Marco Brughi

This plugin create a widget to set the reading of RSS. It works with both RSS and XML. There are a few parameters to set up: Title = The title to display in your blog, RSS Feed = The URL of your selected RSS (work both rss or xml feed), Item to display = how many item display (from 1 to 5), show date = y/n, show summary = y/n.

RSS Advanced Widget

Create a widget to set the reading of RSS. It works with both RSS and XML. Easy to install and set up, just enter the URL of the desired RSS.

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.

RSS Advanced Widget vs Dashboard Feed Widget