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how to change widget items in Wordpress

In a Wordpress site I'm trying to change the list of portfolio items shown in the sidebar.

More specifically I'm trying to:
- add a hyperlink to the portfolio thumbnails
- remove the date
- filter the portfolio items so that I can make a distinction between portfolio and blog items

Surely this most be configurable somewhere, but I don't know where to look.
Any suggestions?
sidebar-widget.php.jpg

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Jason C. Levine

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digital1stein

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Thanks for the quick reply.

I don't think it's a plain text widget (see screenshot).

I can edit the code of the sidebar-portfolio.php file that is responsible for showing the widget (attached).
But I don't see the code that is effectively responsible for showing the individual items.

<?php

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Sidebar template - Portfolio
	
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */

?>

	<?php global $domain; /* The unique string used for translation */ ?>

	<?php 
		
		/* Reset to the default query */
		wp_reset_query();
		
		/* Get the custom fields values */
		$post_custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);

	
		/* Get special sidebar if it exists */
		if(isset($post_custom['jw_sidebar'][0])){ $sidebar_name = $post_custom['jw_sidebar'][0]; }else{ $sidebar_name = 'Portfolio Widgets'; }

		
	?>
	
	<div id="column" <?php if(isset($post_custom['jw_layout'][0]) && $post_custom['jw_layout'][0] == 'layout_sc'){ ?>class="left-column"<?php } /* If sidebar + content layout get the left sidebar */ ?>>
		
		<?php 
if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar($sidebar_name)):else:

?>
			
			<!-- No widgets START -->
			
			<h4><?php _e('No Widgets Added Yet', $domain); ?></h4>
			<p><em><?php _e('Please add them in the WordPress admin page under Appearance &rarr; Widgets. The widget section is', $domain); echo ' "'.$sidebar_name.'".'; ?></em></p>
			
			<!-- No widgets END -->
			
		<?php endif; ?>

	</div><!-- #column -->

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So my guess is I should be looking elsewhere.

Jason C. Levine

Right, that code appears to set the JW widgets list for Appearance | Widgets. Is this a plugin or a theme?

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digital1stein

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Hi,

Sorry for responding so late; I was out for more than a week.

Jason1178, I have a separate theme. Don't think it's a plugin (attached you'll find a screenshot of my plugins page).

Gwkg, I watched the widget.recent-posts.php file (attached), but I couldn't find where to add a link to the thumbs.

Any other suggestions?
plugins.jpg
widget.recent-posts.php

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I found the solution myself meanwhile, but appreciated the help of the other EE members.