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by Mrinal Roy 4.5 (2 reviews)

Latest Posts Widget

Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts of your site with excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature

Latest Posts Widget ranks #11,963 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #1,524 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Dec 16, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.4 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 16 Dec, 2015
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,524 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Support Resolved
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Rating
90%
Review 4.5 out of 5
4.5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5
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Overall 90%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Latest Posts Widget. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display their recent blog posts in a sidebar widget. It solves the problem of surfacing recent content with configurable display details like excerpts, thumbnails, dates, and ordering.

  • Change ordering of posts
  • Show post thumbnail
  • Set thumbnail width & height
  • Set number of posts shown
  • Show post excerpt
  • Set excerpt length
  • Show post date
  • Show comment count

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Latest Posts Widget

Latest Posts Widget has 200+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Latest Posts Widget holds a 4.5 out of 5 star rating based on 2 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Latest Posts Widget is developed by Mrinal Roy and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Latest Posts Widget requires WordPress 3.0 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.4.
Latest Posts Widget has been downloaded 12,922+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Latest Posts Widget is trunk. It was last updated on December 16, 2015.
Yes. Latest Posts Widget is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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