showcommentslink&&(1==k&&(g+=" <br> "),"1 Comment"==l&&(l="1 Comment"),"0 Comment"==l&&(l="No Comment"),l='<a href="'+m+'" target ="_top">'+l+"</a>",g+=l,k=1),1==readmorelink&&(1==k&&(g+=" | "),g=g+'<a class="readmorelink" href="'+r+'" class="url" target ="_top">Detail</a>',k=1),document.write(g),document.write("</div>"),document.write("</li>")}document.write("</ul>")}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var posts_no = 5;
var showpoststhumbs = true;
var readmorelink = true;
var showcommentslink = true;
var posts_date = true;
</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs" rel="nofollow"></script>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>

<style type="text/css">
#HTML1 .widget-content{margin: auto; width: 95%;}
img.recent-post-thumb{width:50px;height:50px;float:right;margin:-4px -20px 0 0;border:4px solid #00A0B0;border-radius:100%}.recent-posts-container{float:left;width:100%;min-height:55px;margin:5px 0 5px 0;padding:0;font-size:12px}ul.recent-posts-container{counter-reset:countposts;list-style-type:none;background:#fff}ul.recent-posts-container li:before{content:counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment:countposts;z-index:2;position:absolute;font-size:16px;color:#FFFFFF;background:#00A0B0;padding:7px 13px;border-radius:100%;margin-top:32px;margin-left:-21px}ul.recent-posts-container li{padding:5px 0;min-height:50px;list-style-type:none;margin:-2px 5px 5px 5px;border-bottom:2px solid #00A0B0}ul.recent-posts-container{border:2px solid #00A0B0}.recent-posts-container a{text-decoration:none}.recent-posts-container a:hover{color:#222}.post-date{color:#8F9596;font-size:11px}.recent-post-title a{font-size:14px;color:#616662}.recent-post-title{padding:0 17px}.recent-posts-details a{color:#888}.recent-posts-details{margin-left:12px;padding:5px}a.readmorelink{color:#FFFFFF;background:#00A0B0;padding:2px;border-radius:3px}
</style>
<div class='clear'></div>

Step 3

Finally, Save and see Result