patched GreenTrack theme to work with recent Wordpress versions

wp-content/themes/GreenTrack/functions.php

-<?php
-/* 
-Gets the number of posts and comments so we can display it in the sidebar
-*/
-$numposts = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish'");
-if (0 < $numposts) $numposts = number_format($numposts); 
-
-$numcmnts = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1'");
-if (0 < $numcmnts) $numcmnts = number_format($numcmnts);
+<?php
+/*
+Gets the number of posts and comments so we can display it in the sidebar
+*/
+$countpost = wp_count_posts();
+$numposts = $countpost->publish;
+$countcomments = wp_count_comments();
+$numcmnts = $countcomments->approved;
 
 /*
 Description: Returns a list of the most recent posts.
@@ -14,13 +13,7 @@ Created by Sadish for his GreenTrack Theme
 */
 
 function gt_get_recent_posts($no_posts = 5, $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>', $show_pass_post = false) {
-    global $wpdb, $tableposts;
-	$time_difference = get_settings('gmt_offset');
-	$now = gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s",(time()+($time_difference*3600)));
-    $request = "SELECT ID, post_title, post_excerpt FROM $tableposts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ";
-	if(!$show_pass_post) $request .= "AND post_password ='' ";
-	$request .= "AND post_date < '$now' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, $no_posts";
-    $posts = $wpdb->get_results($request);
+    $posts = wp_get_recent_posts(array('numberposts' => $no_posts, 'post_status' => 'publish'));
 	$output = '';
     foreach ($posts as $post) {
         $post_title = stripslashes($post->post_title);
@@ -34,35 +27,32 @@ function gt_get_recent_posts($no_posts = 5, $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>',
 Description: Returns a list of the most recent comments.
 Created by Sadish for his GreenTrack Theme
 */
-function gt_get_recent_comments($no_comments = 5, $comment_num_of_words = 4, $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>') 
-{
-        global $wpdb, $tablecomments, $tableposts;
-        
-        $request = "SELECT ID, comment_ID, comment_content, comment_author FROM $tableposts, $tablecomments WHERE $tableposts.ID=$tablecomments.comment_post_ID AND post_status = 'publish' ";
-        $request .= "AND comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY $tablecomments.comment_date DESC LIMIT $no_comments";
-        $comments = $wpdb->get_results($request);
-        
-       	$output = '';
-       	if($comments) {
-        foreach ($comments as $comment) 
-        {
-                $comment_author = stripslashes($comment->comment_author);
-                $comment_content = strip_tags($comment->comment_content);
-                $comment_content = stripslashes($comment_content);
-                $words=split(" ",$comment_content);
-                $comment_excerpt = join(" ",array_slice($words,0,$comment_num_of_words));
-                $permalink = get_permalink($comment->ID)."#comment-".$comment->comment_ID;
-                $output .= $before . '<strong>' . $comment_author . '</strong>: <a href="' . $permalink;
-                $output .= '" title="'.__('Comment by','c4m').' ' . $comment_author.'">' . $comment_excerpt . '...</a>' . $after;
-        }
-        }
-        echo $output;
-       	echo '<br/>'."\n";		
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
+function gt_get_recent_comments($no_comments = 5, $comment_num_of_words = 4, $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>')
+{
+    $args = array(
+        'post_status' => 'publish',
+        'number' => $no_comments,
+        'order_by' => 'comment_date',
+        'status' => 'approved'
+    );
+    $comments = get_comments($args);
+
+    $output = '';
+    if($comments) {
+        foreach ($comments as $comment)
+        {
+                $comment_author = stripslashes($comment->comment_author);
+                $comment_content = strip_tags($comment->comment_content);
+                $comment_content = stripslashes($comment_content);
+                $words=split(" ",$comment_content);
+                $comment_excerpt = join(" ",array_slice($words,0,$comment_num_of_words));
+                $permalink = get_permalink($comment->comment_ID)."#comment-".$comment->comment_ID;
+                $output .= $before . '<strong>' . $comment_author . '</strong>: <a href="' . $permalink;
+                $output .= '" title="'.__('Comment by','c4m').' ' . $comment_author.'">' . $comment_excerpt . '...</a>' . $after;
+        }
+    }
+        echo $output;
+       	echo '<br/>'."\n";
+}
+
 ?>
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