webmaric

<p>There are many plugins for adding recent posts in sidebar, I know… But this is my version. Its easy to use and has all the right settings.</p>
<p>For instance, you can choose posts from specific categories, number of posts, thumbnail size, number of words in excerpt…</p>
<h4>Technical support</h4>
<p>Dear users, this plugin is available for free download. If you have any questions or recommendations regarding the functionality of this plugin (existing options, new options, current issues), please feel free to contact me. I speak serbian and english.<br />
If you notice any bugs in the plugin, you can notify me about it and we’ll investigate and fix the issue then. Please don’t hesitate to contact me.</p>


SidePost

To add recent posts in sidebar, with thumbnails, from specific categories...

David Gewirtz

<p><strong>IMPORTANT: Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. If you need a timely reply from the developer, please <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/" rel="nofollow ugc">open a ticket</a>.</strong></p>
<p>If you’ve ever wanted to display recent posts, but go far beyond the Recent Posts widget that comes with WordPress, you’re in the right place.</p>
<p>One of the very best ways to increase time-on-site (and therefore the engagement of your audience) is helping visitors discover new and wonderful pages and posts on your site. Better Recent Posts Widget can do that by displaying your beautiful featured images right in the widget. You can control the number of posts to display, specify if you want to skip some posts, and display custom post types.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p>The WordPress.org version has the following features:</p>
<ul>
<li>All new, better Recent Posts widget</li>
<li>Specify widget title</li>
<li>Control number of posts displayed</li>
<li>Control number of posts to skip (offset)</li>
<li>Optionally display post thumbnails</li>
<li>Customize thumbnail size</li>
<li>Choose post type to display</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional features in the <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/better-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">pro version</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Optionally display post author</li>
<li>Optionally display post count</li>
<li>Optionally display post comment count</li>
<li>Optionally display post excerpt/length</li>
<li>Customize post display order</li>
<li>Customize post sorting method</li>
<li>Better taxonomy selection control</li>
<li>Multiple widget instance support</li>
<li>Multisite capable</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Adoption Notice</strong><br />
  This plugin was recently adopted by David Gewirtz and ongoing support and updates will continue. Feel free to visit <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/when-it-rains-it-pours-another-plugin-adoption/" rel="nofollow ugc">David’s Lab Notes</a> for a development roadmap and additional details.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Pro Version Availability</h4>
<p>The pro version of this plugin is available for sale (and, indeed, will likely have an exciting future). To purchase the pro version, please visit <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/better-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">the plugin’s new home page</a>.</p>
<h4>Support Note</h4>
<p>Sales of the pro version on CodeCanyon have been halted and the pro plugin is now being sold <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/better-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">directly</a>. CodeCanyon Better Recent Posts Widget Pro users (and, of course, users of the free version) are invited to post questions. Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. If you need a timely reply from the developer, please <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/" rel="nofollow ugc">open a ticket</a>.</p>
<h4>Mailing List</h4>
<p>If you’d like to keep up with the latest updates to this plugin, please visit <a href="http://zatzlabs.com/lab-notes/" rel="nofollow ugc">David’s Lab Notes</a> and add yourself to the mailing list.</p>
<p>Adopted from Pippin Williamson.</p>


Better Recent Posts Widget (with thumbnails)

If you’ve ever wanted more control (a lot more control) over displaying your recent posts, this is the widget for you. Plus thumbnails.

SidePost vs Better Recent Posts Widget (with thumbnails)