by pjgalbraith 4.8 (14 reviews)

Recent Posts Plus

Name: Recent Posts Plus
Rating: 4.8 (14 reviews)
Author: pjgalbraith

An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget, allows display of thumbnails, post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.

Recent Posts Plus ranks #7,133 among WordPress.org plugins with 900+ active installations, is #1,006 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 14 reviews, and was last updated Jan 17, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.5 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 17 Jan, 2013

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,006 of 8,549 in Customization Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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#7,133

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Active Installs

900+

-8.5%

KW Avg Position

N/A

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Downloads

50.2K

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Support Resolved

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (14 reviews)

Next Milestone 1K

Total Progress 80%

900+ 1K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jan 17, 2013
Requires WP: 2.9.0+
Tested Up To: 3.5
PHP Version: N/A
Author: pjgalbraith

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 14
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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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 how it looks and behaves. It solves the problem of the default widget's limited display and sorting options by adding thumbnails, excerpts, custom ordering, filtering, and template customization.