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Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More

Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More

Explore the features and benefits of the Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin, perfect for enhancing your website's functionality and user experience.

4.7

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164

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100K

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Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More
Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More
Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More
Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More
Recent Posts Widget Extended: Pricing, Reviews and More

Overview

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Main benefits

Customizable recent posts display

Supports thumbnails and excerpts

Multiple taxonomy and post types

Shortcode and widget options

Custom HTML and CSS

About this plugin

Author: Ga Satrya
Version: 2.0.2
Last updated: 31-07-2023
WordPress version: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.1.7
PHP version required: 7.2
Languages: English (South Africa), English (UK) [+15]
Learning resources: View resources

Overview

This versatile WordPress plugin enhances your site with an advanced recent posts feature, easily integrated via shortcode or widget. Users can showcase recent posts complete with thumbnails, excerpts, and post dates, filtered by various criteria such as taxonomy, post type, or specific categories and tags. It offers a range of customizable options including thumbnail size and alignment, excerpt length, display order (by date, comment count, or random), and the ability to include comments and modification dates. With support for custom HTML, CSS, and multiple widgets, it provides a powerful and flexible solution for curating recent content on your website.

Flexible Display Options

  • Display posts by date, comment count, or randomly.
  • Show posts from all, specific, or multiple categories or tags.
  • Support for various post types and taxonomies.

Customizable Appearance

  • Enable and customize thumbnails with adjustable size and alignment.
  • Enable and customize excerpts with adjustable length.
  • Add custom HTML or text before and/or after recent posts.

Enhanced Post Information

  • Display post date and modification date.
  • Show comment count for each post.
  • Enable 'Read more' links for posts.

Developer Friendly

  • Shortcode feature for easy integration.
  • Custom CSS support for advanced styling.
  • Available filters for developers to extend functionality.

Rating and reviews

4.7

Rating summary

164

Reviews

100K

Active installations

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User sentiment analysis

Users appreciate this WordPress plugin for its ability to display recent posts with shortcode functionality, which they find versatile for various page elements such as posts and blocks. They commend its ease of use, simplicity, and customizability, including options to customize CSS and display settings. Some standout features include custom post type support, thumbnail sizing, and the ability to control multiple widgets independently. However, users also highlight several drawbacks. Some report issues with shortcodes and category filtering not working as advertised, and improper HTML markup causing compatibility issues. Others mention problems with displaying thumbnails and dates incorrectly, lack of responsiveness on mobile devices, and occasional conflicts causing site errors.
jahher

jahher

16 Feb, 2023

Needed a recent post plugin that works with shortcode and can be used on page/post/block etc. This one does it. Awesome. Keep up the good work. Thank you!
marxmann

marxmann

30 Jan, 2023

doesn’t display specific categories or other arguments as stated
webstpro

webstpro

08 Jan, 2023

It says that one can use shortcode but I can’t find them anywhere. Only widgets.
tfrancisdesigncom

tfrancisdesigncom

10 Nov, 2022

Works fantastically and comes right out of the box with nice thumbnail sizing and borders. Thanks you.
marcin1333

marcin1333

04 Nov, 2022

Easy, simple and useful! 5 starz!!

FAQ

Shortcode Explanation

Shortcode Arguments

How to filter the post query?

Ordering not working!

No image options

How to add custom style?

Why so many !important in the css code?

Available filters