Recent Posts
Displays a list of recent posts.
The facts
- Active installs
- 500+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 9 Sep 2008
- Added
- Mar 2008
- Requires WP
- 1.5
- Tested up to
- WP 2.6.2
- Downloads
- 73,289
Our analysis
AI-assistedRecent Posts is a WordPress plugin designed to display a list of your blog’s newest posts. It offers various customisation options for output, allowing you to tailor the display to your needs. This plugin is suitable for users looking to enhance their site with a dynamic list of recent content.
Best for: This plugin is best for bloggers who want to showcase their latest posts in a customisable format.
What it does well
- ✓Displays a list of the newest posts
- ✓Customisable output options
- ✓Supports attachments and various post statuses
- ✓Allows sorting by date of last edit
- ✓Includes new output tags for enhanced functionality
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in September 2008
- •Compatibility limited to WordPress version 2.6.2
- •Directory score indicates potential issues
Verdict
Recent Posts provides basic functionality for displaying new content but may not be suitable for modern WordPress installations due to its age and compatibility limitations.
From the developer
RobMarsh's own description of Recent Posts, lightly tidied.
Recent Posts displays a list of your blog’s newest posts. The output can be customised in many ways.
This plugin requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library: download it now.
Version History
- 2.6.2.0
- new {imagealt} output tag — rather like {imagesrc}
- {excerpt} can now trim to whole sentences
- content filter can now take parameter string
- widget can now take parameter string
- output can be appended to posts & feeds
- the current post can be marked manually
- widgets now honour the option to show no output if list is empty
- bug fix: installation code was failing on some systems
- version bump to indicate compatibility with WP 2.6
- fix to really include attachments
- new parameter for {imagesrc} to append a suffix to the image name, e.g. to get the thumbnail for attachments
- new option to include attachments
- {php} tag now accepts nested tags
- new output tag {authorurl} — permalink to archive of author’s posts
- fix for page selection in old versions of WP
- made omit current post try harder to find current post ID
- new option to order by date of last edit rather than date of creation
- new option to match the current post’s author
- extended options for snippet and excerpt output tags
- new option to show by status, i.e., published/private/draft/future
- {categorynames} and {categorylinks} apply ‘single_cat_name’ filter
- fixes bug in WP pre-2.2 causing installation to fail
- {image} has new post, link, and default parameters
- new {imagesrc} tag
- fix to empty category bug
- excluded posts bug fix
- fix for intermittent bug with ‘omit current post’ option
- reverted thumbnail serving (speed)
- fix current post after extra query
- option to sort output, group templates
- removed ‘trim_before’ option added more logical ‘divider’
- {date:raw}, {commentdate:raw}, etc.
- fix for {image} resizing when and not
- {image} now serves real thumbnails
- fix for recursive replacement by content filter
- fix to {gravatar} to allow for ‘identicon’ etc.
- fix to {commenter} to allow trimming
- fix a warning in safe mode
- new option to filter on custom fields
- nested braces in {if}; condition now taggable
- improved bug report feature
- better way to omit user comments