What is the minimum WordPress version required for using this plugin?

WordPress 5.8.x is required to use this plugin.

What does Smart recent posts widget provide?

Smart recent posts widget provides a flexible and highly customizable recent posts widget. It allows you to display a list of the most recent posts with thumbnail, excerpt, date, author, comment count, and more.

How do I install and activate the widget?

Using the widget is super easy. Just install the plugin, activate it, and you're done!

What are the features included in the widget?

The features of the widget include multiple posts list styles, opening links in new tabs, showing/hiding post titles, setting title URLs, selecting multiple post types, categories, and tags, including or excluding categories, customizing HTML or text before/after recent posts, ordering by date, comment count, random, and more, displaying thumbnails, excerpts, post dates, modification dates, comment counts, post authors, excluding current post, custom CSS, and multiple widgets.

How can I support this project?

You can support this project by translating it to your language, contributing on Github, or making a donation.

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Smart Recent Posts Widget

Provides advanced recent posts widget,you can display it with thumbnails, excerpt, date, author, comment count and more.

Rating:

4.8

Active Installations:

10000+

Last Updated:

Jul 28, 2024

WordPress Version:

5.8 or higher

Tested up to:

6.5.5

Features Download’s trend Changelog Reviews

Stylish Recent Posts

Display recent posts with customizable style.

Easy Installation, Quick Setup

Install, activate, and start using in no time.

Highly Customizable Options

Choose from multiple styles, post types, categories, and more.

Support and Contribution

Get help on the support forum, contribute on Github, or donate to support the project.

Author’s Site

1.0.4

Fix XSS issue.

Due to WordPress 5.8 major update for Widgets, if you want to (continue) use this plugin, you must use WordPress 5.8.x

1.0.2

Fix post status issue.
Support WordPress 5.8

Excellent

By ivansoenderholm on April 7, 2024

Excellent plugin

Just perfect

By knecker on April 2, 2023

works like a charm!

exactly what I need

By acarballal on July 28, 2022

very complete and with custom CSS avaliable

Great plugin!

By ovidiucupse on October 27, 2021

This is the best Recent Post widget plugin. Excellent functionality, excellent suport. Clean, simple and efficient, exactly what you need for any site Thank you

Awesome Plugin

By Rene Morozowich (renemorozowich) on May 27, 2021

This is such a great little plugin. Love the flexibility and options!

Useful

By srinivasagopalan on May 11, 2021

Simple and Good looking list widget.

Good job with taxonomies!!

By noez_design on March 31, 2021

Great working just with the taxonomies you choose, with a lot of flexibility! You can easily add styling too. Meet everything I looked for. Neat interface.

Great plugin

By SjoerdFarber on February 25, 2021

Thought to myself I want to write this functionality showing recent post with excerpt or only show images. But now it is not needed anymore even order by random is there! Kuddos!