Recent Posts with Excerpts
A widget that lists your most recent posts with optional excerpts.
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·700 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Recent Posts with Excerpts is a WordPress widgets plugin with 700 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 52K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: One Click Demo Import.
5/55 reviews
700active installs
52K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
A widget that lists your most recent posts with excerpts, optionally limited to a category. The number of posts and excerpts is configurable; for example, you could show the titles of five posts but include the excerpt for only the two most recent. Supports the_excerpt Reloaded and Advanced Excerpt for excerpts with HTML formatting.
New! Supports displaying post thumbnails along with excerpts. Widget options let you place the thumbnails above the title, in between the title and the excerpt, or below the excerpt.
Now on GitHub.
Translations
- Serbo-Croatian (sr-RS) by Borisa Djuraskovic
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.6.1
- The ‘recent_posts_with_excerpts_query’ filter now accepts a second parameter, $instance, to give developers access to the widget’s settings.
Contributors
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