by Kybernetik Services 4.8 (215 reviews)

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Name: Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Rating: 4.8 (215 reviews)
Author: Kybernetik Services

List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails ranks #353 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #44 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 215 reviews, and was last updated Oct 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v7.2.0 Current Version v7.2.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 11 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#44 of 8,848 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -24% this week Actively maintained

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3.7M

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Support Resolved

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96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (215 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 7.2.0
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2026
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Kybernetik Services

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 215
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a widget listing their most recent posts. It solves the need to display posts with more detail than the default Recent Posts widget, including thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, and dates.

Post thumbnails from featured image
Post excerpts
Author name display
Category display and links
Post date display
Sticky post handling
Custom thumbnail dimensions
Comment count display

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

The WordPress version must be at least 4.6. The PHP version must be at least 5.6. The theme should support wp_head() in the HTML header section to print the CSS code for a beautiful alignment of the thumbnails.

Yes. Type in the web address of the thumbnail and click on "Save". That's all.

Yes. You can enter the desired width and height of the thumbnails or select one of the sizes as set in 'Settings' > 'Media'.

To keep the plugin lightweight: no. Please set the alignment in the CSS of your theme instead.

To keep the plugin lightweight: no. Please set the CSS in the Customizer at "Additional CSS".

Yes. It works with images previously uploaded into the media library. You can select to prefer the first image to the featured image or to use the first image only.

Use the "Excerpt" box below the editor on a post edit page in the backend. The plugin uses those user-defined excerpts unchanged "as is". If there is no text in the "Excerpt" box the plugin tries to build an excerpt via the post content. Since there is the "maximum length of the excerpt" option shortening the HTML content would lead to severe layout errors. So before shortening all HTML tags and shortcodes are removed.

There is no pot file coming anymore with the plugin. With version 7.1 the translation was moved to translate.wordpress.org. If you want to contribute a translation of the plugin in your language it would be great!