Modern Tribe, Inc.

Jonathan Brinley

Peter Chester

Timothy Wood

jazbek

<p>Widget Builder uses native WordPress editing interface to provide a unique tool to build custom widgets for your site(s).</p>
<ul>
<li>MU Compatible</li>
<li>Create admin dashboard widgets <strong>NEW!</strong></li>
<li>Link the image</li>
<li>Title and Description</li>
<li>Customize “Read More” link text</li>
<li>Very versatile. All fields are optional.</li>
<li>Supports override of template so that you can override the template for your theme!</li>
</ul>
<p>Tested on PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.14 & 5.4.4 and WP 3.3 & 3.4.</p>
<p>This plugin is actively supported and we will do our best to help you. In return we simply as 3 things:</p>
<ol>
<li>Help Out. If you see a question on the forum you can help with or have a great idea and want to code it up and submit a patch, that would be just plain awesome and we will shower you with praise. Might even be a good way to get to know us and lead to some paid work if you freelance.  Also, we are happy to post translations if you provide them.</li>
<li>Donate – if this is generating enough revenue to support our time it makes all the difference in the world<br />
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=R8H3DD84PWAQ2</li>
<li>Support us by buying our Premium plugins. In particular, check out our Events Calendar Pro http://tri.be/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/</li>
</ol>
<p>Note: gear vector art used in the WordPress.org banner were created by http://www.opengraphicdesign.com</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<h4>Dashboard Widgets</h4>
<p>Select ‘Available As Dashboard Widget’ in the widget editor to enable a widget as a dashboard widget. If you do not want this widget showing in the available widgets list for sidebar placement, select ‘Disable Sidebar Widget’.</p>
<h4>Default vs. Custom Templates</h4>
<p>The built in template can be overridden by files within your template.</p>
<p>The Widget Builder comes with a default template for the widget output. If you would like to alter the widget display code, create a new folder called “tribe_widget_builder” in your template directory and copy over the “views/widget.php” file.</p>
<p>Edit the new file to your hearts content. Please do not edit the one in the plugin folder as that will cause conflicts when you update the plugin to the latest release.</p>
<p>Alternatively you can point to a path of your choosing using the filter ‘tribe_widget_builder_widget.php’.</p>
<h4>Filter widget query args</h4>
<p>Filter your query arguments or get_posts altogether for granular fine tuning your listing of widgets or in the case of MU install restricting the builder to one site.</p>
<p>The following filters are available for override<br />
    ‘tribe_widget_builder_get_posts_args’ // customize the widget query parameters<br />
    ‘tribe_widget_builder_get_posts’ // change the get_posts() query</p>


Widget Builder

I get this error when using the plugin with PHP7:

Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Tribe_Widget_Builder_Display has a deprecated constructor in /www/wp-content/plugins/widget-builder/classes/custom-widget-display.php on line 19 Fatal error: Cannot use lexical variable $widget_widget as a parameter name in /www/wp-content/plugins/widget-builder/classes/wp_add_dashboard_widget.php on line 5

Breaks with PHP7?

Widget Builder uses native WordPress editing interface to provide a unique tool to build custom widgets for your site(s).

