Thrunobulax

Description
This plugin was born out of an explicable problem with the standard 
Wordpress RSS widget on my server. Whether a curl problem within 
fetch_feed() or something else, this plugin now uses DOM to load 
the feeds rather than curl. If you’re getting the “An error has 
occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.” message (and 
you are sure that your feed is valid (validate with 
feedvalidator.org) try this plugin.
Installation
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>mob-rss-widget</code>-folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> 
directory</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
</ol>
How to Use
Drag and drop the widget into your sidebar in the Widgets menu
Changelog
1.0.0 Release.

MOBy RSS Widget

Description This plugin was born out of an explicable problem with the standard Wordpress RSS widget on my server. Whether a curl problem within fe …

Pieter Bos

On websites we develop for clients we always add this widget to their WordPress Dashboard to keep them informed on general updates regarding their websites. We thought it would be a handy tool for other developers, so we turned the widget into a plugin.
The default settings are:
<ul>
<li>the standard title of the widget box is “Recent Updates”</li>
<li>as we needed a default feed URL we use the feed of WP TIPS, one of our own websites</li>
<li>the default number of RSS items is 3</li>
<li>do not open link in new tab (since 2014.07.27)</li>
<li>yellow background color of the widget (<code>#FFFF99</code>)</li>
</ul>
We have decided to only support this plugin through <a href="https://github.com/senlin/so-dashboard-feed-widget/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue over at Github. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.

Dashboard Feed Widget

The Dashboard Feed Widget shows the latest Posts from a site of your choice in the top of the WordPress Dashboard.

MOBy RSS Widget vs Dashboard Feed Widget