public function mw_getRecentPosts( $args ) {
		$this->escape( $args );

		$username = $args[1];
		$password = $args[2];
		if ( isset( $args[3] ) ) {
			$query = array( 'numberposts' => absint( $args[3] ) );
		} else {
			$query = array();
		}

		$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
		if ( ! $user ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts.' ) );
		}

		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
		do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'metaWeblog.getRecentPosts' );

		$posts_list = wp_get_recent_posts( $query );

		if ( ! $posts_list ) {
			return array();
		}

		$recent_posts = array();
		foreach ( $posts_list as $entry ) {
			if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $entry['ID'] ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			$post_date         = $this->_convert_date( $entry['post_date'] );
			$post_date_gmt     = $this->_convert_date_gmt( $entry['post_date_gmt'], $entry['post_date'] );
			$post_modified     = $this->_convert_date( $entry['post_modified'] );
			$post_modified_gmt = $this->_convert_date_gmt( $entry['post_modified_gmt'], $entry['post_modified'] );

			$categories = array();
			$catids     = wp_get_post_categories( $entry['ID'] );
			foreach ( $catids as $catid ) {
				$categories[] = get_cat_name( $catid );
			}

			$tagnames = array();
			$tags     = wp_get_post_tags( $entry['ID'] );
			if ( ! empty( $tags ) ) {
				foreach ( $tags as $tag ) {
					$tagnames[] = $tag->name;
				}
				$tagnames = implode( ', ', $tagnames );
			} else {
				$tagnames = '';
			}

			$post = get_extended( $entry['post_content'] );
			$link = get_permalink( $entry['ID'] );

			// Get the post author info.
			$author = get_userdata( $entry['post_author'] );

			$allow_comments = ( 'open' == $entry['comment_status'] ) ? 1 : 0;
			$allow_pings    = ( 'open' == $entry['ping_status'] ) ? 1 : 0;

			// Consider future posts as published
			if ( $entry['post_status'] === 'future' ) {
				$entry['post_status'] = 'publish';
			}

			// Get post format
			$post_format = get_post_format( $entry['ID'] );
			if ( empty( $post_format ) ) {
				$post_format = 'standard';
			}

			$recent_posts[] = array(
				'dateCreated'            => $post_date,
				'userid'                 => $entry['post_author'],
				'postid'                 => (string) $entry['ID'],
				'description'            => $post['main'],
				'title'                  => $entry['post_title'],
				'link'                   => $link,
				'permaLink'              => $link,
				// commented out because no other tool seems to use this
				// 'content' => $entry['post_content'],
				'categories'             => $categories,
				'mt_excerpt'             => $entry['post_excerpt'],
				'mt_text_more'           => $post['extended'],
				'wp_more_text'           => $post['more_text'],
				'mt_allow_comments'      => $allow_comments,
				'mt_allow_pings'         => $allow_pings,
				'mt_keywords'            => $tagnames,
				'wp_slug'                => $entry['post_name'],
				'wp_password'            => $entry['post_password'],
				'wp_author_id'           => (string) $author->ID,
				'wp_author_display_name' => $author->display_name,
				'date_created_gmt'       => $post_date_gmt,
				'post_status'            => $entry['post_status'],
				'custom_fields'          => $this->get_custom_fields( $entry['ID'] ),
				'wp_post_format'         => $post_format,
				'date_modified'          => $post_modified,
				'date_modified_gmt'      => $post_modified_gmt,
				'sticky'                 => ( $entry['post_type'] === 'post' && is_sticky( $entry['ID'] ) ),
				'wp_post_thumbnail'      => get_post_thumbnail_id( $entry['ID'] ),
			);
		}

		return $recent_posts;
	}