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Plugin Description
This plugin creates a new widget which lets you show a list of recent posts based on categories or tags. This is a must have plugin if you want to exclude some categories in recent posts widget or if you want to show recent posts based on tags. By default the wordpress recent posts widget shows a posts from all category. But this plugin gives you more power to customize your recent posts widget. You can also display post date in the widget.
See the live action of this plugin on demo site or on Kennneth John Odle’s blog.
Have any questions or suggestions? Create a thread in the support forum.
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A special thanks to Ken and Josh for testing the code.
Screenshots
Custom Recent Posts Widget
Custom Recent Post Widget when added to sidebar on widget menu. Here the number of posts to show is set to 6 and only the ‘Wordpress’ category is selected
Custom Recent Post Widget showing a list of 6 recent posts from the category ‘Wordpress’
Custom Recent Post Widget in Kennneth John Odle’s blog
Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget
Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget configuration
Custom Recent Posts widget with date in 2012 theme
