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.

Ga Satrya

<h4>Plugin description</h4>
<p>This plugin will enable a custom, flexible and advanced recent posts, you can display it via shortcode or widget. Allows you to display a list of the most recent posts with thumbnail, excerpt and post date, also you can display it from all or specific or multiple taxonomy, post type and much more!</p>
<h4>Support this project</h4>
<p>If you are enjoying this plugin. I would appreciate a cup of coffee to help me keep coding and supporting the project! <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/gasatrya" rel="nofollow ugc">Support & donate</a>.</p>
<h4>Features Include</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display by date, comment count or random.</li>
<li>Enable thumbnails, with customizable size and alignment.</li>
<li>Enable excerpt, with customizable length.</li>
<li>Display from all, specific or multiple category or tag.</li>
<li>Enable post date.</li>
<li>Display modification date.</li>
<li>Display comment count.</li>
<li>Post type support.</li>
<li>Taxonomy support.</li>
<li>Post status.</li>
<li>Custom HTML or text before and/or after recent posts.</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode feature</strong>.</li>
<li>Crop image on the fly.</li>
<li>Enable Read more.</li>
<li>Custom CSS.</li>
<li>Multiple widgets.</li>
<li>Available filter for developer.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li>Translate to <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/" rel="nofollow ugc">your language</a>.</li>
<li>Contribute or submit issues on <a href="https://github.com/gasatrya/recent-posts-widget-extended" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.</li>
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Great for custom types posts widget

This is a very useful plugin that works really well and has lots of filters to customize as needed.

Thanks!!

Super Useful

Provides flexible and advanced recent posts. Display it via shortcode or widget with thumbnails, post excerpt, taxonomy and more.

HTML Plus Recent Posts by Category Widget vs Recent Posts Widget Extended