Nashita

Simple and clean styling widget for displaying latest posts with thumbnail.
After installed the plugin, WP Latest Posts Widget will be in <code>Available Widgets</code> section named <code>Latest Posts</code>.
Optional settings for <code>Title</code> and <code>Number of Posts</code>.

WP Latest Posts Widget

Widget for displaying latest posts with thumbnail

Johan Jonk Stenström

Lists categories, author pages and archives with thumbnails. Use shortcode [categorythumbnaillist 1] where 1 is the category id.
Don’t forget to add Featured images to your posts.

Category Thumbnail List

Lists categories, author pages and archives with thumbnails. Use shortcode [categorythumbnaillist 1] where 1 is the category id.

WP Latest Posts Widget vs Category Thumbnail List