Custom latest posts widget

Custom latest posts widget is a widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from site with various options like post type, featured image, date show & featured image show/hide feature.

Features:

• Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width & height.
• Set how many posts to show.
• Option to choose style
• Option to show the post date.

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Custom latest posts widget,

1. 01log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
2. 02In the search field type “Custom latest posts widget” and click Search Plugins.
3. 03Once you’ve found plugin, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.
4. 04Then, go to plugins page of WordPress admin activate the plugin.
5. 05Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance section and configure the Custom latest posts widget.

Manual installation

1. 06Download the plugin.
2. 07Upload it to the plugins folder of your blog.
3. 08Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. 09Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance section and configure the Custom latest posts widget.This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

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1. 10Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. 11Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
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