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Total downloads: 28,379
Active installs: 600
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 10/30/2023 (792 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/26/2012 (13 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.9.3
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.4.7
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 792 days ago • 1 reviews

22/100

Is Recent Posts Widget Plus abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 792 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.9.3
Tested up to: 6.4.7
Requires PHP: f

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Developers

Johan van der Wijk (Owner)4

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Description

The Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin allows you to display a list of the most recent posts from all or a specific category or tag. It not only shows the post title, but also an excerpt of the post.

Installation

  1. First you will have to upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
  2. Then activate the plugin in the plugin panel.
  3. Go to ‘Appearance’ > ‘Widgets’ and drag the Recent Posts Widget Plus to the required position in the sidebar.
  4. Type a title for the widget (you can leave this blank)
  5. Type the number of recent posts to show in the widget
  6. Specify the excerpt length by number of characters
  7. Choose a specific category or select None (all categories) to show all categories
  8. Choose the post tags you would like to use to filter the list (optional)
  9. Click save.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference with the default Recent Post widget

All WordPress installs come with a default widget for showing recent posts. The advantage of using the Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin, is that you can not only show the post titles but also an excerpt from the post and define how many characters of the excerpt are displayed. This plugin also allows you to display recent posts from a custom post type.

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Screenshots

  1. You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag.

    You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag.

  2. This is an example of how the widget can look.

    This is an example of how the widget can look.

Changelog

1.2.1

WordPress 6.4 compatibility tested

1.1.7

WordPress 5.8 compatibility tested

1.1.4

Shortcodes are now also stripped from the excerpts.

1.1.3

New version for admin purposes.

1.1.1

Changed method for creating the widget in preparation of PHP7 support.

1.1

Fixed debug notices and added the option to select a custom post type.

1.0

First release

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