by Ross Cornell 4.7 (12 reviews)

Recent Posts by Category Widget

Name: Recent Posts by Category Widget
Rating: 4.7 (12 reviews)
Author: Ross Cornell

Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.

Recent Posts by Category Widget ranks #3,437 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #545 of 8,547 in the Customization category, a 4.7/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Aug 16, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.2 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 16 Aug, 2015

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#545 of 8,547 in Customization Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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#3,437

-7 this week

Active Installs

4K+

-14.2%

KW Avg Position

N/A

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Downloads

33.3K

+8 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 64.2%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

12 reviews

Overall 94%

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2015
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 4.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Ross Cornell

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display recent posts from a specific category in a widget. It solves the limitation of the default Recent Posts widget, which cannot filter posts by category.