Advanced Posts Widget
A powerful and flexible recent posts widget for WordPress for displaying customized content lists. Supports all custom post types and taxonomies!
5(6 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Advanced Posts Widget is a WordPress posts plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
5/56 reviews
300active installs
8.3K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Build a better post list.
The Advanced Posts Widget is an enhanced version of the default WordPress Recent Posts widget. It allows for greater customization and stying of your recent content lists.
Make your post lists stand out with this highly customizable recent post widget!
Features
- Build multiple lists!
- Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)
- Set the number of posts to show.
- Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc.
- Set the order for displaying the posts.
- Filter by category, tag, or custom taxonomy.
- Supports post thumbnails.
- Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes.
- Show an excerpt of the post.
- Set and preview the length of the excerpt.
- Select…
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Ratings & Reviews
56 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release
Contributors
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