Latest News Widget
A customizable latest news widget.
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·200 active installs·Updated 15 years agoAs of April 2026, Latest News Widget is a WordPress posts-widget plugin with 200 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Categories Widget.
0/5Rating
200active installs
23K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Show latest posts from specific categories in your sidebar. Simple, easy-to-use, and customizble.
Special Features:
- Choose posts from up to three categories to display posts from
- Optionally show post titles
- Optionally show post bylines
- A dashboard widget that displays WordPress blogging tips, SEO tricks, exclusive tutorials, SEO strategies, and more!
- Show either the content, the excerpt, or the content with a limited number of characters
- Limit the number of posts shown. Offset the posts that are shown
- Widget includes a style manager!
- Easily change the font size, font family, title font size, etc from within the widget.
- This widget is reusable
- Very easy to setup. Requires NO technical knowledge to install
- Can be translated to multiple languages
- Outputs clean, validated code
- Free Support v…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8.1+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.1
- latest-news-widget.php – Plugin admin links fixed
Contributors
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