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The Recently Updated macro displays a list of the most recently changed content within Confluence.
To add the Recently Updated macro:
When editing, select from the toolbar
Find the macro by name and select it
Configure it as needed
You can also type / on the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar. Continue typing the name of the macro to filter the list.
To edit the Recently Updated macro:
Select the macro placeholder.
Select the Edit icon to open the configuration panel.
Configure the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.
You can also select the centered , medium-width , and full-width icons to adjust the width of some macros. Select the trashcan iconto remove the macro.
Parameters are options that you can set to control what and how content from the macro appears on the page.
If the parameter name used in Confluence Cloud storage format or wikimarkup is different than the label used when inserting macros using the browser or the slash command, it will be listed below in brackets (example).
Parameter | Default | Description |
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Author(s) by username | None specified. That is, display all content | Filter the results by author. The macro will display only the pages etc which were last modified by the author(s) you specify here. |
Space(s) | @self That is, the space which contains the page on which the macro is used | This parameter allows you to filter content by space. The macro will display only the pages etc which belong to the space(s) you specify here.
Special values:
When specifying a personal space, remember to use the tilde (~) sign in front of the username, such as ~jbloggs or ~jbloggs@example.com. |
Label(s) | None specified i.e. display all content | Filter the results by label. The macro will display only the pages etc which are tagged with the label(s) you specify here. You can specify one or more label values, separated by a comma or a space.
The labels parameter only applies to the page and blog content types. |
Width of Table | 100% | Specify the width of the macro display, as a percentage of the window width. |
Include these Content Types Only | All types | This parameter allows you to filter content by content type. The macro will display only the content of the type you specify here. To exclude content of a given content type, put a minus sign (-) immediately in front of that content type. For example: If you specify a content type of -blogpost you will get pages and all other content except for blog posts. Available values:
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Maximum Number of Results | 15 | Specify the maximum number of results to be displayed. If this parameter is omitted, then a maximum of 15 results are displayed. The theoretical maximum value that this parameter can accept is 2 to the power of 31, minus 1 (or 2147483647), though this has been limited to 200 in the code, for performance reasons. More details are here. |
theme | concise | Choose the appearance of this macro:
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Show User Profile Pictures | false | Specify showProfilePic=true to display the profile pictures of the users who updated the content. |
Hide Title (hideHeading) | False | Determines whether the macro hides or displays the text 'Recently Updated' as a title above the list of content. Only available in wikimarkup and storage format. Accepted values:
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Wiki markup is only supported in the legacy editor.
Wiki markup is useful when you need to add a macro outside the editor, for example as custom content in the sidebar, header or footer of a space.
Macro name: recently-updated
Macro body: None.
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{recently-updated:spaces=ds|author=admin|max=10|hideHeading=true|width=50%|theme=sidebar|showProfilePic=true|labels=choc|types=page}
The Recently Updated Dashboard macro is similar to this macro but is intended for display on the Confluence dashboard.
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