Recent Posts with Excerpts
A widget that lists your most recent posts with optional excerpts.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 5
- Active installs
- 600+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 30 Jun 2016
- Added
- Jul 2009
- Requires WP
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- WP 4.8.30
- Downloads
- 53,489
Our analysis
AI-assistedRecent Posts with Excerpts is a WordPress plugin that provides a widget to display your most recent posts along with excerpts. You can configure the number of posts shown and choose to limit the display to a specific category. The plugin also supports post thumbnails and allows you to customise their placement relative to the title and excerpt.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their site's sidebar or footer with recent post information, making it easier for visitors to discover content. It is particularly useful for bloggers and content-heavy sites looking to showcase recent activity.
Best for: This plugin is best for bloggers and content-rich websites wanting to display recent posts attractively.
What it does well
- ✓Lists recent posts with excerpts
- ✓Configurable number of posts and excerpts
- ✓Supports post thumbnails
- ✓Customisable thumbnail placement
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in June 2016
- •Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30
- •Directory score of 49/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
Recent Posts with Excerpts offers a straightforward way to showcase recent content, but its outdated status may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Stephanie Leary's own description of Recent Posts with Excerpts, lightly tidied.
A widget that lists your most recent posts with excerpts, optionally limited to a category. The number of posts and excerpts is configurable; for example, you could show the titles of five posts but include the excerpt for only the two most recent. Supports the_excerpt Reloaded and Advanced Excerpt for excerpts with HTML formatting.
New! Supports displaying post thumbnails along with excerpts. Widget options let you place the thumbnails above the title, in between the title and the excerpt, or below the excerpt.
Now on GitHub.
Translations
- Serbo-Croatian (sr-RS) by Borisa Djuraskovic
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