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Recent Posts Widget Extended

v2.0.2
by Theme Junkie · 4.7 (160 reviews)

Provides flexible and advanced recent posts. Display it via shortcode or widget with thumbnails, post excerpt, taxonomy and more.

90K+ active installs Updated Jul 31, 2023 Tested to 6.1.7 Requires PHP 7.2
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About Recent Posts Widget Extended

This plugin allows you to display a list of your most recent posts with thumbnails, excerpts, and post dates. You can customize the display based on date, comment count, or random order, and choose which categories or tags to include. You can also add custom HTML or text before and after the recent posts. If you find this plugin helpful, you can support the developer by donating.

Frequently asked questions

What is Recent Posts Widget Extended?
Recent Posts Widget Extended is a WordPress plugin that provides flexible and advanced recent posts. It allows you to display recent posts via shortcode or widget with various customization options. You can display a list of the most recent posts with thumbnail, excerpt, and post date, and filter by taxonomy and post type.
What are some key features of Recent Posts Widget Extended?
Key features include displaying posts by date, comment count, or randomly, and enabling thumbnails with customizable size and alignment. You can also enable excerpts with customizable length, display posts from specific categories or tags, and show post date, modification date, or comment count. The plugin also supports post types, taxonomies, and custom CSS.
How can I display recent posts using this plugin?
You can display recent posts using a shortcode or a widget. The plugin allows for multiple widgets and offers various display options like showing thumbnails, excerpts, and post dates. You can also filter posts by all, specific, or multiple taxonomies and post types.
Does the plugin support custom content?
Yes, the plugin supports custom HTML or text before and/or after recent posts. It also includes a 'Read more' option and allows for custom CSS to further tailor the display of your recent posts.
Can developers extend the functionality of this plugin?
Yes, the plugin provides available filters for developers. This allows for further customization and extension of the plugin's functionality to suit specific project needs.

Changelog

2.0.2
Release Date: Oct 05, 2022

Bug fixes:

  • Prevent double slash when loading the php file.
  • Use display: block for the list, inline-block causing issue for some websites.

Enhancements:

  • Minor issue with the auto generate thumbnail function.
  • Fix translation issue. Thanks Alex Lion.
  • CSS tweak.

2.0.1
Release Date: Sept 28, 2022

Bug fixes:

  • Compatibility issue with Siteorigin Page Builder.

Enhancements:

  • Re-enable custom CSS setting.
  • Full support Siteorigin Page Builder.
  • Adds display: inline-block; to the default style, to make sure each list align properly. Thank you outrospective!

2.0 – Major Changes
Release Date: Sept 22, 2022

This release comes major changes to the codebase, several fixes and enhancements. The reason was to follow the latest WordPress coding standard, more secure. Classic widget and block widget is now supported!

Breaking Changes:

  • CSS ID shortcode attribute for the container was cssID or cssid, please use css_id instead.
  • CSS ID widget, please re-added your ID to the input field.
  • before and after shortcode attribute move to inside the recent posts container.
  • Widget custom style location change. If your style is not loaded, please re-save the widget.
  • Custom CSS no longer editable, please move your custom CSS to the Additional CSS panel on Customizer.

Enhancements:

  • Classic & blocks widget supported!
  • Support lazy loading for the thumbnail.
  • No more inline CSS, by default rpwe-frontend.css will be loaded if shortcode or widget present.
  • No more extract(). ref
  • New show hide the post title.

Bug fixes:

  • Default image wasn’t working correctly.
  • true or false shortcode value.

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