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.

webdeveric

This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick access.
Options (per user settings):
<ul>
<li>Number of items to show</li>
<li>Excerpt length – number of words (0 = hide)</li>
<li>Show only your edits</li>
<li>What post types to show</li>
<li>What post statuses to show</li>
</ul>

Recently Edited Content Widget

This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick access.

WordPress Loop vs Recently Edited Content Widget