Kybernetik Services

WP Cool Tools

Martin Stehle

<p>List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!</p>
<p>Although the plugin is built only for widget areas users reported that it <strong>works in Elementor</strong> and <strong>works in Oxygen</strong>. Whether it runs in other page builders is unknown. Please let me know in which <strong>page builder</strong> you were able to use the plugin successfully.</p>
<p>The plugin does not collect any personal data, so it is <strong>ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance</strong>.</p>
<h4>Lightweight, simple and effective</h4>
<p>No huge widget with hundreds of options. This plugin is based on the well-known WordPress default widget ‘Recent Posts’ and extended to display more information about the posts like e.g. thumbnails, excerpts and assigned categories. And it provides more options to build custom-taylored posts lists.</p>
<p>The thumbnails will be built from the featured image of a post or of the first image in the post content. If there is neither a featured image nor a content image then you can define a default thumbnail.</p>
<p>You can set the width and height of the thumbnails in the list. The thumbnails appear left-aligned to the post titles in left-to-right languages. In right-to-left languages they appear right-aligned.</p>
<h4>Custom Post Type</h4>
<p>If you want to list custom post types with the featured image, please check out our plugin <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/shop/wordpress/plugin/ultimate-post-list-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=recent-post-widgets-with-thumbnail&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Ultimate Post List Pro</a>.</p>
<h4>Demo</h4>
<p>You want to test Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails before installing on your site? Try it out on your individual and free playground site and <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?theme=twentytwentyone&plugin=recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">click here</a>.</p>
<h4>What users wrote</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>“This plugin performs a simple task but one that I find to be invaluable.”</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-but-invaluable-plugin/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by funkster on July 1, 2025</li>
<li><strong>“I just want to say thank you for developing such a good plugin.”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-for-developing-such-a-great-plugin-4/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by modelaid on July 3, 2024</li>
<li><strong>“Excellent plugin!”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-8567/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by mystnick on April 18, 2023</li>
<li><strong>“… one of the dynamic and smart, yet admin and user optimized widget plugins …”</strong> in <a href="https://www.sktthemes.org/wordpress-plugins/add-widgets-wordpress-website/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Add Widgets and Start Using Them in WordPress Website?</a> by SKT Posts Themes on September 3, 2020</li>
<li><strong>“بهترین افزونه های نمایش آخرین نوشته ها در وردپرس”</strong> in <a href="https://modirwp.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails/" rel="nofollow ugc">ابزارک آخرین نوشته وردپرس</a> by Ghodsi on December 16, 2019</li>
<li><strong>“Another good all around widget, suitable for most projects”</strong> in <a href="https://howto-wordpress-tips.com/free-wordpress-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free WordPress recent posts widget – Which one is the best?</a> on December 3, 2019</li>
<li><strong>“In just a few clicks, your website will look considerably more established and professional.”</strong> in <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/website/wordpress-thumbnail-plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">3 Best WordPress Thumbnail Plugins to Manage Images Perfectly</a> by HubSpot Staff on October 29, 2019</li>
<li><strong>The best of the recent posts widgets</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-of-the-recent-posts-widget/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by noddemix on June 13, 2019</li>
<li><strong>Number 8</strong> in <a href="https://ideiasdig.com/14-plugins-para-otimizar-seu-site/#8Recent_Posts_Widget_With_Thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">14 Plugins para Otimizar seu Site</a> by Ideias Dig on November 8, 2018</li>
<li><strong>“Truly EXCELLENT Plugin!”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truly-excellent-plugin/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by dnuttal on October 11, 2018</li>
<li><strong>“Easier than making an egg, seriously.”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easier-than-making-an-egg-seriously/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by djackofall on October 2, 2017</li>
<li><strong>“This plugin is INCREDIBLE”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-you-also-have-one-for-most-popular-posts/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by lucio7 on August 25, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Widgets Users Will Love</strong> in <a href="https://speckyboy.com/free-wordpress-widget-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">10 Ultra-Useful Free WordPress Widget Plugins</a> by Eric Karkovack on June 16, 2017</li>
<li><strong>listed</strong> in <a href="https://wpteamsupport.com/wordpress-plugins-engage-visitors/" rel="nofollow ugc">20 WordPress Plugins that Steals Attention to Engage Visitors of Your Site</a> by WP Team Support on March 6, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Number 1</strong> in <a href="https://www.nimbusthemes.com/8-essential-wordpress-widgets-to-supercharge-your-website/" rel="nofollow ugc">8 essential WordPress widgets to supercharge your website</a> by Rafay Ansari on January 31, 2017</li>
<li><strong>“Excellent (after trying a few)!”</strong> in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-after-trying-a-few/" rel="ugc">reviews</a> by giorgissimo on January 6, 2017</li>
</ul>
<h4>What users filmed</h4>
