Simple Recent Posts Widget
Simple way to displaying your recent posts sidebar, including thumbnails, category, and number options.
Maintenance 20/1002837d since update
Active installs
10
Downloads
2,211
Reviews
0
Age
9.3y
Tagswidgetimageswidgetsthumbnailsrecent posts
Plugin info
Total downloads: 2,211
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 3/26/2018 (2837 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/29/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.9.28
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2837 days ago
20/100
Is Simple Recent Posts Widget abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 2837 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.9.28
Requires PHP: f
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Description
Simple way to displaying Recent Post Widget with date, post thumbnail. Its highly customizable for every theme developer to make change as his / her need.
Features
- Specify widget title
- All new, better Recent Posts widget
- Control number of posts displayed
- Control number of posts to skip (offset)
- Optionally display post thumbnails
- Optionally display post date
- Customize thumbnail size
- Choose post type to display
- Multisite capable
We have Active Support so you can let us know if you are having any kind of issue with configuring our plugin. In case you face any problem, Contact us on [email protected]
Installation
- Upload the simple-recent-posts-widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Appearance > Widgets
- Select “Simple Recent Posts” on sidebar.
Frequently Asked Questions
Installation Instructions
- Upload the simple-recent-posts-widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Appearance > Widgets
- Select “Simple Recent Posts” on sidebar.
Review feed
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Changelog
2.0
Fixed some bugs.
1.0
Initial Release.

