Best recent post plugins for WordPress
The most popular recent post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Post slider elementor addons (1K+) and Post List Designer (1K+). All 22 plugins tagged “recent post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 recent post plugins
- 1.
Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling WidgetThe most installed recent post plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 31 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Post slider elementor addons1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Post List Designer1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 4.
Recent Posts Widget Plus500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 5.
Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
Footer Widget Bundle100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
Recent Post for Custom Post Type40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 8.
Smart Recent Post40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
Bake Posts20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.
Recent Post Scroll Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 22 plugins tagged “recent post”
Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget
Up in the last 7 days:7#1,782by pluginandplay28 days ago
Post Slider and Post Carousel display WordPress post in slider and carousel layouts with shortcode and Latest/Recent vertical post scrolling widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(31)
- Downloads
- 122/day
Post slider elementor addons
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,372by solverwp4 months ago
A beautiful, easy to use post slider widget for Elementor to display your recent posts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post List Designer
Up in the last 7 days:16#5,885by InfornWeb28 days ago
Display WordPress Post on your website in a List or Archive list view. Display category post, archive post, recent post and post list with category.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Recent Posts Widget Plus
Up in the last 7 days:3#9,050by Johan van der Wijk3 years ago
This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress sidebar widget area.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds
Down in the last 7 days:48#13,408by Jan Teriete13 years ago
Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar widget
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Footer Widget Bundle
Up in the last 7 days:9#14,798by Kamrul Hasan5 months ago
Footer widget bundle includes company information, latest post, contact address and opening hours.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Post for Custom Post Type
Up in the last 7 days:34#21,582by Jimmy Ngu16 years ago
Creates "Recent Posts" widget for Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smart Recent Post
Down in the last 7 days:449#21,600by Sandeep Sharma7 years ago
Smart recent posts shows the recent posts from your wordpress blog
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bake Posts
Down in the last 7 days:115#26,393by wpnaga7 years ago
Bake Post can be used to display recent posts and posts from particular category and tags. (Not compatible for Multisites)
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Post Scroll Widget
Up in the last 7 days:884#30,151by quazisazzad5 years ago
Recent Post Scroll Widget is very customizable post widget . There are a lot's of option to display your recent post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
SOGO Author's Recent Posts
#34,053by SOGO8 years ago
Simple widget to show author's recent post, support RTL
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LATEST-POST-NEW
#40,651by Uvais13 years ago
Using Recent post widget You can select the post type from available custom post type or post and display it in side bar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
A5 Recent Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4,920#43,356by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the A5 Recent Post Widget you can put your latest post in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thumbnail RecentPost
Up in the last 7 days:3,202#43,383by gapgag5512 years ago
Thumbnail RecentPost is widget
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPR General Posts
Down in the last 7 days:7,091#43,916by aryanduntley8 years ago
Gives you full control of a post listing widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Sticky Recent Random Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2,037#44,819by mahavirnahata10 years ago
Sticky Recent Random Posts Plugin lets user to add sticky bar at bottom.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RW Recent Post
Up in the last 7 days:8,127#50,075by webdevramyash2 months ago
Display recent posts in Grid, List, or Carousel layouts with a Gutenberg Block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Lyth Slide
Down in the last 7 days:10,124#62,792by lythium929 years ago
Easy to use WordPress slide plugin for featured post with thumbnail and nice Breaking animation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Flash News Notification
#63,445by WP-EXPERTS.IN3 years ago
Display recent blog posts in a smart way. Auto Flash news with floating position(left/right)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails
#63,838by Ali Qureshi2 months ago
Display recent local or remote WordPress posts and custom post types with thumbnails, excerpts, dates, categories, and tags.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day