Display list of recent posts and latest posts or random posts using the [recentposts-sc] shortcode in any page or in sidebar widgets.

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The “Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget” helps users to easily display latest posts in a page or in sidebar by just using simple shortcode [recentposts-sc] 
By default it displays “latest posts” or “recent posts” which can be changed to display “random posts”, display by ‘title’ etc using ‘orderby’.
<h4>Options and Features Includes</h4>
All Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ: 
* <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>
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<li>Featured Image</li>
<li>Auto generates and adds featured image using first image of the post if no featured image is found</li>
<li>Custom excerpt length</li>
<li>Limit number of posts</li>
<li>Posts from specific category</li>
<li>Posts from multiple categories (comma separated)</li>
<li>Posts from specific author</li>
<li>Post type option</li>
<li>Order/Display by date, name etc.</li>
<li>Display post date.</li>
<li>Display specific posts using post IDS (comma separated)</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by tag</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by meta key and meta values</li>
<li>Custom “Read more” label option.</li>
<li>Display default/custom image size instead of featured image (like thumbnail, medium etc)</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Use</h4>
<ul>
<li>Basic: [recentposts-sc] (by default 3 latest posts)</li>
<li>For sidebar also use [recentposts-sc] in text widgets (refer screenshots as well for further help)</li>
</ul>
Advanced Parameters:
<ul>
<li>
numberofposts (Number of posts) 
Limit/Specify the number of posts you want to display 
Default: 3 
Example: [recentposts-sc numberofposts=”6″]
</li>
<li>
post_type (Post Type) 
Specify which post type you want to use. For example posts or pages 
Default type: post 
Example: [recentposts-sc post_type=”page”]
</li>
<li>
get_cat_name (Category Name) 
If you want to display category name in list of posts 
Default: False 
Example: [recentposts-sc get_cat_name=”true”]
</li>
<li>
excerptlength (Custom Excerpt Length) 
Define custom excerpt length 
Example: [recentposts-sc excerptlength=”30″]
</li>
<li>
enable_excerpt (Show/hide Excerpt display) 
Sometimes you may not want to display excerpt and only like to keep title and image. To turn off/disable excerpts use enable_excerpt=”false” (default is true) 
Example: [recentposts-sc enable_excerpt=”false”]
</li>
<li>
image_size (Display default/custom image size instead of featured image) 
Select image size like thumbnail, medium etc (by default featured image is displayed) 
use image_size (default is false) 
Example: [recentposts-sc image_size=”thumbnail”] or [recentposts-sc image_size=”medium”] 
You can also use any custom image size if present in your website.
</li>
<li>
category (Posts from specific Category/categories) 
Filter posts from single category or multiple categories 
Example single category: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson”] 
Example multiple categories: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson,lesson2,lesson3″]
</li>
<li>
author (Posts from specific author) 
Filter posts from specific author 
Example: [recentposts-sc author=”admin”]
</li>
</ul>
More Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ: 
* <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>.
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Forum support</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Rate/Review the plugin</a></li>
</ul>
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Developed by rajros
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