List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
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About Smart Recent Posts Widget
The Smart Recent Posts Widget is a highly customizable plugin that allows you to display a list of the most recent posts with various options such as thumbnail, excerpt, date, author, and more. However, please note that this plugin requires WordPress 5.8.x due to a major update for Widgets.Frequently asked questions
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.
Changelog
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
