This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress sidebar widget area.
The Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin allows you to display a list of the most recent posts from all or a specific category or tag. It not only shows the post title, but also an excerpt of the post.
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to show all categoriesAll WordPress installs come with a default widget for showing recent posts. The advantage of using the Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin, is that you can not only show the post titles but also an excerpt from the post and define how many characters of the excerpt are displayed. This plugin also allows you to display recent posts from a custom post type.
WordPress 6.4 compatibility tested
WordPress 5.8 compatibility tested
Shortcodes are now also stripped from the excerpts.
New version for admin purposes.
Changed method for creating the widget in preparation of PHP7 support.
Fixed debug notices and added the option to select a custom post type.
First release