Gaurav Tiwari

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<li>Lightweight – Just 5kB in size.</li>
<li>Tested on WordPress 3.5+ // WordPress 4.1 recommended.</li>
<li>Customize the way you want.</li>
<li>Link to one of your blog pages.</li>
<li>Free support and future updates at <a href="http://gauravtiwari.org/" title="Gaurav Tiwari" rel="nofollow ugc">personal blog</a></li>
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Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget (BRPW) is a clean minimal sidebar widget to showcase your recent articles in a clean & beautiful way.

Rueben

<p>This plugin allows you to easily custom display posts on your site.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supports single or more category display</li>
<li>Support show the post comments count</li>
<li>Support order by Posts today, yesterday, 7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months</li>
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Custom Display Posts

Adds a widget that shows the posts in a single or more category.

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Custom Display Posts