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Custom Recent Posts Widget

1K+ installs · #5,773 most popular

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Closest match
Recent Posts by Category Widget
Shares 3 of Custom Recent Posts Widget's 5 tags.
Most installed
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
100K+ active installs.
Best rated
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews.
Most recently updated
Category Posts Block
Updated on Oct 19, 2026.
  1. Recent Posts by Category Widget

    by Ross Cornell

    Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.

    Installs
    4K+
    Rank
    #3,444
    Rating
    4.7(12)
    Updated
    9 years ago

    Sharescategoriescategoryrecent posts

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  2. Post Tags and Categories for Pages

    by curtismchale

    Adds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,358
    Rating
    4.8(23)
    Updated
    10 months ago

    Sharescategoriestags

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  3. Media Library Categories

    by jeffrey-wp

    Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,247
    Rating
    4.2(52)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    Sharescategoriescategory

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  4. Essential Widgets

    by Catch Themes

    Essential Widgets is a WordPress plugin for widgets that allows you to create and add amazing widgets with high customization option

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,810
    Rating
    3.5(2)
    Updated
    4 months ago

    Sharescategoriestags

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  5. Flexible Posts Widget

    by DaveE

    An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!

    Installs
    7K+
    Rank
    #2,511
    Rating
    4.7(56)
    Updated
    9 years ago

    Sharescategoriestags

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  6. Require Post Category

    by Josh Hartman

    Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post.

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #6,872
    Rating
    4.9(11)
    Updated
    2 years ago

    Sharescategorytags

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  7. WP Required Taxonomies

    by Jose Vega

    Force users to select a taxonomy term when publishing posts. For example, make category or tags required

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #5,851
    Rating
    4.1(8)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    Sharescategoriestags

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  8. TW Recent Posts Widget

    by tweetysha

    A simple and flexible widget for WordPress which will show recent posts from selected category allowing increased customization to display recent post …

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #5,530
    Rating
    4.4(15)
    Updated
    9 years ago

    Sharescategoryrecent posts

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  9. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

    by Kybernetik Services

    List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #353
    Rating
    4.8(215)
    Updated
    29 days ago

    Sharesrecent posts

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  10. List category posts

    by Fernando Briano

    Very customizable plugin to list posts by category (or tag, author and more) in a post, page or widget. Uses the [catlist] shortcode to select posts.

    Installs
    70K+
    Rank
    #547
    Rating
    4.7(254)
    Updated
    4 months ago

    Sharescategories

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  11. Category Posts Block

    by ZephyrWest

    Shows a list of recent posts from a category - with thumbnails, excerpt and a load more button. For posts, pages and the Site Editor.

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #881
    Rating
    4.5(79)
    Updated
    20 days ago

    Sharesrecent posts

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  12. FV Top Level Categories

    by FolioVision

    This is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,305
    Rating
    4.4(23)
    Updated
    1 year ago

    Sharescategories

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