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.

Amaury Balmer

WordPress 3.1 and up allow to manage new custom post type, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code. Excerpt update your theme !
This plugin provides a nice interface and easy access. The plugin provides almost all the parameters of the WordPress CPT API.
It’s possible to manage the permissions of custom post types such as articles or pages. Or create a full set of custom permissions and related roles !
This plugin is developped on WordPress 3.3, with the constant WP_DEBUG to TRUE.

Simple Custom Post Types

WordPress 3.1 and up allow to manage new custom post type, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code.

WordPress Loop vs Simple Custom Post Types