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by Vincent Mimoun-Prat 5 (3 reviews)

Enhanced Recent Posts

Enhance the built-in "Recent Posts" widget.

Enhanced Recent Posts ranks #9,787 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,282 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Apr 12, 2014. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.5 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.3.4 Current Version v1.3.4
Updated 12 years ago Last Update on 12 Apr, 2014
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,282 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
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Downloads
31.1K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (3 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

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No known vulnerabilities on record for Enhanced Recent Posts. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use the built-in Recent Posts widget and want more control over it. It solves the problem of the default widget's limited options by adding category filtering, post count selection, and date display.

  • Exclude categories
  • Include categories
  • Select number of posts displayed
  • Show the date

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Enhanced Recent Posts

Enhanced Recent Posts has 400+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Enhanced Recent Posts holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 3 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Enhanced Recent Posts is developed by Vincent Mimoun-Prat and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Enhanced Recent Posts requires WordPress 2.5 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.5.
Enhanced Recent Posts has been downloaded 31,112+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Enhanced Recent Posts is 1.3.4. It was last updated on April 12, 2014.
Yes. Enhanced Recent Posts is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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