webmaric

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.
For instance, you can choose posts from specific categories, number of posts, thumbnail size, number of words in excerpt…
<h4>Technical support</h4>
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. 
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.

SidePost

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

Dheeraj Dhawan

Sandeep Sharma

This plugin contains a widget for showing off the recent posts from your wordpress blog.
With this plugin you can choose number of posts to display, display featured image, dimensions of featured image, posts order, select the categories also. We will adding more options in the next version.

Smart Recent Post

Smart recent posts shows the recent posts from your wordpress blog

SidePost vs Smart Recent Post