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WP Recent Posts Extended
90+ installs · #17,264 most popular
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Root Category Recent Posts
by LordPretender
Another last posts widget which get recent posts only for the current root category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rank
- #40,918
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 13 years ago
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Switch Last Posts Widget
by LordPretender
A widget which displays the latest posts according the current category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rank
- #41,900
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 13 years ago
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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
- 29 days 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
- 20 days ago
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Ultimate Posts Widget
by cl272
The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #2,112
- Rating
- 4.5(55)
- Updated
- 2 years 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
- #3,444
- 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
- #3,707
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Updated
- 10 months ago
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PE Recent Posts
by DJ-Extensions.com
The simple plugin that allows you to display image slides with title, description and read more linked to posts from selected category.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rank
- #5,002
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Updated
- 5 years ago
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Custom Recent Posts Widget
by Prasanna SP
A widget to show recent posts list based on categories or tags
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rank
- #5,773
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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TW Recent Posts Widget
by tweetysha
A simple and flexible widget for WordPress which will show recent posts from selected category allowing increased customization to display recent post …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rank
- #5,530
- Rating
- 4.4(15)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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Recent Posts Plus
by pjgalbraith
An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget, allows display of thumbnails, post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rank
- #7,221
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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Recent Posts
by RobMarsh
Displays a list of recent posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rank
- #9,092
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 18 years ago
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