How to add Recent Posts and Recent Comments in a blog

In many blog sites you might have seen Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets. You have looked at various custom template in order to add them. But in many custom templates loading those two might take much time to load. Also there is some widgets that use google friend connect and they take much time to load posts and comments. In this post I will show how easily we can add two widgets of recent posts and recent comments into a blog.

Following is the step by step procedure about how we can add Recent Posts and Recent Comments in a blog.

Step 01: Sign in to blogger dashboard Blogger Dashboard.

Step 02: Click on Layout on the blog that you want to add recent posts and recent comments. After you click Layout then choose Page Elements. In the Add and Arrange Page Elements You will see a window like below.

Click on Add a Gadget.

Step 03: You will see a new window. Scroll down and find out Feed. You will see new window like below.

Step 04: Click on Feeds. You will see a Configure Feed window. In the Feed URL box type your blog feed url. For example my blog feed URL is http://arjudba.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default You will see a window look like,

Step 05: Click on Continue button. You will see new window. Change Title to Recent Posts like below.

And then click Save button. You are done!

If you want to add Recent Comments then in the box type URL http://arjudba.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default and you are done.
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