Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Plugin Review

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

4.8

Rating summary

205

Reviews

200K

Active installations

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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Plugin Review

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Lightweight, simple and effective

Displays post thumbnails

Customizable post lists

GDPR compliant

Works in Elementor and Oxygen

About this plugin

Author: Kybernetik Services

Categories: Widgets and Sidebars

Version: 7.1.1

Last updated: 14-07-2024

WordPress version: 4.6

Tested up to: 6.6

PHP version required: 5.2

Languages: English (UK), العربية [+16]

Tags:

Posts list Recent posts Thumbnails Images Widget

Learning resources: View resources

Overview

The WordPress plugin "Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails" is designed to display a customizable list of the latest posts in a widget area, featuring post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates, and more. While initially built for widget areas, users have successfully integrated it with page builders like Elementor and Oxygen. The plugin ensures GDPR compliance by not collecting personal data. This lightweight yet effective tool extends the default 'Recent Posts' widget, allowing users to tailor the display of posts. Thumbnails are generated from featured images or the first image in post content, with adjustable dimensions and alignment. Customization options include controlling the number of posts, sorting order, displaying additional post info like author and categories, and using default thumbnails for posts without images. The plugin also provides hooks and CSS selectors for advanced customization, and translations are supported via translate.wordpress.org. Users have praised its ease of use and professional impact on their websites.

Comprehensive Post Information

Displays post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, and dates.
Provides a more detailed view of recent posts compared to the default WordPress widget.

Customization Options

Allows setting the width and height of thumbnails.
Offers various options for post order, sorting, and visibility.
Enables customization of labels for authors and categories.

GDPR Compliance

Does not collect any personal data.
Ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.

Compatibility and Flexibility

Works in Elementor and Oxygen page builders.
Lightweight and simple, avoiding the complexity of huge widgets with hundreds of options.

Features list

Feature

Premium version

Bulk image management

Manage multiple images simultaneously.

Set default featured images

Automatically assign default images to posts.

Replace multiple images

Swap out several images at once.

User-friendly interface

Easy-to-navigate and intuitive design.

Compatible with most themes

Works seamlessly with a wide range of themes.

Pricing

Periodical Widget Visibility Pro

$17 / one-time

Plan includes

Control widget visibility

Schedule widget display

Customizable settings

User-friendly interface

Compatible with most themes

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Quick Featured Images Pro

$350 / one-time

Plan includes

Bulk image management

Set default featured images

Replace multiple images

User-friendly interface

Compatible with most themes

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Rating and reviews

4.8

Rating summary

205

Reviews

200K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users of the "Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails" WordPress plugin like its high degree of customizability, ease of use, and effectiveness in displaying recent posts with thumbnails, titles, and dates. It is appreciated for being light, responsive, and offering many features without unnecessary bloat. Users also value the quick and helpful support from the developer. However, some drawbacks include issues with thumbnail resizing, compatibility problems with the latest WordPress updates, limited functionality with multiple instances, and occasional bugs like non-functioning arrows and display problems with the random order feature and sticky posts. Despite these, users generally find the plugin highly beneficial.

Marc73

16 Oct, 2023

Looks like an interesting plugin. NO matter what I set the thumbnail size to, the thumbnails remained 75×75…..

webstpro

06 Jul, 2023

The installation documentation says “Go to ‘Appearance’ => ‘Widgets’ and select ‘Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails’” but it does not show. So I could not use.

mystnick

17 Apr, 2023

Good. However, there is not enough setting for rounding the corners of the thumbnails. I had to add it with css.

jedan

22 Nov, 2022

Thumbnails don’t show up after the latest WordPress update (6.1.1)

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Plugin Review

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Comprehensive Post Information

Customization Options

GDPR Compliance

Compatibility and Flexibility

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

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FAQ

What are the requirements for this plugin?

Can I set a default thumbnail?

Can I set the width and height of the thumbnail?

Can I change the alignment of the thumbnails in the list?

Where can I set the CSS of the list?

Can the plugin take the first image of a post as thumbnail image?

How to keep HTML tags in the excerpts?

Where is the *.pot file for translating the plugin in any language?