4bzthemes

A collection of shortcodes, widgets, a shortcode builder, multiple featured images, a related posts module, video and audio embed options, and extra fields for the user profile form. Includes Recent Posts, Featured Posts, Popular Posts, Related Posts, Image Text, Progressbars, Flexslider Slideshow, Contact Info, Contact Form, Flickr Photos, Facebook Comments, Author Bio, and Column shortcodes and widgets. 
This plugin provides filters for theme and plugin authors to override or augment the default shortcodes and widgets’ options, display, and description. 4bzthemes recommends the 4bzCore plugin for all of their themes.
You can find <a href="http://4bzthemes.com/knowledgebase/" rel="nofollow ugc">docs</a>, and more detailed information on <a href="http://4bzthemes.com/plugin/4bzcore" rel="nofollow ugc">4bzthemes.com</a>.
If you have any questions about 4bzCore, consult the following in this order:
<ol>
<li>[Docs](http://4bzthemes.com/knowledgebase/</li>
<li>[Support Forum] (https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/4bzcore) on WordPress.org.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Translators</h3>
4bzCore needs translations. If you have created or updated a language pack, you can send <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">gettext PO and MO files</a> to <a href="http://4bzthemes.com/about/" rel="nofollow ugc">4bzthemes</a> so that it can be bundled into the plugin.
<h3>Report a bug</h3>
You can report any bugs through the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/4bzcore" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a> on WordPress.org.
<h3>Credits</h3>

4bzCore

A collection of shortcodes, widgets, a shortcode builder, multiple featured images, a related posts module, and much more.

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Recent & Featured Posts Widget adds a list of recent posts or posts of your choosing with thumbnail images, post titles, dates, times, and excerpts.
Features:
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<li>Excerpt Length. Change the number of words in the post excerpt.</li>
<li>Excerpt Display. Show the excerpt as a dropdown when someone hovers over a section or display the excerpt directly on the page.</li>
<li>CSS Modification. Modify certain CSS values including image width, text position, and border.</li>
<li>Featured Posts. Don’t want to show recent posts? Enter a list of post IDs. The number of posts shown will depend on the total number of IDs.</li>
<li>Thumbnail Images. Choose to show featured image, or the oldest image attached to a post is shown by default.</li>
<li>Images of your Choosing. Enter a list of image IDs to replace the default images. Images are shown in the order listed.</li>
<li>Date and Time. Show or hide the post date and/or time. Choose a separator that goes between date and time.</li>
<li>Include Sticky Posts. If you include sticky posts, an extra post is added. I.e. if the ‘Number of posts to show’ is 5 and you select ‘Include Sticky Posts’, 6 posts will be shown.</li>
<li>Rectangular or Circular Image.</li>
</ul>

Recent & Featured Posts Widget

Display recent posts or manually selected posts with thumbnail images. Show the excerpt directly on the page or as a dropdown.

4bzCore vs Recent & Featured Posts Widget