Pieter Bos

On websites we develop for clients we always add this widget to their WordPress Dashboard to keep them informed on general updates regarding their websites. We thought it would be a handy tool for other developers, so we turned the widget into a plugin.
The default settings are:
<ul>
<li>the standard title of the widget box is “Recent Updates”</li>
<li>as we needed a default feed URL we use the feed of WP TIPS, one of our own websites</li>
<li>the default number of RSS items is 3</li>
<li>do not open link in new tab (since 2014.07.27)</li>
<li>yellow background color of the widget (<code>#FFFF99</code>)</li>
</ul>
We have decided to only support this plugin through <a href="https://github.com/senlin/so-dashboard-feed-widget/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue over at Github. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.

Dashboard Feed Widget

The Dashboard Feed Widget shows the latest Posts from a site of your choice in the top of the WordPress Dashboard.

danikoo

NEW: 
1. added – option to choose multiple post types, example: ?call_custom_simple_rss=1&csrp_post_type=page,post 
2. added – option to choose multiple post status, example: ?call_custom_simple_rss=1&csrp_post_status=publish,draft 
3. added – better documentation (tutorial).
A plugin to create a your own Custom Simple RSS Feed 
according to parameters you choose!
*** the best solution for using MailChimp RSS campaigns ***
in simple words: 
Ever wanted an rss feed for just a specific Author and specific Category?
Or Even an rss feed for a specific Custom Field ???
Well… now you got it !
The plugin does not alter your default wordpress feeds – it enables you to display feeds on the fly via specific url with pre defined url query parameters.
for example:
display only 5 items from specific category order by name descending:
www.yordomain.com/?call_custom_simple_rss=1&csrp_posts_per_page=5 
&csrp_orderby=name&csrp_order=DESC&csrp_cat=4
Filter items by:
<ul>
<li>category id</li>
<li>post type</li>
<li>post status</li>
<li>tag</li>
<li>range of dates</li>
<li>and even meta keys and values!</li>
<li>NEW! filter by custom taxonomy</li>
</ul>
Order by:
<ul>
<li>name</li>
<li>date</li>
<li>author</li>
<li>ID</li>
<li>etc</li>
</ul>
More Features:
<ul>
<li>number of items to return</li>
<li>pagination </li>
<li>show post thumbnail or not?</li>
<li>set post thumbnails size to display?</li>
<li>show post custom fields (espically usefull if your using your rss as an affliate feed)</li>
<li>filter by date published or modified</li>
</ul>

Custom Simple Rss

A plugin to create your own Custom Simple RSS Feed according to parameters you choose

Dashboard Feed Widget vs Custom Simple Rss