Recent Posts by Category Widget
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
Maintenance 24/1002955d since update
Active installs
4,000
Downloads
32,899
Reviews
12
Age
11.9y
Tagswidgetsidebarcategorycategoriesrecent posts
Plugin info
Total downloads: 32,899
Active installs: 4,000
Total reviews: 12
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/28/2017 (2955 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/26/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.2.39
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2955 days ago • 12 reviews
24/100
Is Recent Posts by Category Widget abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 2955 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0.1
Tested up to: 4.2.39
Requires PHP: f
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Description
This plugin adds a simple widget that allows you to display a number of recent blog posts from a specific category. You have the options to choose a title, category, number of posts and whether or not to show the post date. The posts will be ordered by date just like the default Recent Posts widget included with WordPress.
Installation
- Upload the ‘recent-posts-by-category-widget’ directory to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Navigate to the ‘Widgets’ page found under the ‘Appearance’ menu item
- Drag ‘Recent Posts by Category Widget’ to the target widget area and choose your options
Frequently Asked Questions
Installation Instructions
- Upload the ‘recent-posts-by-category-widget’ directory to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Navigate to the ‘Widgets’ page found under the ‘Appearance’ menu item
- Drag ‘Recent Posts by Category Widget’ to the target widget area and choose your options
Review feed
Abbas
very easy to use
Works fine, very helpful. Thanks
Jacques Malgrange
Very usefull
Very good and simple plugin.
Screenshots
The widget UI
Changelog
1.3
- Removed an anonymous function that was breaking sites running PHP 5.2
1.2
- Switch to PHP5 style constructors for WP v4.3
1.1
- Better use of ‘widget_title’ filter to allow hooks to be used on it.
1.0
- Initial release.