Latest News Widget
A customizable latest news widget.
Latest News Widget ranks #11,778 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Jan 30, 2011. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.0.1
- Last Updated
- Jan 30, 2011
- Requires WP
- 2.8.1+
- Tested Up To
- 3
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Taylor Lovett
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- Rating
- ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1
- Reviews
- 0
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display recent blog posts from selected categories in a sidebar widget. It solves the need for a customizable, easy-to-set-up way to highlight latest news without requiring technical knowledge.
- Show posts from three categories
- Optional post titles
- Optional post bylines
- Dashboard widget with blogging tips
- Show content, excerpt, or limited content
- Limit and offset posts shown
- Style manager for widget
- Translatable to multiple languages
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