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Recent Posts by Category (RCP)
20+ installs · #27,433 most popular
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- Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
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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
- 1 month ago
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Related Posts by Taxonomy
by keesiemeijer
Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,711
- Rating
- 4.8(77)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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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
- #3,448
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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Custom Layouts
by Code Amp
Build a list or grid layout of any post type (posts, products, pages + more).
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rank
- #3,705
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Updated
- 10 months ago
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Post Duplicator
by metaphorcreations
Creates functionality to duplicate any and all post types, including taxonomies & custom fields. Perfect for developers and content creators.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rank
- #219
- Rating
- 4.8(80)
- Updated
- 5 days ago
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Public Post Preview
by Dominik Schilling
Allow anonymous users to preview a draft of a post before it is published.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rank
- #363
- Rating
- 4.6(79)
- Updated
- 11 days ago
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WP Popular Posts
by Hector Cabrera
A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rank
- #334
- Rating
- 4.5(249)
- Updated
- 7 days ago
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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
- #549
- Rating
- 4.7(254)
- Updated
- 4 months ago
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Display Posts
by Bill Erickson
Add a listing of content on your website using a simple shortcode. Filter the results by category, author, and more.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rank
- #550
- Rating
- 4.8(164)
- Updated
- 2 years ago
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Pages with category and tag
by YAHMAN
Add Categories and Tags to Pages.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rank
- #712
- Rating
- 4.8(28)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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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
- 21 days ago
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