<p>Some users published video tutorials on YouTube:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKoqcLBHhkM" rel="nofollow ugc">Class 09 – Working with Plugins (Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails)</a> by WordPress Learning Bangladesh on March 7, 2017</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9WIeaMb6s" rel="nofollow ugc">Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Setup Tutorial – WordPress Lesson and Tip</a> by Making a Website on April 17, 2016</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/dqzz8NZc99Q" rel="nofollow ugc">Add Recent Posts Widget with Thumbnail – WordPress</a> by eMediaCoach on August 15, 2015</li>
</ul>
<h4>Options you can set</h4>
<ol>
<li>Title of the widget</li>
<li>Number of listed posts</li>
<li>Open post links in new windows</li>
<li>Different options for post order and sorting</li>
<li>Hide the current post in list</li>
<li>Show only sticky posts</li>
<li>Hide sticky posts</li>
<li>Keep sticky posts on top of the list if not hidden</li>
<li>Hide post title</li>
<li>Maximum length of post title</li>
<li>Show post author name</li>
<li>Label for the author names</li>
<li>Show post categories</li>
<li>Show post category names as links to their archives</li>
<li>Label for categories</li>
<li>Show post date</li>
<li>Show post excerpt</li>
<li>Show number of comments</li>
<li>Excerpt length</li>
<li>Signs after excerpt</li>
<li>Ignore post excerpt field as excerpt source (builds excerpts only from the post content)</li>
<li>Ignore post content as excerpt source (builds excerpts only from the excerpt fields)</li>
<li>Show posts of selected categories (or of all categories)</li>
<li>Show post thumbnail (featured image)</li>
<li>Registered thumbnail dimensions</li>
<li>Thumbnail width in px</li>
<li>Thumbnail height in px</li>
<li>Keep the aspect ratio of thumbnails</li>
<li>Try to take the first post image as thumbnail</li>
<li>Only use the first post image as thumbnail</li>
<li>Use default thumbnail if no thumbnail is available</li>
<li>Always use default thumbnail</li>
<li>Default thumbnail URL</li>
<li>Alternative text of the default thumbnail</li>
<li>Omit all alternative texts of the thumbnails for a better accessibility</li>
<li>Print slugs of post categories in class attribute of LI elements</li>
<li>Print inline CSS instead of creating a CSS file</li>
<li>No CSS generation at all</li>
</ol>
<h4>Useful hints for developers: Supported Hooks</h4>
<p>The plugin considers the output of actions hooked on:</p>
<ol>
<li><code>rpwwt_widget_posts_args</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed argument:</strong> the query arguments as an array</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> an array of query arguments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>widget_title</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed arguments:</strong>
<ol>
<li>the widget title as a string</li>
<li>the widget settings as an array</li>
<li>the widget base ID as a string</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>rpwwt_excerpt_length</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed argument:</strong> the maximum number of characters for the post excerpt as an integer</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> an integer</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>rpwwt_excerpt_more</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed argument:</strong> the string to append after the post excerpt</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>rpwwt_the_excerpt</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed arguments:</strong>
<ol>
<li>the content of the post excerpt field as a string</li>
<li>the post object</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>the_excerpt</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed argument:</strong> the post excerpt as a string</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>rpwwt_categories</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed argument:</strong> the category list of each post as a string</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>rpwwt_list_cats</code>
<ul>
<li><strong>passed arguments:</strong>
<ol>
<li>the category name as a string</li>
<li>the category as an array</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><strong>expected return value:</strong> a string</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Useful hints for developers: Available CSS Selectors</h4>
<p>To design the list and its items, you can use these CSS selectors:</p>
<pre><code>.rpwwt-widget: the element which contains the post list
.rpwwt-widget ul: the list which contains the list items
.rpwwt-widget ul li: the list item in the list
.rpwwt-widget ul li.rpwwt-sticky: the list item of a sticky post
.rpwwt-widget ul li a: link in the list
.rpwwt-widget ul li a img: linked image
.rpwwt-widget ul li a span.rpwwt-post-title: the post title
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-author: the post author
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-categories: the post category list
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-date: the post date
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-excerpt: the post excerpt
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-excerpt .rpwwt-post-excerpt-more: the "more" text following the excerpt.
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-comments-number: the number of comments
</code></pre>
<h4>Languages</h4>
<p>The user interface is available in several languages.</p>
<p>Starting from version 7.1.0 the handling for translations are moved to <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails/" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>.<br />
Please help to translate into more languages, or you can re-work on the current translations if you think it’s needed.<br />
If you have done your translation, please leave a comment in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails" rel="ugc">plugin’s support forum</a>. I’ll take care of the review and approval.</p>


Widget Builder vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails