Best recent plugins for WordPress
The most popular recent plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Random Post Plugin (3K+) and Recent Posts Plus (900+). All 55 plugins tagged “recent” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 recent plugins
- 1.
Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail ImagesThe most installed recent plugin, with 6K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Random Post Plugin3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Recent Posts Plus900+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Posts Viewed Recently700+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
ACF Recent Posts Widget500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
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Recent Posts500+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.2.
- 7.
Recent Posts400+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Flexible Recent Posts300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Recently300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Recently Updated Pages200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 55 plugins tagged “recent”
Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,787by Suplugins11 months ago
Responsive Recent Posts Widget With Images for WordPress. Lightweight & SEO Optimized Code. Free.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 26/day
Random Post Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,027by Christoph1 year ago
Automatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Recent Posts Plus
Down in the last 7 days:8#7,222by pjgalbraith9 years ago
An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget, allows display of thumbnails, post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Posts Viewed Recently
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,915by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Posts Viewed Recently plugin shows recently viewed posts or pages by a visitor as a responsive sidebar widget or on a page/post using the shortcode.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ACF Recent Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:205#9,016by magicoders3 years ago
ACF Recent Posts Widget (ACFRPW) is a WordPress plugin which adds a custom, extended Recent Posts Widget - with ACF and Meta Keys support
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:19#9,078by RobMarsh18 years ago
Displays a list of recent posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:8#9,358by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Retrieves a list of the most recent posts.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexible Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:12#10,322by Paul Annekov11 years ago
Displays recent posts using flexible template system. Define template for each post entry, set needed taxonomy and much more.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recently
Up in the last 7 days:2#10,695by Hector Cabrera27 days ago
A highly customizable, feature-packed Recent Posts widget!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recently Updated Pages
Down in the last 7 days:116#11,640by ehsan4php2 years ago
This plugin shows recently updated pages on the sidebar widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:12#12,544by RobMarsh18 years ago
Displays a list of recent comments.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Comments
Up in the last 7 days:20#13,212by Automattic5 years ago
Creates functions to assist in displaying a list of the most recent comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
All-in-one Widget
Down in the last 7 days:316#14,173by themeidol9 years ago
Add fundamental functionality to your WordPress sidebars with a set of proper widgets.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Changes
Down in the last 7 days:38#15,013by titusbicknell16 years ago
A widget and short code to show the most recently modified pages, posts or both allowing visitors to review recent changes as they would on a wiki.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vertical scroll recent comments
#15,914by gopiplus3 years ago
Vertical scroll recent comments wordpress plugin will scroll the recent post comment vertically (bottom to top) in the widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Author Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:18#18,653by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Author Recent Posts shows recent posts by an author on the posts written by the author as a responsive widget. This plugin is useful for multi-author …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Recent Post
Down in the last 7 days:507#21,567by Sandeep Sharma7 years ago
Smart recent posts shows the recent posts from your wordpress blog
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts in Posts
Up in the last 7 days:14#22,061by WolfieZero15 years ago
Posts in Posts grabs posts based on tag, category or just recent, and display them inline with a post
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TDD Recent Posts
#23,317by Taylor Dewey15 years ago
Simple widget that displays the recent posts with a short content preview. Control the length of the content preview and number of posts
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Last FM
Down in the last 7 days:157#23,918by Kieran O'Shea7 years ago
Permits the display in your sidebar of your most recent listened to tracks
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BeamTheme Addons
Down in the last 7 days:31#28,450by Emir10 years ago
BeamTheme Addons is a site specific plugin that adds features and functionality to sites using Beam Theme.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
vertical scroll recent registered user
#28,727by gopiplus3 years ago
Vertical scroll recent registered user wordpress plugin create the scroller in the widget with recently registered user avatar, username and date.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Possibly Related Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:26#28,893by Matt Martz17 years ago
