Best latest posts widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular latest posts widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Latest Posts Widget leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Latest News Widget (200+) and Newest Posts Widget (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “latest posts widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 latest posts widget plugins
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Latest Posts WidgetThe most installed latest posts widget plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Latest News Widget200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
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Newest Posts Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Latest PostsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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WPCT Drag & Drop Recent PostsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 5 plugins tagged “latest posts widget”
Latest Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:27#11,932by Mrinal Roy11 years ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts of your site with excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest News Widget
Down in the last 7 days:36#12,162by Taylor Lovett16 years ago
A customizable latest news widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Newest Posts Widget
#41,649by Nipun Tyagi8 years ago
A widget that display the new posts of your site with Thumbnail, Excerpt, Date etc options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Posts
Up in the last 7 days:3,536#65,540by msakib6 years ago
Latest posts widget to display recent posts
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPCT Drag & Drop Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:3,589#71,751by wpcodetips6 years ago
You can display image slides with title, image, author name, date, description, and read more linked to posts from the selected category.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day