flexostudio

Choose from which category and how many posts you want to show, as is shown 
name and picture of the contents of this publication.
<h3>How to use</h3>
<ol>
<li>From the Administration -> settings go to post manager options enter data, generate code copy and paste the desired place in post</li>
<li>FlexoPostManager::category_post($_args); where $ _args is an array of type 
$args = array( 
 ‘category’ => ‘pictures’, 
 ‘count’ => 5, 
 ‘h_num’ => 3, 
 ‘master_class’ => ‘post-preview’, 
 ‘return’ => false, 
 ‘title_first’ => true, 
 ‘template_func’ => ‘format_post_as_picture’, 
 ‘order_by_postmeta’ => array( 
 ‘key’ => ‘fb_score’, 
 ‘order’ => ‘DESC’ 
 ), 
); 
you can put this wherever you want in header, in sidebar …..</li>
</ol>

flexo-posts-manager

shows your chosen number of publications in the selected category

Balazs

Weart Category Posts Widget is a small simple, rock solid widget with one only one task: 
Display the latest posts with the most beautiful way from the picked category in the sidebar.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Pick a category to display posts.</li>
<li>Set the number of displaying posts.</li>
<li>Featured Images (if it is avalible) for the post with two sizes (full, thumbnail)</li>
<li>Enable excerpts to display.</li>
<li>Turn ON / OFF the Date displaying.</li>
<li>Fully Translateable</li>
<li>Minimal CSS, no JS to not causes any conflict with the theme.</li>
</ul>
<h4>More about me</h4>
<a href="http://weartstudio.eu" rel="nofollow ugc"> I am </a> a WordPress developer, check my website for more information about my works.
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>Hungarian – a Magyar fordítást a bővítmény tartalmazza</li>
</ul>
Note: This plugin is localized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating I recommend the awesome <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/" rel="ugc">“Codestyling Localization” plugin</a> and for validating the <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Poedit Editor”</a>.

Weart Category Posts Widget

Weart Category Posts Widget displays the latest posts in the sidebar from a picked category with featured image.

flexo-posts-manager vs Weart Category Posts Widget