Diana K. Cury

List post from a specific category with options like date format, link text, order and more. Locus is a very simple plugin for display content in diferrent ways:
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<li>Display a single post, page or any available post type.</li>
<li>Display full content or the excerpt, or both!</li>
<li>Category descriptions are visible by default, if any.</li>
<li>Configure date format, link text or hide them all.</li>
<li>Use styles for every block, (refer the stylesheet in <code>locus/control/locus-style.css</code>)</li>
<li>Set display post orders, such random, by date, by author, comment count (popularity) etc</li>
<li>Display thumbnails, if available</li>
<li>Easy to use: you don’t have to learn to use it</li>
<li>Settings per widget, so you can have different widgets.</li>
</ul>

Locus

Locus allows you display any post, page or post type in widgetized areas of you site.

Amaury Balmer

WordPress 3.1 and up allow to manage new custom post type, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code. Excerpt update your theme !
This plugin provides a nice interface and easy access. The plugin provides almost all the parameters of the WordPress CPT API.
It’s possible to manage the permissions of custom post types such as articles or pages. Or create a full set of custom permissions and related roles !
This plugin is developped on WordPress 3.3, with the constant WP_DEBUG to TRUE.

Simple Custom Post Types

WordPress 3.1 and up allow to manage new custom post type, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code.

Locus vs Simple Custom Post Types