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This plugin provides you with a shortcode that returns the latest posts from specifics categories or post_types, you can choose how many posts is to be show or what kind of information you can get from posts.
Arguments:
<ol>
<li>id – You can use any number of post categories ids separeted by commas</li>
<li>num – the number of posts to return for wich categorie id</li>
<li>info – this is where goes all the printing information</li>
</ol>
Info printing arguments:
<ol>
<li>thumb: returns the post’s featured image, you must specify the width of the thumb after ‘:’, has a link to the post</li>
<li>title: returns the title, has a link to the post</li>
<li>excerpt: returns the first lines from you post you can specify the lenght of the text to show and a subtext. excerpt:LENGTH:SUB-TEXT, has a link to the post</li>
<li>content: returns all content from post</li>
<li>date: returns date of post publishing, you can specify the format after ‘:’</li>
</ol>
More about date:
Date format uses php default formating symbols, here goes some of then;
d: day of month 
m: month 
y: year
it has some limitations, you can’t use escape chars (yet).
check the manual to see the complete list: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
A few examples:
[os_lastpost id=”x,y,z” num=2 info=”title,date:d/m/y,thumb:130,excerpt:120: … veja mais”]
returns the latest 2 posts from post categories x, y and z, printing the date on Day/Month/Year, featured image 130 px of width, 120 chars from post content (html stripped) and a custom text ” … veja mais” at the end.
[os_lastpost post_type=”custom_post_type” num=5 info=”title,excerpt”]
returns the latest 5 posts from a custom post type, printing title, and the first 60 chars from the post content and a default text ” … read more”
[os_lastpost post_type=”post” num=5 info=”title,content”]
returns the latest 5 posts from all your categories, printing title, and full content
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>

OneSpace Last Post

Provides a shortcode to get the latest posts on the blog, for one or more categories or a post_type.

David Wood

<h4>Simplicity at its finest!</h4>
This simple plugin adds a widget that allows for the display of recent posts in any custom post type. It functions almost identically to the built-in WordPress “Recent Posts” widget with the added option of letting you choose which post type it pulls from. Just add the “Latest Custom Post Type” widget to a widget area, give it a title, how many posts to show and what post type you want it to pull from. It’s that easy!
<h4>Advanced Options</h4>
While this plugin allows for quick and easy use, there are also LOADS of advanced features that site owners, designers, and developers will all enjoy.
<ul>
<li>Change how the posts are pulled (e.g. Publish date, modified date, meta keys)</li>
<li>Change how they are displayed (e.g. Pull by modified date, but show in alphabetical order)</li>
<li>Define custom text for when there are no posts to show (defaults to showing nothing)</li>
<li>Define custom CSS classes</li>
<li>Show post thumbnails with the option of a default thumbnail image and custom size</li>
<li>Show the post date/time or post modified date/time and specify the format</li>
<li>Show post excerpts, specifying the length and read more link text</li>
<li>Restrict posts by taxonomy and taxonomy terms</li>
</ul>
<h4>A word on support and additional features</h4>
If you find any bugs, please let me know! In an effort to help others looking for similar answers and to help build the WordPress.org community I ask that all bug reports, requests for support and feature requests be made through the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/latest-custom-post-type-updates" rel="ugc">WordPress.org forums</a>.

Latest Custom Post Type Updates

Simple widgetized display of the latest posts in your custom post type. Also allows for easy filtered display of regular posts in a widget.

OneSpace Last Post vs Latest Custom Post Type Updates