Automatically displays possibly related posts at the end of each post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Extended Recent Comments
#29,612by Louy Alakkad14 years ago
Add a recent comments widget that shows Gravatars.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Grouped Comments Widget
Up in the last 7 days:210#30,176by Chris Roberts13 years ago
Adds a widget which displays recent comments, grouped by post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Recent Posts
#30,775by Nick Adams10 years ago
An easy to use WordPress function to add recent posts to any theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Popular Tags
Down in the last 7 days:92#31,471by Travis Pflanz12 years ago
Display the most popular recently used blog post tags on your website. Valuable for website with current events... No more old tags!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Category
#32,248by Clifton Griffin15 years ago
Displays recent posts from a specified category in a customizable box on the home page of the blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Advanced Posts
Up in the last 7 days:296#32,696by Tarun Yaduvanshi7 years ago
Add Ajax in widgets Filter Taxonomy and Terms. More easily and dynamic Post by Filter. Adds a widget that can display recent posts and other posts fro …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cresta Post Widget FREE
Up in the last 7 days:921#34,431by CrestaProject12 years ago
Widget for show all posts or filter by category. Many options available including show thumbnail, excerpt, date and comments count.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Melabu WP Latest Posts Slides
Up in the last 7 days:11,819#36,051by prod3v3loper8 years ago
Powerfull Slider and space saving widget slider for latest-, recent- or related-posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Posts Only
Up in the last 7 days:5,401#36,466by iNexi14 years ago
Restricts posts displayed on the home page to a specified length of time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Oni Daiko
Up in the last 7 days:6,105#40,539by DigitalCube Inc.15 years ago
Shows a list of the latest posts from all blogs under your WordPress Multisite.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XE Advanced Recent Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1,471#40,710by xieno11 years ago
XE advanced recent post widget plugin allows admin to select number of post under multiple categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SidePost
Down in the last 7 days:6,047#40,884by webmaric10 years ago
To add recent posts in sidebar, with thumbnails, from specific categories...
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Recently Registered Users
Down in the last 7 days:5,204#41,422by jp211212 years ago
Display recently registered users in a widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Pages
#42,318by titusbicknell17 years ago
This plugin has been replaced by Recent Changes and will no longer be developed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Posts With Authors Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5,661#42,523by yonat16 years ago
Shows a list of recent posts with the author of each post - for multi-author blogs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recently registered widget
Up in the last 7 days:1,950#43,552by Tomek11 years ago
List of recently registered users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Twitter Profile
Up in the last 7 days:4,055#44,104by Alobaidi10 years ago
Display your full twitter profile in sidebar easily, responsive and retina, recent tweets and emoji icons support, RTL support and texts translate.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LJ Random Or Recent
Down in the last 7 days:2,003#45,589by littlejon17 years ago
LJ Random or Recent is a Wordpress widget that will display a list of Random or Recent posts depending of the type of pages that is being displayed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:4,141#45,973by potasiyam13 years ago
Adds a ticker bar to your wordpress site which will show your recent post headlines.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Last.fm RPS
Up in the last 7 days:1,383#46,831by tpaksu9 years ago
Widget Plugin that lists your recently listened songs on your sidebar with album or artist images and text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Post Views
#47,147by Chris Buck14 years ago
Displays the most recent posts in a widget, how many times they have been viewed over last (n) days, and images for popularity.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Post Link
#47,231by strange_attractor14 years ago
Adds commands that give you the permalink and title of the most recent post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:6,648#47,686by Jan Štětina14 years ago
Default WordPress widgets with "class" attributes identifying posts added to links.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Contributors Widget
Down in the last 7 days:10,452#48,162by Dave Clements7 years ago
This widget shows a list of all of the users that have written content on your site, since a static or dynamic time specified by you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Author
Down in the last 7 days:522#48,541by Simon Goodchild16 years ago
Displays most recently logged in members and optionally link to Private Message if logged in. Requires BuddyPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Posts Columns Block
Down in the last 7 days:1,048#62,084by tishonator5 months ago
The "Recent Posts Columns Block" plugin is a plugin that introduces a new Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Edit Recent Edited Posts
#69,463by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Displays a link to the recent edited posts in the admin bar, where you can edit it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day