Recently Updated Macro

The Recently Updated macro displays a list of the most recently changed content within Confluence.

The Recently Updated Dashboard macro is similar to this macro, but is intended for display on the Confluence dashboard.

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the recently updated macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

Open your desired Confluence page or blog post, then click the 'Edit' button. The page or blog post opens in edit mode.
Click the Macro Browser icon on the toolbar. The macro browser window opens in the middle of the screen in 'macro selection' mode.
Scroll through the list of macros. Alternatively, start typing part of the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the macro browser window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the main pane.
Click on the desired macro to access its parameters and preview parameter changes ('preview mode').
Set the macro parameters to your requirements. If desired, you can preview these changes by clicking 'Refresh'.
Click 'Insert' to put the macro into the page.

You can also insert macros via autocomplete. For more information, see Using Autocomplete in the Rich Text Editor.

Once you've found the recently updated macro and have added the required parameter values, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

{recently-updated}

Working Example of Usage

Below is a working example of the 'Recently Updated' macro which by default, lists 15 results.

What you need to type

What you will get

{recently-updated}

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Parameters

Parameters are options that you can include in Confluence macros to control the content or format of the macro output. The table below lists relevant parameters for this macro.

Parameter names are different in the macro browser and in wiki markup. Below we show the macro browser parameter names in bold text, and the equivalent wiki markup parameters in (bracketed) text. If we do not show any parameter name for the wiki markup, then you should leave out the parameter name and simply include the parameter value as the first parameter, immediately after the colon (:).

Parameter	Required?	Default	Description
Author(s) by username (`author`)	no	None specified i.e. 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. You can specify one or more authors, separated by a comma or a space.
Label(s) (`label`) or (`labels`)	no	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. To exclude content which matches a given label, put a minus sign (-) immediately in front of that label value. For example: If you specify a label value of `-badpage` you will get only content which is not labelled with 'badpage'. To indicate that the results must match a given label value, put a plus sign (+) immediately in front of that label value. For example: If you specify a label value of `+superpage,+goodpage` you will get only content which has at least two labels, being 'superpage' and 'goodpage'. If there are no pages matching any of the specified labels, then Confluence will ignore the labels and will list all recently updated pages, as well as showing a message, "These labels don't exist and were ignored: xxx ". This unexpected behaviour is noted in issue CONF-10167.
Maximum Number of Results (`max`) or (`maxResults`)	no	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.
Show User Profile Pictures (`showProfilePic`)	no	false	Specify `showProfilePic=true` to display the profile pictures of the users who updated the content.
Space(s) (`space`) or (`spaces`)	no	@self, i.e. 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. You can specify one or more space keys, separated by a comma or a space. To exclude content in a specific space, put a minus sign (-) immediately in front of that space key. For example: If you specify a space key of `-BADSPACE` you will get only content which is not in the BADSPACE. To indicate that the results must come from a specific space, put a plus sign (+) immediately in front of that space key. For example: If you specify a space key of `+GOODSPACE` you will get only content in GOODSPACE. (Note that this is not particularly useful, because each content item belongs to one space only. If you put a plus sign next to one space key and list other space keys too, the other space keys will be ignored.) Special values: `@self` — The current space. `@personal` — All personal spaces. `@global` — All global spaces. `@favorite` — The spaces you have marked as favourite. `@favourite` — The same as `@favorite` above. `@all` — All spaces in your Confluence site. `*` — The same as `@all` above. When specifying a personal space, remember to use the tilde (~) sign in front of the username, such as `~jbloggs` or `~jbloggs@example.com`.
Include these Content Types Only (`type`) or (`types`)	no	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. You can specify one or more types, separated by a comma or a space. 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: `page` — Pages. `blogpost` or `news` — Blog posts, also known as news items. `comment` — Comments on pages and blog posts. `attachment` — Attachments. `status` — Status updates made by other users.
Width of Table (`width`)	no	100%	Specify the width of the macro display, as a percentage of the window width.
theme (`theme`)	no	'concise' with the heading 'Recently Updated'	Choose the appearance of this macro: `concise` — the default list, showing the names of pages which were updated or commented on, the users who made the page modifications and time when the modifications occurred. `social` — lists recent modifications in reverse chronological order, but groups them by user into short time segments. A 'sub' list appears within each user's time segment, showing the names of pages which they updated or commented on and time when these modifications occurred. `sidebar` — lists recent updates in reverse chronological order, showing the names of pages which were updated or commented on and time when the page modifications occurred. This theme does not show authorship.

Examples

1. Include content from all spaces

The code below will show all the pages from all the spaces that have been recently updated:

{recently-updated:space=@all}

2. Include content from specific spaces

Use the code below to specify the spaces for which you want to view recently updated content:

{recently-updated:space=SPACEKEY1,SPACEKEY2}

3. Specify the width of the display

Use the code below to limit the width of the display to 50% of the window:

{recently-updated:width=50%}

4. Filter content using labels

The code below will include recently updated content labelled with 'timesheets' or 'summaries', from the 'sales' and 'marketing' spaces, provided that the content is not labelled with 'obsolete':

{recently-updated:space=sales,marketing|label=timesheets,summaries,-obsolete}

5. Filter by content type

Use the code below to show pages only (not news items, comments or any other content type):

{recently-updated:type=page}

6. Change the number of results in the list

The code below changes the number of results listed (from the default value of 15) to 8:

{recently-updated:maxResults=8}

7. Display profile pictures

The code below will display the profile picture of the user who most recently updated the content.

{recently-updated-dashboard:showProfilePic=true}

8. Display recent comments, including profile pictures and text

The code below will display recent comments in the current space, showing the profile picture of the users who made the comments, plus the first line or two of the comment text.
This is the only way to ensure that the text of the comments is displayed, using this macro.

{recently-updated-dashboard:types=comment|showProfilePic=true}

Customising the wording

If you would like to change the wording displayed by the 'Recently Updated' macro, please refer to the document on modifying the Confluence interface text.

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