//custom recent news menu with specific news category

//find this following code below in the api.php file
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_news_category c,tbl_news n WHERE c.cid=n.cat_id ORDER BY n.nid DESC, n.news_status ASC LIMIT $limit";

//change the sql select query function to display specific category
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_news_category c,tbl_news n WHERE c.cid=n.cat_id AND c.category_name = '<CATEGORY NAME>' ORDER BY n.nid DESC, n.news_status ASC LIMIT $limit";

//note
//'<CATEGORY NAME>' means your category name, as example, if your category name is 'Entertainment', replace '<CATEGORY NAME>' with 'Entertainment'