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Recent Posts Plus
An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget allowing increased customization. Features Include: Display post thumbnails, with customizable size. Display post excerpt, author, comment count, and more. Provides options to trim the number of characters in the title and excerpt. Override th
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 2.9.0.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 22, 2026
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An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget allowing increased customization.
Features Include:
- Display post thumbnails, with customizable size.
- Display post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.
- Provides options to trim the number of characters in the title and excerpt.
- Override the post order to order by; date modified, title, post ID, random, comment count etc.
- Exclude or include specific posts, authors, tags, or categories.
- Also includes a simple template parser so you can override the default output making custom styling easy.
Documentation
See documentation at http://www.pjgalbraith.com/2011/08/recent-posts-plus/
See it in action
A closer look.
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- 01Upload recent-posts-plus.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- 03Add the widget to your sidebar in ‘Appearance/Widgets’ in WordPress
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Frequently asked questions.
Installation Instructions
Upload recent-posts-plus.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Add the widget to your sidebar in ‘Appearance/Widgets’ in WordPress
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