Ticket #10615: widget_comments_use_api.10615.diff

wp-includes/default-widgets.php

@@ -633 +633 @@
                 else if ( $number > 15 )
                         $number = 15;
 
-                if ( !$comments = wp_cache_get( 'recent_comments', 'widget' ) ) {
-                        $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 15");
-                        wp_cache_add( 'recent_comments', $comments, 'widget' );
-                }
+                $comments = get_comments(array('number' => $number));
 
-                $comments = array_slice( (array) $comments, 0, $number );
-?>
-                <?php echo $before_widget; ?>
-                        <?php if ( $title ) echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>
-                        <ul id="recentcomments"><?php
-                        if ( $comments ) : foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment) :
-                        echo  '<li class="recentcomments">' . /* translators: comments widget: 1: comment author, 2: post link */ sprintf(_x('%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="' . esc_url( get_comment_link($comment->comment_ID) ) . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>') . '</li>';
-                        endforeach; endif;?></ul>
-                <?php echo $after_widget; ?>
-<?php
+                echo $before_widget;
+                if ( $title ) 
+                        echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
+
+                echo '<ul id="recentcomments">';
+                if ( $comments ) { 
+                        foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment) {
+                                echo  '<li class="recentcomments">' . /* translators: comments widget: 1: comment author, 2: post link */ sprintf(_x('%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="' . esc_url( get_comment_link($comment->comment_ID) ) . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>') . '</li>';
+                        }
+                }
+                echo '</ul>';
+                echo $after_widget;
         }
 
         function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {