Latest Posts Widget
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts of your site with excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature
4.5(2 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Latest Posts Widget is a WordPress posts plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
4.5/52 reviews
200active installs
12K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Latest Posts Widget is a light widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from your site with various options like excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature.
Features
- Option to change ordering of posts.
- Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width & height.
- Set how many posts to show.
- Option to show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.
- Option to show the post date.
- Option to show the comment count.
- Multiple widgets.
Contribute
While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at
Github (If possible with a pull request).
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Ratings & Reviews
4.52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1
- Fixed Thumbnail Issue for few servers
- Added Added PHP5 Constructor
- Compatible with WordPress 4.3
1.0
- Initial Release
Contributors
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