How to increase Wordpress Recent Posts from 15 to More?

I'd like to know. The maximum number of post, as we all know, is only 15. Is there a way to make it, say, 50?

 

Yes, you can do it. Do not use widget.

Use Theme Editor >> Sidebar.php

Edit or check this code

      <h2>Recents Posts</h2>
            <ul>
		<?php get_archives('postbypost', [B]50[/B]); ?>
	 </ul>

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on homepage or in sidebar.

If in sidebar, look above answer.

If you want on homepage, than here is your answer.
http://www.52webdesign.com/wordpress/how-to-set-number-of-posts-on-homepage-of-wordpress/

 

Thanks begadang. I have a question: how to configure WP so that each recent post, when it is clicked, will jump to a new browser?

 

I don't sure it will works. But you can try it:

Edit your archive file (archive.php) add target=_blank on this code:

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

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After adding code:

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" target="_blank"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

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Don't use get_archives as its deprecated. Use wp_get_archives instead here.

 

thanks for the tips guys, it's also helpful for me

 

I instead edited default_widgets.php and I got what I wanted to happen just like this news blog site here.