As you know we use :


<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
<ul>
<?php get_archives('postbypost', 6); ?>
</ul>


to show our recent posts. But how do we show recent posts from specific category ?

To do this we use :


<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>


here cat=1 is our category ID number and showposts=10 is our recent posts from specific category count. When you add this code to your sidebar.php file, you have to check your specific category ID from you admin panel, manage, categories.