This is an easy one, thanks to the recently updated “Query Posts” widget. The “Query Posts” widget offers you a lot more in terms of what you can use it for, so be sure to play around with all the options there.

Here is what you do:

1. Do not include the standard “Recent Posts” widget in your sidebar.
2. Add the “Query Posts” widget to the sidebar.
3. Set the number of posts you want to display.
4. Set the order to be “Descending”, and order by “Creation Date”.
5. Set the “Post Display Style” to be “Thumbnail and title” or “Thumbnail, title and excerpt”.
6. Pick the right size for the thumbnail and pick an excerpt length.
7. Set the categories to be shown as “Any Category”

That’s it.

~Fin~

Gauging by trending questions on the Support Forum, I decided to start a series of simple “How To” solutions. Each addresses an oft answered yet frequently asked question on different support forums. Unlike the broader spectrum “Recipes”, this will require little to no coding.

Here’s hoping that people will find the series useful.

To hide the search box in the navigation bar of Suffusion:

1. Go to Suffusion Options → Sidebar Configuration → Right Header Widgets
2. For “Show Search in Widget Area on right side of header”, set it to “Hide the Search”

~Fin~