Easy and fast load plugin to display in the sidebar a list of linked titles and thumbnails of the most recent postings through shortcodes etc.
As of April 2026, Recent Post Lazy Load is a WordPress thumb plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Thumbnail Editor.
The Widget with some options. This plugin is based on the well-known WordPress default widget ‘Recent Posts’ and enhanced to display thumbnails of the posts.
The thumbnails will be built from the featured image of a post content. If there is neither a featured image nor a content image then you can hide the thumbnail.
The thumbnails appears left-aligned to the post titles. You can set the width and heigth of the thumbnails in the list.
The widget and shortcode is available. You can insert through widget on any sidebar any where easily.
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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