by Hector Cabrera 5 (9 reviews)

Recently

Name: Recently
Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)
Author: Hector Cabrera

A highly customizable, feature-packed Recent Posts widget!

Recently ranks #10,847 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #1,375 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated May 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v4.2.1 Current Version v4.2.1

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 18 May, 2026

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,375 of 8,543 in Customization Top 25% by installs

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Rank

#10,847

-2 this week

Active Installs

300+

-15%

KW Avg Position

0.5 better

Downloads

12.3K

+1 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 10%

300+ 400+

3,910

Ranks to Climb

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8,000,000

Active Installs

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Growth +0.0%

Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

9 reviews

Overall 100%

9 (100%)

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Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

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Unresolved

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jun 7, 2023

Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

CVE-2021-4382 · Fixed in v3.0.5
Jun 7, 2021

Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5
Jun 7, 2021

Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5
Jun 7, 2021

Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5
Jun 7, 2021

Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5
Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5
Recently [recently] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.2.1
Last Updated: May 18, 2026
Requires WP: 5.7+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Hector Cabrera

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 1
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 more control over their recent posts widget than the default WordPress option provides. It solves the lack of flexibility in the stock Recent Posts widget by adding filtering, thumbnails, custom layouts, and multisite/translation support.