Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget
Display list of recent posts and latest posts or random posts using the [recentposts-sc] shortcode in any page or in sidebar widgets.
5(6 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget is a WordPress posts plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
5/56 reviews
300active installs
12K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
The “Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget” helps users to easily display latest posts in a page or in sidebar by just using simple shortcode [recentposts-sc]
By default it displays “latest posts” or “recent posts” which can be changed to display “random posts”, display by ‘title’ etc using ‘orderby’.
Options and Features Includes
All Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ:
* FAQ
- Featured Image
- Auto generates and adds featured image using first image of the post if no featured image is found
- Custom excerpt length
- Limit number of posts
- Posts from specific category
- Posts from multiple categories (comma separated)
- Posts from specific author
- Post type option
- Order/Display by date, name etc.
- Display post date.
- Display sp…
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Ratings & Reviews
56 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
Version 1.8
* Option to show/hide images using show_image. Tested upto wordpress version 4.9.4
Version 1.7
* Option to show/hide images using show_image. Tested upto wordpress version 4.9.1
Version 1.6
- Fixed some css issues while selecting thumbnail, medium images etc
Version 1.5
- Added feature to display default/custom image size instead of featured image (like…
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