Ricardo Gonzalez

WordPress 2.5 introduces a widgetized dashboard featuring the latest posts and WordPress news.
This plugin creates a new widget for that dashboard that lists out the latest posts.
See Also: <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dashboard-widget-manager/" rel="ugc">Dashboard Widget Manager</a>

Dashboard: Recent Posts Extended

Widget for the WordPress 2.7+ dashboard to display the latest posts.

webdeveric

This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick access.
Options (per user settings):
<ul>
<li>Number of items to show</li>
<li>Excerpt length – number of words (0 = hide)</li>
<li>Show only your edits</li>
<li>What post types to show</li>
<li>What post statuses to show</li>
</ul>

Recently Edited Content Widget

This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick access.

Dashboard: Recent Posts Extended vs Recently Edited Content Widget