Ptah Dunbar

The WordPress Loop widget was written to allow users that don’t know their way around PHP to easily show their content in any way they’d like.
The widget has over 35 options to choose from. Customize your WordPress loop by one or more post types, categories, tags, custom taxonomies, authors, dates, custom fields, and a whole lot more!
In addition, it has support for post thumbnails, sticky posts, pagination, offsetting, customizable content length (by word count), and you can change the ordering from a variety of options. Oh, and you can also customize the .
WordPress Loop is truly an all-in-one solution for displaying your content on your site.
View the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-loop/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a> section for more info on how to use WordPress Loop.

WordPress Loop

A WordPress widget that gives you unprecendeted control over displaying your content.

Ron Zvagelsky

Monthly grid view calendar widget highlighting archived and/or future posts.
Additional Features:
<ul>
<li>Popup details for each date with posts</li>
<li>Optional details include post author and comment count.</li>
<li>Ability to show posts by post type, category, specific taxonomy and/or term</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://presshive.com/plugins/wordpress-blog-post-calendar-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">For more information or to request additional features, please visit the plugin page</a>

Blog Post Calendar Widget

The Blog Posts Calendar Widget allows you to display your archived or future posts in a calendar as a sidebar widget.

WordPress Loop vs Blog Post Calendar Widget