linux4me2

<p>This widget allows you to insert arbitrary Text and/or HTML code (optional) to precede a list of recent posts by category. It makes it easy to add introductory comments and to achieve interesting effects like wrapping your posts list around an image. It’s designed to be lightweight and easy on resources.</p>
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<p>Note: Widget Blocks, added in WordPress 5.8, make this plugin no longer necessary. The same results can be obtained by using a Widget Group, Heading Block, Custom HTML Block, and the  Latest Posts Block. The latter also allows the use of multiple categories, which is not available with this plugin. Unless something major happens to change things, I won’t be developing the plugin beyond the current version (2.0.0).</p>
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HTML Plus Recent Posts by Category Widget

Like the Legacy Recent Posts widget, but adds the ability to select the category and add text or HTML before the list of posts.

jetendra pradhan

<p>This plugin will have options to display your recent posts with material style design, you can display your latest posts via widget.it will allow you to display list of latest posts with thumbnail image, publish date, no thumbnail design and much more.</p>
<h4>More Features</h4>
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<li>Customizable widget title.</li>
<li>Option for custom post type </li>
<li>Automaticaly date calculate from the publish date to current date.</li>
<li>Limit the posts list via widget.</li>
<li>Display your image with circle and square.</li>
<li>Allow you to multiple style post display design in your sidebar.</li>
<li>Display content with customizable length for both post title and content.</li>
<li>Display thumbnail with customizable width and height and alignment.</li>
<li>Custom background color for the title box.</li>
<li>Order by ID, Title, Date, Random.</li>
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<p>This plugin is good to use for the blog sidebar and website sidebar of your webpage.you can change everything via widget options</p>


Material Sidebar Posts

Provides latest posts with material style design, Display the posts with image and no thumbnail style and much more.

HTML Plus Recent Posts by Category Widget vs Material Sidebar Posts