Smart Recent Posts Widget
Provides advanced recent posts widget,you can display it with thumbnails, excerpt, date, author, comment count and more.
4.8(30 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Smart Recent Posts Widget is a WordPress widget plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 30 reviews. It has been downloaded 132K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
4.8/530 reviews
9.0K+active installs
132K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Due to WordPress 5.8 major update for Widgets, if you want to use this plugin, you must use WordPress 5.8.x
Smart recent posts widget provides flexible and highly customizable recent posts widget. Allows you to display a list of the most recent posts with thumbnail, excerpt, date, author, comment count also you can display it from all or specific or multiple categories or tags, post types and much more!
Install, Activate, Done!
Using the widget is super easy with clear inline information. It provides a lot of options to fit your needs, need more option? Please ask on Support forum.
Features Include
- Style: Choose 3 different posts list style
- Open link in new tab
- Show/hide post title
- Allow you to set title url
- Selected or multiple post types
- Selected or multiple categories
- Selected or mult…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.830 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Excellent
by ivansoenderholm·1 year ago
Excellent plugin
Just perfect
by knecker·3 years ago
works like a charm!
exactly what I need
by acarballal·3 years ago
very complete and with custom CSS avaliable
Great plugin!
by ovidiucupse·4 years ago
This is the best Recent Post widget plugin. Excellent functionality, excellent suport. Clean, simple and efficient, exactly what you need for any site
Thank you
Awesome Plugin
by Rene Morozowich·4 years ago
This is such a great little plugin. Love the flexibility and options!
Download Trends
Today: 17Yesterday: 13This week: 96Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
91.2%
v0.0
8.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.4
- Fix XSS issue.
Due to WordPress 5.8 major update for Widgets, if you want to (continue) use this plugin, you must use WordPress 5.8.x
Contributors
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