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Recent Posts Widget Advanced

Simple Recent Post Widget with Advanced choice.

By kgmservizi·Widget·Free
5(1 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Recent Posts Widget Advanced is a WordPress widget plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.

5/51 reviews
300active installs
13K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

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Simple Recent Post Widget with this filters:

• Post Type
• Post Format
• Categories (only for “Post Type” post)
• Tags (only for “Post Type” post)
• Authors

You can also:

• Display post Thumbnail
• Display sticky post
• Display post Data
• Display author
• Exclude widget in the same cpt page choice for widget

Use same class CSS of default WP Recent Post Widget.
You can choice to include or exclude post for Post Format, Categories, Tags and Authors.
From 1.3 version you can override default template with child theme on your-theme/widget-recent-post-advanced/frontend-1.php

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
5 ★
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4 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4.1

  • Fix uninstall!
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

kgmservizikgmservizi
Plugin Info
Version
1.4.1
Last Updated
Nov 17, 2025
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
300
Downloads
13K+
Added
Dec 28, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

widget

Developer

K
kgmservizi
7 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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