Recent Posts by Tags

This plugin creates a new widget which allows you to show recent posts by tags. The default Recent Posts widget in WordPress shows recent posts belonging to all categories. But this plugin gives you the option to show recent posts by tags. It is helpful if you are mainly using tags to categorize your posts.

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Support: Please post your support questions at Recent Posts by Tags plugin support forum

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1. Extract recent-posts-by-tags.zip archive

2. Upload the recent-posts-by-tags folder to your wp-content/plugins directory.

3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

4. Go to Appearance –> Widgets to add the widget to any widgetized areas.

How to style the widget?

The widget inherits the style of default WordPress Recent Posts widget. You can use .rpbt-item CSS calss to style it.

Example

.rpbt-item {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 14px;
    list-style: disc inside;
}

1. 

   Recent Posts by Tags widget options. Wordpress tag is selected

2. 

   Recent Posts by Tags widget in sidebar showing recent posts tagged in WordPress tag.

1.1

• Added option to show post date. Code taken from Recent Posts widget in WordPress 3.5

1.0

• Initial public release