Best latest posts with thumbnails plugins for WordPress
The most popular latest posts with thumbnails plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PE Recent Posts leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “latest posts with thumbnails” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 latest posts with thumbnails plugins
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PE Recent PostsThe most installed latest posts with thumbnails plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 2 plugins tagged “latest posts with thumbnails”
PE Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,002by DJ-Extensions.com5 years ago
The simple plugin that allows you to display image slides with title, description and read more linked to posts from selected category.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads
Up in the last 7 days:3#25,852by Eduard Milushi10 years ago
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except that posts are with thumbnails and you can show ads between them, show post date and comments count.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day