helpgeek

<p>By default, the built-in Recent Posts widget in WordPress only allows you to<br />
display up to 15 recent posts max, even if you specify a larger number. This<br />
is hard-coded into the WordPress core so any modifications you make would have<br />
to be redone upon every WordPress update.</p>
<p>No longer!</p>
<p>The Recent Posts Widget Unlimited functions exactly as the built-in WordPress<br />
widget but without the 15-post restriction. You can now specify an unlimited<br />
number of recent posts to display without resorting to modifying the WordPress<br />
core.</p>


Mrinal Roy

<p>Latest Posts Widget is a light widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from your site with various options like excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Option to change ordering of posts.</li>
<li>Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width & height.</li>
<li>Set how many posts to show.</li>
<li>Option to show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.</li>
<li>Option to show the post date.</li>
<li>Option to show the comment count.</li>
<li>Multiple widgets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Contribute</h4>
<p>While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at<br />
<a href="https://github.com/mkrdip/latest-posts-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a> (If possible with a pull request).</p>


Latest Posts Widget

Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts of your site with excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature

Recent Posts Widget Unlimited vs Latest Posts Widget