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This plugin adds a widget to display the new post list belonging to the specified term.
The style sheet for the Widget not included. 
Please layout in the style sheet of the theme.
CSS Classes
<pre><code>.va-term-latest-posts {}
.post_list {}
.post_list_items {}
.post_list_items_anchor {}
.post_list_items_thumbnail {}
.post_list_items_thumbnail img {}
.post_list_items_meta {}
.post_list_items_meta_title {}
.post_list_items_meta_date {}
</code></pre>
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HTML output from Widget is done cached for a certain time. 
If WP_DEBUG is TRUE, each time the cache is deleted.

VA Term Latest Posts Widget

This plugin adds a widget to display the new post list belonging to the specified term.

rajros

The “Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget” helps users to easily display latest posts in a page or in sidebar by just using simple shortcode [recentposts-sc] 
By default it displays “latest posts” or “recent posts” which can be changed to display “random posts”, display by ‘title’ etc using ‘orderby’.
<h4>Options and Features Includes</h4>
All Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ: 
* <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>
<ul>
<li>Featured Image</li>
<li>Auto generates and adds featured image using first image of the post if no featured image is found</li>
<li>Custom excerpt length</li>
<li>Limit number of posts</li>
<li>Posts from specific category</li>
<li>Posts from multiple categories (comma separated)</li>
<li>Posts from specific author</li>
<li>Post type option</li>
<li>Order/Display by date, name etc.</li>
<li>Display post date.</li>
<li>Display specific posts using post IDS (comma separated)</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by tag</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by meta key and meta values</li>
<li>Custom “Read more” label option.</li>
<li>Display default/custom image size instead of featured image (like thumbnail, medium etc)</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Use</h4>
<ul>
<li>Basic: [recentposts-sc] (by default 3 latest posts)</li>
<li>For sidebar also use [recentposts-sc] in text widgets (refer screenshots as well for further help)</li>
</ul>
Advanced Parameters:
<ul>
<li>
numberofposts (Number of posts) 
Limit/Specify the number of posts you want to display 
Default: 3 
Example: [recentposts-sc numberofposts=”6″]
</li>
<li>
post_type (Post Type) 
Specify which post type you want to use. For example posts or pages 
Default type: post 
Example: [recentposts-sc post_type=”page”]
</li>
<li>
get_cat_name (Category Name) 
If you want to display category name in list of posts 
Default: False 
Example: [recentposts-sc get_cat_name=”true”]
</li>
<li>
excerptlength (Custom Excerpt Length) 
Define custom excerpt length 
Example: [recentposts-sc excerptlength=”30″]
</li>
<li>
enable_excerpt (Show/hide Excerpt display) 
Sometimes you may not want to display excerpt and only like to keep title and image. To turn off/disable excerpts use enable_excerpt=”false” (default is true) 
Example: [recentposts-sc enable_excerpt=”false”]
</li>
<li>
image_size (Display default/custom image size instead of featured image) 
Select image size like thumbnail, medium etc (by default featured image is displayed) 
use image_size (default is false) 
Example: [recentposts-sc image_size=”thumbnail”] or [recentposts-sc image_size=”medium”] 
You can also use any custom image size if present in your website.
</li>
<li>
category (Posts from specific Category/categories) 
Filter posts from single category or multiple categories 
Example single category: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson”] 
Example multiple categories: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson,lesson2,lesson3″]
</li>
<li>
author (Posts from specific author) 
Filter posts from specific author 
Example: [recentposts-sc author=”admin”]
</li>
</ul>
More Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ: 
* <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>.
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Forum support</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Rate/Review the plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
Developed by rajros
</blockquote>

Custom features updated

Display list of recent posts and latest posts or random posts using the [recentposts-sc] shortcode in any page or in sidebar widgets.

VA Term Latest Posts Widget vs Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget